Replacement of fairway and semi-rough mowers that burn fossil fuel with lightweight electricrotary mowers is an important step to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from golf courses. Besides eliminating fossil energy, N2O emissions may also be reduced by this change, due to less soil compaction. However, recent research shows that robotic mowing may lead to more white clover, and therefore reduced playing quality, on semi-roughs.
In the 2023 season, experiments using the new generation of GPS-controlled robotic mowers will be performed at our research facility in Norway and on golf courses in Scandinavia and Germany.
Karin Juul Hesselsøe, NIBIO Landvik, N-4886 Grimstad, Norway. Tel: + 47 413 96 851 E-mail: karin.hesselsoe@nibio.no
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2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
|
Total |
STERF |
413 |
329 |
343 |
|
|
1085 |
Other sources |
2044 |
374 |
388 |
|
|
2805 |
Total |
2457 |
703 |
731 |
|
|
3890 |
STERF is a research foundation that supports existing and future R&D efforts and delivers ‘ready-to-use research results’ that benefit the Nordic golf sector. STERF was set up in 2006 by the golf federations in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland and the Nordic Greenkeepers’ Associations.