Life Cycle Emissions Factors for Electricity Generation Technologies

Nicholson, Scott; Heath, Garvin

doi:10.7799/1819907

Title: Life Cycle Emissions Factors for Electricity Generation Technologies

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This dataset consists of a table containing the distribution of literature estimates of greenhouse gas emissions for the following electricity generation and storage technologies: biopower, coal, concentrating solar power, geothermal, hydrogen storage, hydropower, lithium-ion battery storage, natural gas, nuclear, ocean, oil, photovoltaic, pumped-storage hydropower, and wind. Quartile estimates of life cycle emissions factors in units of grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilowatt hour of generation (g CO2e/kWh) are provided for the following life cycle stages: one-time upstream, ongoing combustion, ongoing non-combustion, one-time downstream, and total. Literature estimates were compiled by the LCA Harmonization study and subsequent updates, as detailed in the factsheet which accompanies this dataset, https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy21osti/80580.pdf.

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Strategic Energy Analysis Center

Publication Date:: 2021-08-23

Other Number(s):: FY17 AOP 4.6.8.3

DOE Contract Number:: FY17 AOP 4.6.8.3

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Data (NREL-DATA), Golden, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Subject:: 01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 02 PETROLEUM; 03 NATURAL GAS; 08 HYDROGEN; 09 BIOMASS FUELS; 10 SYNTHETIC FUELS; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 13 HYDRO ENERGY; 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; 16 TIDAL AND WAVE POWER; 17 WIND ENERGY; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 42 ENGINEERING

Keywords:: life cycle assessment; electricity; greenhouse gas emissions; concentrating solar power; photovoltaic; bioenergy; water power; hydropower; battery energy storage; wind energy; natural gas; coal; oil; nuclear power

OSTI Identifier:: 1819907

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.7799/1819907

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"Life Cycle Emissions Factors for Electricity Generation Technologies".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.7799/1819907.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1819907. Pub date:Mon Aug 23 00:00:00 EDT 2021

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  title        = {Life Cycle Emissions Factors for Electricity Generation Technologies},

  author       = {Nicholson, Scott and Heath, Garvin},

  abstractNote = {This dataset consists of a table containing the distribution of literature estimates of greenhouse gas emissions for the following electricity generation and storage technologies: biopower, coal, concentrating solar power, geothermal, hydrogen storage, hydropower, lithium-ion battery storage, natural gas, nuclear, ocean, oil, photovoltaic, pumped-storage hydropower, and wind. Quartile estimates of life cycle emissions factors in units of grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilowatt hour of generation (g CO2e/kWh) are provided for the following life cycle stages: one-time upstream, ongoing combustion, ongoing non-combustion, one-time downstream, and total. Literature estimates were compiled by the LCA Harmonization study and subsequent updates, as detailed in the factsheet which accompanies this dataset, https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy21osti/80580.pdf.},

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