Denmark's Fourth National Communication on Climate Change

TABLE 5.11 EXPECTED EMISSIONS OF METHANE AND NITROUS OXIDE FROM THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR 2004-2030, 1990-2003 ARE OBSERVED

Source: 1990-2003: The National Inventory Report (NIR), the National Environmental Research Institute (NERI), April 2005 2004-2030: Projection of greenhouse gas emissions, Memorandum to the Danish EPA, NERI, May 2005.

  Emissions from agriculture 1990¹ 2000¹ 2003¹ 2005 ”2010” ”2015” 2020 2025 2030
CH4 (Gg) Digestive process 148.09 136.78 130.17 127.66 122.96 116.24 112.08 108.33 108.33
Manure 35.48 45.29 47.22 48.96 50.08 49.82 50.05 50.30 50.30
Biogas treatment of slurry -0.11 -0.68 -0.93 -1.36 -2.22 -2.33 -2.33 -2.33 -2.33
CH4, total (Gg) 183.46 181.40 176.45 175.27 170.83 163.73 159.80 156.29 156.29
N2O (Gg) Manure 2.21 1.94 1.85 1.84 1.82 1.80 1.77 1.73 1.73
Biogas treatment of slurry 0 -0.68 -0.04 -0.06 -0.10 -0.10 -0.10 -0.10 0.73
Commercial fertiliser 7.69 4.83 3.87 3.78 3.52 3.31 3.21 3.13 3.13
Manure spread on fields 3.51 3.40 3.57 3.61 3.67 3.67 3.66 3.62 3.62
Wastewater used as fertiliser 0.09 0.17 0.23 0.23 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22
Ammonia evaporation 1.72 1.33 1.22 1.19 1.13 1.07 1.03 1.01 1.01
N run-off 10.50 7.05 6.45 6.30 5.94 5.63 5.48 5.35 5.35
Crops with organically-bound N 0.88 0.76 0.63 0.62 0.61 0.60 0.58 0.57 0.57
Crop residues 1.17 1.09 1.03 1.02 1.00 0.98 0.96 0.94 0.94
Cultivation of humus soil 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23
Biogas treatment of slurry 0 -0.68 -0.04 -0.06 -0.10 -0.10 -0.10 -0.10 -0.10
N2O , total (Gg) 29.01 21.79 19.98 19.70 18.89 18.19 17.79 17.44 17.44
CO2 CH4 3.85 3.81 3.71 3.68 3.59 3.44 3.36 3.28 3.31
eq. N2O 8.99 6.76 6.19 6.11 5.86 5.64 5.51 5.41 5.41
CO2 eq. Total in mill. tonnes CO2 eq. 12.84 10.57 9.90 9.79 9.44 9.08 8.87 8.69 8.74

1 Emissions for 1990, 2000 and 2003 are excl. emissions from fur-bearing animals, corresponding to reporting in NIR.

 



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