BSc, MSc, PhD, MIMechE, CEng.
Personal Chair
- Email Address
- astley.hastings@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
G43 23 St Machar Drive Aberdeen AB24 3UU UK
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
Biography
1968-1971 Graduate Apprenticeship with English Electric/Lanchester Polytechnic. Gained a BSc in Mechanical engineering. CEng in 1974.
1971-1972 Postgraduate research (wet steam turbines) at Lanchester Polytechnic.
1972-1973 Schlumberger, Field engineer, Burgos and St Carlos, Spain
1974-1975 Schlumberger, Lead engineer, Siracusa,Crotone & Pescara, Italy.
1975-1977 Schlumberger, Training Center Manager, Livingstone, Scotland
1977-1980 Schlumberger, District Manager Qatar, Doha, Qatar.
1980-1981 Schlumberger, Product Development Engineer, Paris, France.
1981-1985 Schlumberger, South American Interpretation Manager. Caracas, Venezuela.
1986-1989 Schlumberger, Principle Scientist, Schlumberger DRC, Ridgefield, Ct, USA.
1989-1993 Schlumberger, Marketing Director United Kingdom. Aberdeen.
1993-1995 Schlumberger, Marketing Manager Europe & FSU. Hannover, Germany
1995-1998 Schlumberger, Corporate New Technology Manager, Paris, France.
1999-2003 Schlumberger, Evaluation Services Manager - North Africa, Algeria
2003-2004 Schlumberger, Operations Manager-N Africa. Hassi-Messaoud, Algeria.
2004-2005 MSc. Environmental Science – University of Aberdeen.
2004-2008 PhD in Systems Biology –University of Aberdeen
2008-2014 Research Fellow –University of Aberdeen
2014-2017 Senior Research Fellow –University of Aberdeen
2017-present Reader –University of Aberdeen
Memberships and Affiliations
Line Manager.
Co-Champion of CCUS and Nature Based Solutions Theme.
Member of the Academic Assessment Committee of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Memeber of the Advanced Apprenticeship Committe of IMechE
Program committee Memeber for the EUROPEC meeting a collaboration of the EAGE and SPE.
Paper selection Committee for Offshore Europe SPE technical meeting.
Reviewer for Biomass and Bioenergy, GCB, GCB-B, AgForMEt, AGEE, JPT, JCPT, SPE-FE, Sustainable agriculture, Bioenergy Research, European Journal of Forest Research, Environmental Science and Technology, Soil and Tillage research.
Project Reviewer for Ireland EPA, DECC-UK, Croatian Science Foundation, FAO, University of Hong Kong.
Yachtmaster
Research Overview
Currently a reader in environmental science in the Institute of Biological and Environmental Science at the University of Aberdeen conducting research into the GHG emissions and environmental impact and its mitigation from land use, low carbon energy and transport infrastructure and also on greenhouse gas removal using afforestation and bioenergy carbon capture and storage. Decomissioning and reuse of offshore energy assets and the impact on the environment.
Current Research
UKERC - 4 – Theme 3.
NERC-ADVENT – Impact of low carbon electricity generation on ecosystem services and natural Capital.
NERC-ADVANCES – Landscapes decisions. - Impact of temporal and spatial scale on land use simulations
NERC-FAB-GGR – GHG removal using BECCS and afforestation.
EU-GRACE - Developing Miscanthus and Hemp as a Bioenergy Feedstock for the bio-economy
EU-EcoWinery - Building a tool to calculate GHG emissions from Wine production
NDC - Estimating GHG emissions from Decomissioning
NDC - Decomissioning bundles
DDC - Curtin - The environmental impact of decomissioning subsea structures with residual NORM and Hg on the marine environment.
EU-VERIFY - Building a methodology to quantify European GHG emissions
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Collaborations
Jatropha growth and soil carbon modelling with Prof. Meenu Saraf University of Gujarat, India.
Miscanthus biomass growth and use Aberystwyth - Hoenheim, Zagreb - Piacenza - INTA - Braunscheig
GGR with Exeter, UEA, CRU, Leeds and Aston.
Low carbon infrastructure impact on the environment - UEA - UCL - Imperial - Leeds - Lancaster - CEH - Southampton - Davis - Sydney.
Decomissioning - Curtin
GHG emissions quantification - The EU GHG group.
Funding and Grants
UKERC - 4 – Theme 3.
NERC-ADVENT – Impact of low carbon electricity generation on ecosystem services and natural Capital.
NERC-ADVANCES – Landscapes decisions. - Impact of temporal and spatial scale on land use simulations
NERC-FAB-GGR – GHG removal using BECCS and afforestation.
EU-GRACE - Developing Miscanthus and Hemp as a Bioenergy Feedstock for the bio-economy
EU-EcoWinery - Building a tool to calculate GHG emissions from Wine production
NDC - Estimating GHG emissions from Decomissioning
NDC - Decomissioning bundles
DDC - Curtin - The environmental impact of decomissioning subsea structures with residual NORM and Hg on the marine environment.
EU-VERIFY - Building a methodology to quantify European GHG emissions
Teaching Responsibilities
Course co-ordinator Marine EIA masters course
Lecture on GHG emissions and mitigation
Environmental modelling
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Economic and Environmental Assessment of Seed and Rhizome Propagated Miscanthus in the UK
Hastings, A. F. S. J., Mos, M., Yesufu, J. A., McCalmont, J., Schwarz, K., Shafiei, R., Ashman, C., Nunn, C., Schüle, H., Cosentino, S., Scalici, G., Scordia, D., Wagner, M., Clifton-Brown, J. C.Frontiers in plant science, vol. 8, 1058Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNovel miscanthus germplasm-based value chains: A Life Cycle Assessment
Wagner, M., Kiesel, A., Hastings, A., Iqbal, Y., Lewandowski, I.Frontiers in plant science, vol. 8, pp. 1-18Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00990
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Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Equilibrium and Model Initialisation Methods: an Application to the Rothamsted Carbon (RothC) Model
Nemo, , Klumpp, K., Coleman, K., Dondini, M., Goulding, K., Hastings, A., Jones, M. B., Leifeld, J., Osborne, B., Saunders, M., Scott, T., Teh, Y. A., Smith, P.Environmental Modeling & Assessment, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 215-229Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10666-016-9536-0
Environmental influences on the growing season duration and ripening of diverse Miscanthus germplasm grown in six countries
Nunn, C., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Kalinina, O., Özgüven, M., Schüle, H., Tarakanov, I. G., Van Der Weijde, T., Anisimov, A. A., Iqbal, Y., Kiesel, A., Khokhlov, N. F., McCalmont, J. P., Meyer, H., Mos, M., Trindade, L. M., Lewandowski, I., Clifton-Brown, J. C., Mastrorilli, M. (ed.)Frontiers in plant science, vol. 8, pp. 1-14Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHarvest time optimisation for combustion quality of different miscanthus genotypes across Europe
Iqbal, Y., Kiesel, A., Wagner, M., Nunn, C., Kalinina, O., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Clifton-Brown, J. C., Lewandowski, I.Frontiers in plant science, vol. 8, 727Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExtending Miscanthus cultivation with novel germplasm at six contrasting sites
Kalinina, O., Nunn, C., Sanderson, R., Hastings, A., Van Der Weijde, T., Özgüven, M., Tarakanov, I., Schüle, H., Trindade, L., Dolstra, O., Schwarz, K., Iqbal, Y., Kiesel, A., Mos, M., Lewandowski, I., Clifton-Brown, J.Frontiers in plant science, vol. 8, 563Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHigh-resolution spatial modelling of greenhouse gas emissions from land-use change to energy crops in the United Kingdom
Richards, M., Pogson, M., Dondini, M., Jones, E. O., Hastings, A., Henner, D. N., Tallis, M. J., Casella, E., Matthews, R. W., Henshall, P. A., Milner, S., Taylor, G., McNamara, N. P., Smith, J. U., Smith, P.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 627–644Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12360
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Environmental costs and benefits of growing Miscanthus for bioenergy in the UK
McCalmont, J., Hastings, A., McNamara, N. P., Richter, G. M., Robson, P., Donnison, I. S., Clifton-Brown, J.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 489-507Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDevelopment of Miscanthus as a Bioenergy Crop
Clifton-Brown, J., McCalmont, J., Hastings, A.Biofuels and Bioenergy. Love, J., Bryant, J. A. (eds.). John Wiley & Sons Ltd., pp. 119-131, 13 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118350553.ch7
Environmental sustainability aspects of second generation ethanol production from sugarcane
Galdos, M. V., Cantarella, H., Hastings, A., Hillier, J., Smith, P.Advances of Basic Science for Second Generation Bioethanol from Sugarcane. Buckeridge, M. S., De Souza, A. P. (eds.). Springer International Publishing AG, pp. 177-195, 19 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49826-3_10
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Progress in upscaling Miscanthus biomass production for the European bio-economy with seed-based hybrids
Clifton-Brown, J., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Mos, M., McCalmont, J. P., Ashman, C., Awty-Carroll, D., Cerazy, J., Chiang, Y., Cosentino, S., Cracroft-Eley, W., Scurlock, J., Donnison, I. S., Glover, C., Gołąb, I., Greef, J. M., Gwyn, J., Harding, G., Hayes, C., Helios, W., Hsu, T., Huang, L. S., Jeżowski, S., Kim, D., Kiesel, A., Kotecki, A., Krzyzak, J., Lewandowski, I., Lim, S. H., Liu, J., Loosely, M., Meyer, H., Murphy-Bokern, D., Nelson, W., Pogrzeba, M., Robinson, G., Robson, P., Rogers, C., Scalici, G., Schuele, H., Shafiei, R., Shevchuk, O., Schwarz, K., Squance, M., Swaller, T., Thornton, J., Truckses, T., Botnari, V., Vizir, I., Wagner, M., Warren, R., Webster, R., Yamada, T., Youell, S., Xi, Q., Zong, J., Flavell, R.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 6-17Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe impact of soil salinity on the yield, composition and physiology of the bioenergy grass Miscanthus × giganteus
Stavridou, E., Hastings, A., Webster, R. J., Robson, P. R. H.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 92–104Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12351
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Progress on optimizing miscanthus biomass production for the European bioeconomy: Results of the EU FP7 project OPTIMISC
Lewandowski, I., Clifton-Brown, J., Trindade, L. M., Van Der Linden, G., Schwarz, K., Anisimov, A., Chen, C. L., Dolstra, O., Donnison, I. S., Farrar, K., Fonteyne, S., Harding, G., Hastings, A., Huxley, L. M., Iqbal, Y., Khokhlov, N., Kiesel, A., Lootens, P., Meyer, H., Mos, M., Muylle, H., Nunn, C., Özgüven, M., Roldán-Ruiz, I., Schüle, H., Tarakanov, I., Van Der Weijde, T., Wagner, M., Xi, Q., Kalinina, O.Frontiers in plant science, vol. 7, pp. 1-23Contributions to Journals: ArticlesELUM: a spatial modelling tool to predict soil greenhouse gas changes from land conversion to bioenergy in the UK
Pogson, M., Richards, M., Dondini, M., Jones, E. O., Hastings, A., Smith, P.Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 84, pp. 458-466Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEmissions of methane from northern peatlands: a review of management impacts and implications for future management options
Abdalla, M., Hastings, A., Truu, J., Espenberg, M., Mander, ?., Smith, P.Ecology and Evolution, vol. 6, no. 19, pp. 7080–7102Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2469
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7577/1/Abdalla_et_al_2016_Ecology_and_Evolution.pdf
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Global change synergies and trade-offs between renewable energy and biodiversity
Santangeli, A., Toivonen, T., Pouzols, F. M., Pogson, M., Hastings, A., Smith, P., Ilanen, A. M.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 941-951Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSimulation of biomass yield of regular and chilling tolerant Miscanthus cultivars and reed canary grass in different climates of Europe
Kandel, T. P., Hastings, A., Jørgensen, U., Olesen, J. E.Industrial Crops and Products, vol. 86, pp. 329-333Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.04.007
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The potential for land sparing to offset greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture
Lamb, A., Green, R., Bateman, I., Broadmeadow, M., Bruce, T., Burney, J., Carey, P., Chadwick, D., Crane, E., Field, R., Goulding, K., Griffiths, H., Hastings, A., Kasoar, T., Kindred, D., Phalan, B., Pickett, J., Smith, P., Wall, E., zu Ermgassen, E. K. H. J., Balmford, A.Nature Climate Change, vol. 6, pp. 488-492Contributions to Journals: LettersPotential impacts on ecosystem services of land use transitions to second-generation bioenergy crops in GB
Milner, S., Holland, R. A., Lovett, A., Sunnenberg, G., Hastings, A., Smith, P., Wang, S., Taylor, G.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 317-333Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEmissions of methane from northern peatlands: a review of management impacts and future implications
Abdalla, M., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Mander, U., Smith, P.European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsMathematical Modeling of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture for Different End Users
Hillier, J., Abdalla, M., Bellarby, J., Albanito, F., Datta, A., Dondini, M., Fitton, N., Hallett, P., Hastings, A., Jones, E., Kuhnert, M., Nayak, D., Pogson, M., Richards, M., Smith, J., Vetter, S., Yeluripati, J., Smith, P.Synthesis and modelling of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon storage in agricultural and forest systems to guide mitigation and adaptation. Del Grosso, S., Parton, W., Ahuja, L. (eds.). American Society of Agronomy, pp. 197-227, 31 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersSoil CO2–C flux and carbon storage in the dry tropics: Impact of land-use change involving bioenergy crop plantation
Kumar Singh, M., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Smith, P., Ghoshal, N.Biomass & Bioenergy, vol. 83, pp. 123-130Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.09.009
History of the development of Miscanthus as a bioenergy crop: From small beginnings to potential realisation
Clifton-Brown, J., Schwarz, K. U., Hastings, A.Biology and Environment, vol. 115B, no. 1, pp. 45-57Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3318/BIOE.2015.05
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Simulation of CO2 and Attribution Analysis at Six European Peatland Sites Using the ECOSSE Model
Abdalla, M., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Bell, M. J., Smith, J. U., Richards, M., Nilsson, M. B., Peichl, M., Lofvenius, M. O., Lund, M., Helfter, C., Nemitz, E., Sutton, M. A., Aurela, M., Lohila, A., Laurila, T., Dolman, A. J., Belelli-Marchesini, L., Pogson, M., Jones, E., Drewer, J., Drosler, M., Smith, P.Water, Air and Soil Pollution, vol. 225, 2182Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-014-2182-8
Sustainable Energy Crop Production
Del Grosso, S., Smith, P., Galdos, M., Hastings, A., Parton, W.Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, vol. 9-10, pp. 20-25Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2014.07.007
Assessing the impact of within crop heterogeneity (“patchiness”) in young Miscanthus x giganteus fields on economic feasibility and soil carbon sequestration
Zimmermann, J., Styles, D., Hastings, A., Dauber, J., Jones, M. B.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 566-576Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12084
Life-cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from unconventional gas in Scotland
Bond, C. E., Roberts, J., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Shipton, Z., Joao, E., Tabyldy, K., Stephenson, M.ClimateXChange. 87 pages.Other Contributions: Other Contributions- [ONLINE] http://www.climatexchange.org.uk/files/7814/0853/5471/Life-cycle_Assessment_of_Greenhouse_Gas_Emissions_from_Unconventional_Gas_in_Scotland_Full_Report.pdf
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Land use change from C3 grassland to C4 Miscanthus: effects on soil carbon content and estimated mitigation benefit after six years
Zatta, A., Clifton-Brown, J., Robson, P., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Monti, A.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 360-370Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12054
Assessing the combined use of reduced tillage and cover crops for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from arable ecosystem
Abdalla, M., Hastings, A., Helmy, M., Prescher, A., Osbourne, B., Lanigan, G., Forristal, D., Killi, D., Maratha, P., Williams, M., Rueangritsarakul, K., Smith, P., Nolan, P., Jones, M. B.Geoderma, vol. 223-225, pp. 9-20Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.01.030
Assessing the sensitivity of modelled estimates of N2O emissions and yield to input uncertainty at a UK cropland experimental site using the DailyDayCent model
Fitton, N., Datta, A., Smith, K., Williams, J. R., Hastings, A., Kuhnert, M., Topp, C. F. E., Smith, P.Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, vol. 99, no. 1-3, pp. 119-133Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOptimizing carbon storage within a spatially heterogeneous upland grassland through sheep grazing management
Smith, S. W., Vandenberghe,, C., Hastings, A., Johnson, D., Pakeman, R. J., Van Der Wal, R., Woodin, S. J.Ecosystems, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 418-429Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe potential for bioenergy crops to contribute to meeting GB heat and electricity demands
Wang, S., Hastings, A., Wang, S., Sunnenberg, G., Tallis, M. J., Casella, E., Taylor, S., Alexander, P., Cisowska, I., Lovett, A., Taylor, G., Firth, S., Moran, D., Morison, J., Smith, P.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 136-141Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12123
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Estimating UK perennial energy crop supply using farm-scale models with spatially disaggregated data
Alexander, P., Moran, D., Smith, P., Hastings, A., Wang, S., Sünnenberg, G., Lovett, A., Tallis, M. J., Casella, E., Taylor, G., Finch, J., Cisowska, I.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 142-155Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12121
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The technical potential of Great Britain to produce ligno-cellulosic biomass for bioenergy in current and future climates
Hastings, A., Tallis, M. J., Casella, E., Matthews, R. W., Henshall, P. A., Milner, S., Smith, P., Taylor, G.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 108-122Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12103
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Beyond upland exclosures: what is the effect of low-intensity grazing on carbon storage?
Smith, S. W., Vandenberghe,, C., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Johnson, D., Pakeman, R., Van Der Wal, R., Woodin, S. J.Contributions to Conferences: PapersBiofuel crops and greenhouse gasses: Biofuel crops and greenhouse gasses
Hastings, A. F. S. J., Yeluripati, J., Hillier, J. G., Smith, P.Biofuel Crop Sustainability. Singh, B. (ed.). 1 edition. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 386-401, 15 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersSimulating the impacts of land use in Northwest Europe on Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE): The role of arable ecosystems, grasslands and forest plantations in climate change mitigation
Abdalla, M., Saunders, M., Hastings, A., Williams, M., Smith, P., Osborne, B., Lanigan, G., Jones, M. B.Science of the Total Environment, vol. 465, pp. 325-336Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.030
How does bioenergy compare with other land-based renewable energy sources globally?
Pogson, M., Hastings, A., Smith, P.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 513-524Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12013
Biofuel Crops and Greenhouse Gases
Hastings, A., Yeluripati, J., Hillier, J., Smith, P.Biofuel Crop Sustainability. Singh, B. P. (ed.). 1 edition. John Wiley and Sons, pp. 383-405, 23 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118635797.ch12
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Attributing greenhouse gas emissions associated with land use and land use change to direct and indirect human and natural drivers: a modelling study to estimate their relative importance
Hastings, A. F. S. J., Fuchs, R., Abdalla, M., Bell, M. J., Blagodatsky, S., Nemoto, R., Datta, A., Dondini, M., Fitton, N., Jones, E. O., Klumpp, K., Richards, M. L. A., Kuhnert, M., Yeluripati, J., Smith, P.European Geosciences UnionContributions to Journals: AbstractsEuropean greenhouse gas fluxes from land use: the impact of expanding the use of dedicated bioenergy crops
Hastings, A. F. S. J., Bottcher, H., Clifton-Brown, J., Fuchs, R., Hillier, J. G., Jones, E. O., Obersteiner, M., Pogson, M., Richards, M. L. A., Smith, P.Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsHow much land is required to produce a healthy diet with reduced greenhouse gas emissions in the UK?
Kyle, J., Apariman, S., Hastings, A.Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, vol. 63, no. Suppl. 1, pp. 984-985Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000354245
The impact on European GHG emissions of expanding the use of dedicated bioenergy crops
Hastings, A. F. S. J., Bottcher, H., Clifton-Brown, J., Fuchs, R., Hillier, J. G., Jones, E. O., Obersteiner, M., Pogson, M., Richards, M. L. A., Smith, P.GHG Europe - Open Science ConferenceContributions to Conferences: AbstractsLand-use change to bioenergy production in Europe: implications for the greenhouse gas balance and soil carbon
Don, A., Osborne, B., Hastings, A., Skiba, U., Carter, M. S., Drewer, J., Flessa, H., Freibauer, A., Hyvonen, N., Jones, M. B., Lanigan, G. J., Mander, U., Monti, A., Njakou Djomo, S., Valentine, J., Walter, K., Zegada-Lizarazu, W., Zenone, T.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 372-391Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01116.x
Economic and greenhouse gas costs of Miscanthus supply chains in the United Kingdom
Wang, S., Wang, S., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Pogson, M., Smith, P.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 358-363Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01125.x
Quantifying global greenhouse gas emissions from land-use change for crop production
Flynn, H. C., Canals, L. M. I., Keller, E., King, H., Sim, S., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Wang, S., Smith, P.Global Change Biology, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 1622-1635Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02618.x
Sensitivity of crop model predictions to entire meteorological and soil input datasets highlights vulnerability to drought
Pogson, M., Hastings, A., Smith, P.Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 37-43Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.10.008
Systems approaches in global change and biogeochemistry research
Smith, P., Albanito, F., Bell, M. J., Bellarby, J., Blagodatsky, S., Datta, A., Dondini, M., Fitton, N., Flynn, H., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Hillier, J., Jones, E. O., Kuhnert, M., Nayak, D. R., Pogson, M., Richards, M. L., Sozanska-Stanton, G., Wang, S., Yeluripati, J. B., Bottoms, E., Brown, C., Farmer, J., Feliciano, D. M. S., Hao, C., Robertson, A., Vetter, S., Wong, H. M., Smith, J. U.Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 367, no. 1586, pp. 311-321Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0173
An optimization model for energy crop supply
Wang, S., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Smith, P.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 88-95Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01112.x
Food vs. fuel: the use of land for lignocellulosic 'next generation' energy crops that minimize competition with primary food production
Valentine, J., Clifton-Brown, J., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Robson, P., Allison, G., Smith, P.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1-19Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01111.x
Characterization of flowering time diversity in Miscanthus species
Jensen, E., Farrar, K., Thomas-Jones, S., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Donnison, I., Clifton-Brown, J.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 387-400Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01097.x
Thermal requirements for seed germination in Miscanthus compared with Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), Reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinaceae), Maize (Zea mays) and perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)
Clifton-Brown, J., Robson, P., Sanderson, R., Hastings, A., Valentine, J., Donnison, I.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 375-386Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01094.x
Soil storage as affected by tillage and straw management: an assessment using field measurements and model predictions
Van Groenigen, K., Hastings, A., Forristal, D., Roth, B., Jones, M., Smith, P.Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, vol. 140, no. 1-2, pp. 218-225Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2010.12.008
Understanding the value of hydrothermal time on flowering in Miscanthus species
Jensen, E., Squance, M., Hastings, A., Thomas-Jones, S., Farrar, K., Huang, L., King, R., Clifton-Brown, J., Donnison, I.Aspects of Applied Biology, vol. 112, pp. 181-190Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe carbon balance of European croplands: A cross-site comparison of simulation models
Wattenbach, M., Sus, O., Vuichard, N., Lehuger, S., Gottschalk, P., Li, L., Leip, A., Williams, M., Tomelleri, E., Kutsch, W. L., Buchmann, N., Eugster, W., Dietiker, D., Aubinet, M., Ceschia, E., Béziat, P., Grünwald, T., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Osborne, B., Ciais, P., Cellier, P., Smith, P.Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, vol. 139, no. 3, pp. 419-453Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2010.08.004
Uncertainty propagation in soil greenhouse gas emission models: An experiment using the DNDC model and at the Oensingen cropland site
Hastings, A. F. S. J., Wattenbach, M., Eugster, W., Li, C., Buchmann, N., Smith, P.Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, vol. 136, no. 1-2, pp. 97-110Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2009.11.016
Developing Miscanthus for Bioenergy
Clifton-Brown, J., Renvoise, S., Chiang, Y., Ibaragi, Y., Flavell, R., |Greef, J., Huang, L., Wen Hsu, T., Kim, D., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Schwarz, K., Stampfl, P., Valentine, J., Yamada, T., Xi, Q., Donnison, I.Energy Crops. Halford, N., Karp, A. (eds.). Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain), pp. 310-321, 21 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/9781849732048-00301
The potential of Miscanthus to sequester carbon in soils: comparing field measurements in Carlow, Ireland to model predictions
Dondini, M., Hastings, A., Saiz, G., Jones, M. B., Smith, P.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 413-425Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2010.01033.x
Future energy potential of Miscanthus in Europe
Hastings, A. F. S. J., Clifton-Brown, J., Wattenbach, M., Mitchell, C. P., Stampfl, P., Smith, P.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 180-196Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2009.01012.x
The development of MISCANFOR, a new Miscanthus crop growth model: towards more robust yield predictions under different climatic and soil conditions
Hastings, A., Clifton-Brown, J., Wattenbach, M., Mitchell, C. P., Smith, P.Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 154-170Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2009.01007.x
Potential of Miscanthus grasses to provide energy and hence reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Hastings, A., Clifton-Brown, J., Wattenbach, M., Stampfl, P., Mitchell, C. P., Smith, P.Agronomy for Sustainable Development, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 465-472Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/agro:2008030
Cool Farming: Climate impacts of agriculture and mitigation potential
Bellarby, J., Foereid, B., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Smith, P.Amsterdam, Netherlands: Greenpeace International. 44 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsBioenery technology: balancing energy output and environmental benefits
Clifton-Brown, J., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Smith, P., Stampfl, P., Valentine, J., Jones, M., Donnison, I.Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, vol. 150, no. 3 Suppl. 1, pp. S174-S175Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBiofuels: The role of biotechnology to improve their sustainability and profitability
Saraf, M., Hastings, A. F. S. J.Biodiversity, Biofuels, Agroforestry and Conservation Agriculture: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews. Springer Netherlands, pp. 123-148, 26 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9513-8_4
Hidden Inovation: How innovation happens in six 'low innovation' sectors
Hastings, A. F. S. J., Finch, J. H.London: NESTA (Printed report/online). 72 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsMitigating carbon dioxide by the use of biofuels; quantifying the energy production and mitigation potential of Europe
Hastings, A. F. S. J., Clifton-Brown, J., Wattenbach, M., Mitchell, C. P., Smith, P.Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsEnergy crops: current status and future prospects
Sims, R. E. H., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Schlamadinger, B., Taylor, G., Smith, P.Global Change Biology, vol. 12, pp. 2054-2076Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01163.x