![Professor Astley Hastings Professor Astley Hastings](/img/200x200/staffpages/assets/images/default-profile-picture.jpg)
BSc, MSc, PhD, MIMechE, CEng.
Personal Chair
- About
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- 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
- Internal Memberships
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Line Manager.
Co-Champion of CCUS and Nature Based Solutions Theme.
- External Memberships
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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
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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
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Teaching Responsibilities
Course co-ordinator Marine EIA masters course
Lecture on GHG emissions and mitigation
Environmental modelling
- Publications
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Upscaling Miscanthus production in the UK: the benefits, challenges, and trade-offs
GCB Bioenergy, vol. 16, no. 8, e13177Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.13177
Is OSPAR 98/3 science-based politics or politics-based science?
Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 11, 1264892Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRepurposing an Offshore Oil and Gas Platform for Green Hydrogen Production: A North Sea Case Study
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2118/220114-MS
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Assessing Life Cycle Methods for scalable Carbon Dioxide Removal
International Conference on Negative CO₂ Emissions 2024Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsOpen letter to leaders of the UK political parties - June 2024
Grantham Research Institute.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsNumerical Analysis for Cutting a Subsea Bundle
Journal of offshore mechanics and arctic engineering-Transactions of the asmeContributions to Journals: ArticlesAn approach to assessing subsea pipeline-associated mercury release into the North Sea and its potential environmental and human health impact
Royal Society Open Science, vol. 11, no. 3, 230943Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHigh resolution visualisation of tiemannite microparticles, essential in the detoxification process of mercury in marine mammals
Environmental Pollution, vol. 342, 123027Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLow risk management intervention?: Limited impact of remedial tillage on net ecosystem carbon balance at a commercial Miscanthus plantation
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 16, no. 1, e13114Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.13114
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/22778/1/Rowe_etal_GCBB_Low_Risk_Management_VoR.pdf
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Spatial context matters: Assessing how future renewable energy pathways will impact nature and society
Renewable Energy, vol. 220, 119385Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA first estimate of blue carbon associated with oil & gas industry marine infrastructure
Environmental Science: Advances, vol. 2023, no. 12, pp. 1708-1726Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAdvances in biorenewables-resource-waste systems and modelling
Carbon Capture Science & Technology, vol. 9, 100142Contributions to Journals: ArticlesModelling the impact of forest management and CO2-fertilisation on growth and demography in a Sitka spruce plantation
Scientific Reports, vol. 13, no. 1, 13487Contributions to Journals: ArticlesConsiderations for future quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) modelling for heavy metals: A case study of mercury
Toxicology, vol. 499, 153661Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRepurposing an Offshore Oil and Gas Platform for Green Hydrogen Production: A North Sea Case Study
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4622137
Lifetime greenhouse gas emissions from offshore hydrogen production
Energy Reports, vol. 10, pp. 1538-1554Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBlue Carbon associated with oil & gas industry marine infrastructure
Environmental AdvancesContributions to Journals: ArticlesA Spatially Explicit Evaluation of the Economic Performance of a Perennial Energy Crop on the Marginal Land of the Loess Plateau and China
Energies, vol. 16, no. 14, 5282Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en16145282
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21995/1/Liu_etal_E_A_Spatially_Explicit_VOR.pdf
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An approach to assess potential environmental mercury release, food web bioaccumulation, and human dietary methylmercury uptake from decommissioning offshore oil and gas infrastructure
Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 452, 131298Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBuilding the Policy Ecosystem in Europe for Cultivation and Use of Perennial Biomass Crops
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5071/31stEUBCE2023-2DO.2.2
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- [ONLINE] https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/13404/
Energy production from municipal solid waste in low to middle income countries: a case study of how to build a circular economy in Abuja, Nigeria
Frontiers in Sustainability, vol. 4, 1173474Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGreenhouse gas emissions from decommissioning manmade structures in the marine environment: current trends and implications for the future
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering , vol. 11, no. 6, 1133Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPerennial biomass cropping and use: shaping the policy ecosystem in European countries
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 15, no. 5, 13038Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA review of planting principles to identify the right place for the right tree for ‘net zero plus’ woodlands: Applying a place-based natural capital framework for Sustainable, Efficient and Equitable (SEE) decisions
People and Nature, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 271-301Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNovel Miscanthus hybrids: Modelling productivity on marginal land in Europe using dynamics of canopy development determined by light interception
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 444-461Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUncertain effectiveness of Miscanthus bioenergy expansion for climate change mitigation explored using land surface, agronomic and integrated assessment models
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 303-318Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMethod for assessing the potential of miscanthus on marginal lands for high temperature heat demand: The case studies of France and Belgium
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 365-381Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThreshold values for the protection of marine ecosystems from NORM in subsea oil and gas infrastructure
Journal of environmental radioactivity, vol. 258, 107093Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSoil organic carbon significantly increases when perennial biomass plantations are reverted back to annual arable crops
Agronomy, vol. 13, no. 2, 447Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDecarbonising UK transport: Implications for electricity generation, land use and policy.
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, vol. 17, 100736Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe development of a new crop growth model SwitchFor for yield mapping of switchgrass
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. 1281-1302Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExpanding the Miscanthus market in the UK: Growers in profile and experience, benefits and drawbacks of the bioenergy crop
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 1205-1218Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUse of Winery and Animal Waste as Fertilizers to Achieve Climate Neutrality in Non-Irrigated Viticulture
Agronomy, vol. 12, no. 10, 2375Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCurrent understanding of the ecological risk of mercury from subsea oil and gas infrastructure to marine ecosystems
Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 438, 129348Contributions to Journals: Review articlesQuantifying the land-based opportunity carbon costs of onshore wind farms
Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 363, 132480Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRisk Based Marine Impact Assessment of NORM and Hg from Decommissioning Oil & Gas Infrastructure: Summary Report
Curtin University. 16 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsRisk Based Marine Impact Assessment of NORM and Hg from Decommissioning Oil & Gas Infrastructure: Assessment Report - NORM & Hg
Curtin University. 166 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsRisk Based Marine Impact Assessment of NORM and Hg from Decommissioning Oil & Gas Infrastructure: Literature Review
Curtin University. 15 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsBuses
Transportation in a Net Zero World: Transitioning Towards Low Carbon Public Transport. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 37-49, 13 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96674-4_3
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Challenges of Implementing Electric and Hydrogen Public Transport
Transportation in a Net Zero World: Transitioning Towards Low Carbon Public Transport. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 59-80, 22 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96674-4_5
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Freight
Green Energy and Technology. Springer, pp. 91-102, 12 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96674-4_7
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Introduction: Green Energy and Technology
Green Energy and Technology. Springer, pp. 1-17, 17 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96674-4_1
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Low Carbon Public Transport and the Competition with Aviation
Green Energy and Technology. Springer, pp. 81-90, 10 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96674-4_6
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Low Carbon Transport for a Modern Working Environment
Green Energy and Technology. Springer, pp. 103-109, 7 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96674-4_8
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Passenger Land-Based Road Transport
Green Energy and Technology. Springer, pp. 19-36, 18 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96674-4_2
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Policy Recommendations
Green Energy and Technology. Springer, pp. 111-115, 5 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96674-4_9
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Trains
Green Energy and Technology. Springer, pp. 51-58, 8 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96674-4_4
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Low emission vehicle integration: Will National Grid electricity generation mix meet UK Net Zero?
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, vol. 236, no. 1, pp. 159-175Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCurrent understanding and research needs for ecological risk assessments of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) in subsea oil and gas pipelines
Journal of environmental radioactivity, vol. 241, 106774Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2021.106774
Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from decommissioned oil and gas steel structures: Can current policy meet NetZero goals?
Energy Policy, vol. 160, 112717Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112717
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