TY - JOUR AB - The study evaluates the greenhouse gas (GHG) balance of biodiesel production through three chosen land use change scenarios in Thailand: rubber plantation to oil palm plantation in Krabi, cassava plantation to oil palm plantation in Chonburi, and abandoned land to oil palm plantation in Pathumthani. The carbon stock changes were estimated based on the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories and combined with the life cycle GHG emissions from palm oil and biodiesel production in Thailand. For 1 million liters of biodiesel production per day, the Krabi, Chonburi and Pathumthani cases resulted in -709 Mg CO(2)-eq/day, -748 Mg CO(2)-eq/day and -600 Mg CO(2)-eq/day, respectively. The Pathumthani case showed the lowest negative GHG balance even with least fertilization partly because of larger transportation distances while the Chonburi case was the highest despite low yield as it would require more land to grow oil palm for the same amount of biodiesel, resulting in more soil carbon being sequestered. However, the land use change scenarios chosen for this study all show a negative GHG balance which means that biodiesel helps reduce GHG in the atmosphere. (C) 2011 International Energy Initiative. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. AD - KMUTT, JGSEE, Bangkok, Thailand AN - WOS:000295957400001 AU - Siangjaeo, S. AU - Gheewala, S. H. AU - Unnanon, K. AU - Chidthaisong, A. DA - Mar DO - 10.1016/j.esd.2011.01.002 IS - 1 J2 - Energy Sustain Dev KW - biodiesel LA - English N1 - 834ke PY - 2011 SN - 0973-0826 SP - 1-7 ST - Implications of land use change on the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from palm biodiesel production in Thailand T2 - Energy for Sustainable Development TI - Implications of land use change on the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from palm biodiesel production in Thailand UR - ://WOS:000295957400001 VL - 15 ID - 6986 ER -