Abstract
Wind farms and carbon savings on peatlands
This note presents a revised methodology to calculate carbon emission savings associated with wind farm developments on Scottish peatlands. It supports the use of the Scottish Government’s carbon calculator(http://informatics.sepa.org.uk/CarbonCalculator/).It is assumed in this note that good management practice is followed, as outlined by the Scottish Executive (2006), to avoid catastrophic losses of carbon, such as by peat landslides.
This note presents a revised methodology to calculate carbon emission savings associated with wind farm developments on Scottish peatlands. It supports the use of the Scottish Government’s carbon calculator(http://informatics.sepa.org.uk/CarbonCalculator/).It is assumed in this note that good management practice is followed, as outlined by the Scottish Executive (2006), to avoid catastrophic losses of carbon, such as by peat landslides.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Scottish Government |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |