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Creating greenhouse gas emissions offsets by reducing nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions in agricultural crop production [1]

This Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) report describes the completion of a major component of the second phase (years four through seven, 2010–2014) of a two-phase, seven-year EPRI supplemental project. This EPRI-sponsored project investigated an innovative approach to developing large-scale, cost-effective greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions offsets by reducing nitrogen fertilizer use in agricultural crop production that potentially can be implemented across broad geographic areas of the United States and internationally. This can increase the breadth of offset options available to electric companies, and enable offset projects to be developed on agricultural lands owned by electric companies or located within an electric company’s service territory.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2014
A. Diamant [2]
Electric Power Research Institute [3]
Tags:
Green House Gases [4], Agriculture [5], Crops [6], Carbon Offset [7], United States Of America (US) [8], Electric [9], Industry [10]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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