Assessing carbon emissions of facility agriculture involving photovoltaic greenhouses – insights from table grapes cultivation
Abstract Taking climate actions is of increasing importance. The agricultural sector is exploring its carbon neutrality transition pathway. Current relevant studies paid limited attention to agricultural products such as table grapes. This study takes table grapes cultivation in Shanghai as a case s...
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| author | Yichun Li Shuyue Li Yaru Luo Xuecai Wang Hengcheng Zhang Yuquan W. Zhang Shiren Song |
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| description | Abstract Taking climate actions is of increasing importance. The agricultural sector is exploring its carbon neutrality transition pathway. Current relevant studies paid limited attention to agricultural products such as table grapes. This study takes table grapes cultivation in Shanghai as a case study, employing the life cycle assessment (LCA) to account for the carbon emissions and environmental impacts of five different conditions, including open field, simple greenhouse, continuous greenhouse, continuous greenhouse with photovoltaic power, and improved continuous greenhouse with photovoltaic power. Utilizing both observation and simulation data, the SimaPro software is applied to analyze the LCA carbon and environmental footprints of table grapes cultivation. The results show that simple greenhouse grapes exhibit the lowest level of carbon emissions (452 kgCO2-eq/mu-year), and meanwhile the most economical. Moreover, improved greenhouse utilizing photovoltaic power (1.26 × 103kgCO2-eq/mu-year) exhibits higher carbon emissions, however with lower levels of environmental toxicity due to utilizing grapevines for organic fertilizers. Thus, simple greenhouse grapes would score best if considering carbon emissions only, while the improved greenhouse model holds greater potential as a form of modernized facility-based agriculture. Furthermore, this study suggests that for the broader facility agriculture, using low carbon structure materials would serve as the level to reduce carbon footprints. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0bdc792f9b5247f5ac80cd5baf7235d92025-01-26T12:54:57ZengSpringerCarbon Neutrality2788-86142731-39482025-01-014111910.1007/s43979-025-00118-xAssessing carbon emissions of facility agriculture involving photovoltaic greenhouses – insights from table grapes cultivationYichun Li0Shuyue Li1Yaru Luo2Xuecai Wang3Hengcheng Zhang4Yuquan W. Zhang5Shiren Song6China-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversitySchool of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai Agricultural Technology Extension Service CenterShanghai Agricultural Technology Extension Service CenterChina-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversitySchool of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityAbstract Taking climate actions is of increasing importance. The agricultural sector is exploring its carbon neutrality transition pathway. Current relevant studies paid limited attention to agricultural products such as table grapes. This study takes table grapes cultivation in Shanghai as a case study, employing the life cycle assessment (LCA) to account for the carbon emissions and environmental impacts of five different conditions, including open field, simple greenhouse, continuous greenhouse, continuous greenhouse with photovoltaic power, and improved continuous greenhouse with photovoltaic power. Utilizing both observation and simulation data, the SimaPro software is applied to analyze the LCA carbon and environmental footprints of table grapes cultivation. The results show that simple greenhouse grapes exhibit the lowest level of carbon emissions (452 kgCO2-eq/mu-year), and meanwhile the most economical. Moreover, improved greenhouse utilizing photovoltaic power (1.26 × 103kgCO2-eq/mu-year) exhibits higher carbon emissions, however with lower levels of environmental toxicity due to utilizing grapevines for organic fertilizers. Thus, simple greenhouse grapes would score best if considering carbon emissions only, while the improved greenhouse model holds greater potential as a form of modernized facility-based agriculture. Furthermore, this study suggests that for the broader facility agriculture, using low carbon structure materials would serve as the level to reduce carbon footprints.https://doi.org/10.1007/s43979-025-00118-xTable grapesLife cycle assessment (LCA)Facility agriculturePhotovoltaic power generationCarbon emissionsGreenhouse |
| spellingShingle | Yichun Li Shuyue Li Yaru Luo Xuecai Wang Hengcheng Zhang Yuquan W. Zhang Shiren Song Assessing carbon emissions of facility agriculture involving photovoltaic greenhouses – insights from table grapes cultivation Carbon Neutrality Table grapes Life cycle assessment (LCA) Facility agriculture Photovoltaic power generation Carbon emissions Greenhouse |
| title | Assessing carbon emissions of facility agriculture involving photovoltaic greenhouses – insights from table grapes cultivation |
| title_full | Assessing carbon emissions of facility agriculture involving photovoltaic greenhouses – insights from table grapes cultivation |
| title_fullStr | Assessing carbon emissions of facility agriculture involving photovoltaic greenhouses – insights from table grapes cultivation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing carbon emissions of facility agriculture involving photovoltaic greenhouses – insights from table grapes cultivation |
| title_short | Assessing carbon emissions of facility agriculture involving photovoltaic greenhouses – insights from table grapes cultivation |
| title_sort | assessing carbon emissions of facility agriculture involving photovoltaic greenhouses insights from table grapes cultivation |
| topic | Table grapes Life cycle assessment (LCA) Facility agriculture Photovoltaic power generation Carbon emissions Greenhouse |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/s43979-025-00118-x |
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