Projecting the carbon emissions from refrigeration used in the UK food industry to 2050
Conference paper
Foster, A. and Evans, J. (2023). Projecting the carbon emissions from refrigeration used in the UK food industry to 2050. ICR2023 26th International Congress of Refrigeration . Paris 21 - 25 Aug 2023 International Congress of Refrigeration. https://doi.org/10.18462/iir.icr.2023.0151
Authors | Foster, A. and Evans, J. |
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Type | Conference paper |
Abstract | The impact to food cold chain greenhouse gas emissions from changes to population, climate, equipment efficiency, f-gas phase-downs, electrical grid carbon intensity and electrification of transport refrigeration up to 2050 were predicted using a 2019 baseline from a previous study. GHG emissions were projected to reduce by 98% from 2030 to 2050. This is due to decarbonisation of the electrical grid, electrification of diesel powered transport refrigeration units (TRUs) and f-gas phase down. Population and increased ambient temperature only have a marginal effect (7.2% increase to 2050). Although GHG emissions reduce, the electrical demand on the grid is projected to increase by 9.9% from 2030 to 2040 and then remain relatively stable. This is due to increased electrical demand as two thirds of HGV diesel TRUs are converted to electric. |
Keywords | Greenhouse gas emissions, Cold Chain, Global Warming |
Year | 2023 |
Publisher | International Congress of Refrigeration |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.18462/iir.icr.2023.0151 |
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Accepted author manuscript | |
Publication dates | |
22 Aug 2023 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 31 Jul 2023 |
Deposited | 04 Oct 2023 |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/95127
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