Table 6 Land area (ha) required under different scenarios (SC) to produce the same quantity of energy (39,917 GJ) (see further details in the section “Ensuring comparability of the assessed scenarios”)

From: The effect of digestate and mineral fertilisation of cocksfoot grass on greenhouse gas emissions in a cocksfoot-based biogas production system

Fertiliser type	Mineral N fertiliser			Digestate
N application rate (kg ha⁻¹ year⁻¹)	0	180	360	90	180	270	360	450
Scenario Year	SC1	SC2	SC3	SC4	SC5	SC6	SC7	SC8
2010	627	296	275	417	364	339	305	277
2011	2144	510	623	698	454	391	350	434
2012	2041	530	627	691	443	435	378	465
2013	2270	974	1103	1098	975	810	698	644
2014	1984	1083	1403	1143	772	639	583	475
2015	2394	1255	1602	1105	829	674	616	499

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