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Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electricity Generation: Update

Program Document ·
OSTI ID:1820320
As clean energy increasingly becomes part of the national dialogue, lenders, utilities, and lawmakers need the most comprehensive and accurate information on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from various sources of energy to inform policy, planning, and investment decisions. Since the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) published original results from the Life Cycle Assessment Harmonization Project (Heath and Mann 2012), it has updated estimates of electricity generation GHG emissions factors as part of several recent studies. This fact sheet updates an earlier version (NREL 2013).
Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1820320
Report Number(s):
NREL/FS-6A50-80580; MainId:53969; UUID:a76273a2-0653-4c2c-bba2-2e7a8dd74132; MainAdminID:61746
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English