Dynamic life cycle assessment of climate change impacts of hydrogen production from energy crops

© 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).

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Autores: Romero Piñeiro, Laura, Villanueva Perales, Ángel Luis, Alonso-Fariñas, Bernabé, García Haro, Pedro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/177643
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180689
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Palabra clave:Biogenic carbon
Renewable hydrogen
Dynamic life cycle assessment
Carbon sequestration
Global Warming Potential
Global Warming Impact
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spelling Dynamic life cycle assessment of climate change impacts of hydrogen production from energy cropsRomero Piñeiro, LauraVillanueva Perales, Ángel LuisAlonso-Fariñas, BernabéGarcía Haro, PedroBiogenic carbonRenewable hydrogenDynamic life cycle assessmentCarbon sequestrationGlobal Warming PotentialGlobal Warming Impact© 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) are predominantly conducted using a static approach, which aggregates emissions over time without considering emissions timing. Additionally, LCAs often assume biogenic carbon neutrality, neglecting site-specific forest carbon fluxes and temporal trade-offs. This study applies both static and dynamic LCA and incorporates biogenic carbon to evaluate the climate change impact of hydrogen production. It focuses on gasification of eucalyptus woodchips cultivated on former marginal grasslands (BIO system), which avoids competition with land used for food production. A case study is presented in western Andalusia (Spain) with the aim to replace hydrogen produced via the conventional steam methane reforming (SMR) pathway (BAU system) at La Rábida refinery. The CO2FIX model was used to simulate biogenic carbon fluxes, providing insights into carbon sequestration dynamics, and it was found that the inclusion of biogenic carbon flows from eucalyptus plantations dramatically reduced CO₂ equivalent emissions (176 % in the static approach and 369 % in the dynamic approach) primarily due to soil and belowground biomass carbon sequestration. The dynamic LCA showed significantly lower CO₂ emissions than the static LCA (106 % reduction), shifting emissions from −1.79 kg CO₂/kg H₂ in the static approach to −3.69 kg CO₂/kg H₂ in the dynamic approach. These findings highlight the need to integrate emission dynamics and biogenic carbon flows into LCA methodologies to support informed decision-making and the development of more effective environmental policies.ElsevierIngeniería Química y AmbientalEuropean Union (UE)Junta de AndalucíaMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICIN). España2025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/177643https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180689reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésScience of The Total Environment, 1003, 180689.SOL2024-31702PID2020-114725RA-I00https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969725023290info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1776432026-06-17T12:51:07Z
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title Dynamic life cycle assessment of climate change impacts of hydrogen production from energy crops
spellingShingle Dynamic life cycle assessment of climate change impacts of hydrogen production from energy crops
Romero Piñeiro, Laura
Biogenic carbon
Renewable hydrogen
Dynamic life cycle assessment
Carbon sequestration
Global Warming Potential
Global Warming Impact
title_short Dynamic life cycle assessment of climate change impacts of hydrogen production from energy crops
title_full Dynamic life cycle assessment of climate change impacts of hydrogen production from energy crops
title_fullStr Dynamic life cycle assessment of climate change impacts of hydrogen production from energy crops
title_full_unstemmed Dynamic life cycle assessment of climate change impacts of hydrogen production from energy crops
title_sort Dynamic life cycle assessment of climate change impacts of hydrogen production from energy crops
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Romero Piñeiro, Laura
Villanueva Perales, Ángel Luis
Alonso-Fariñas, Bernabé
García Haro, Pedro
author Romero Piñeiro, Laura
author_facet Romero Piñeiro, Laura
Villanueva Perales, Ángel Luis
Alonso-Fariñas, Bernabé
García Haro, Pedro
author_role author
author2 Villanueva Perales, Ángel Luis
Alonso-Fariñas, Bernabé
García Haro, Pedro
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ingeniería Química y Ambiental
European Union (UE)
Junta de Andalucía
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICIN). España
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biogenic carbon
Renewable hydrogen
Dynamic life cycle assessment
Carbon sequestration
Global Warming Potential
Global Warming Impact
topic Biogenic carbon
Renewable hydrogen
Dynamic life cycle assessment
Carbon sequestration
Global Warming Potential
Global Warming Impact
description © 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
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