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Life Cycle Analysis Data and Results for Geothermal and Other Electricity Generation Technologies

Life cycle analysis (LCA) is an environmental assessment method that quantifies the environmental performance of a product system over its entire lifetime, from cradle to grave. Based on a set of relevant metrics, the method is aptly suited for comparing the environmental performa...

Sullivan, J. Argonne National Laboratory

Jun 04, 2013
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Alternative Geothermal Power Production Scenarios

The information given in this file pertains to Argonne life-cycle analyses (LCAs) of the plant cycle stage for a set of ten new geothermal scenario pairs, each comprised of a reference and improved case. These analyses were conducted to compare environmental performances among the...

Sullivan, J. Argonne National Laboratory

Mar 14, 2014
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Geothermal Water Use: Life Cycle Water Consumption, Water Resource Assessment, and Water Policy Framework

This report examines life cycle water consumption for various geothermal technologies to better understand factors that affect water consumption across the life cycle (e.g., power plant cooling, belowground fluid losses) and to assess the potential water challenges that future geo...

Schroeder, J. et al Argonne National Laboratory

Jun 10, 2014
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Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Spreadsheet tool for Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus

A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) spreadsheet tool was developed to analyze potential environmental benefits of a deep direct-use (DDU) geothermal energy system (GES) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U of IL) campus. The LCA spreadsheet tool is a unique contribution ...

Tinjum, J. et al University of Illinois

Jan 31, 2020
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Greenhouse Gas emissions from California Geothermal Power Plants

The information given in this file represents greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and corresponding emission rates for California flash and dry steam geothermal power plants. This stage of the life cycle is the fuel use component of the fuel cycle and arises during plant operation. Des...

Sullivan, J. Argonne National Laboratory

Mar 14, 2014
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Life Cycle Water Consumption and Water Resource Assessment for Utility-Scale Geothermal Systems: An In-Depth Analysis of Historical and Forthcoming EGS Projects

This report is the third in a series of reports sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies Program in which a range of water-related issues surrounding geothermal power production are evaluated. The first report made an initial attempt at quantifying the li...

Schroeder, J. et al Argonne National Laboratory

Aug 31, 2013
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USLCI Database_Electricity, at Grid, US, 2008

Gate to gate life cycle inventory (LCI) data for the US national grid. Includes generation and transmission of electricity for US electricity grid. Representative of year 2008 mix of fuels used for utility electricity generation in US. Fuels include biomass, coal, petroleum, geo...

Carpenter, A. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nov 25, 2014
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University of Illinois Campus Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Study Energy Farm Propane Use Logs

This submission includes an excel workbook containing propane energy logs for the UIUC Energy Farm from March 2013 to March 2016. It also includes heating degree day information for the region from the period October 1 to March 31, for the years 2008 to 2013. The propane logs are...

Lin, Y. University of Illinois

Dec 18, 2017
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University of Illinois Campus Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Study Long-Term Meteorological Data

This submission includes meteorological data recorded by National Weather Service at University of Illinois Willard Airport, Savoy IL for period 1972 to 2018. This data is for use in parameterizing the demand and life-cycle assessments associated with the project, and provides inf...

Lin, Y. University of Illinois

Mar 30, 2018
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Development of Integrated Screening, Cultivar Optimization, and Verification Research (DISCOVR)

The objective of the DISCOVR consortia is to develop an integrated algae strain screening platform for the discovery of high-productivity and resilient strains of algae that can be cultivated outdoors year-round via crop rotation. The data includes annual weather data, algae culti...

Knoshaug, E. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Sep 01, 2016
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Performance and Costs of Ductless Heat Pumps in Marine-Climate High-Performance Homes Habitat for Humanity The Woods

The Washington State University (WSU) Energy Program's Building America (BA) team conducted a case study of a high-performance affordable housing community: The Woods (Figure 1). This BA effort is part of a larger-scale study of 30 homes funded from 2013-2016 by Tacoma Public Util...

Lubliner, M. et al Washington State University

Apr 27, 2016
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Energy Return On Investment of Engineered Geothermal Systems Data

The project provides an updated Energy Return on Investment (EROI) for Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). Results incorporate Argonne National Laboratory's Life Cycle Assessment and base case assumptions consistent with other projects in the Analysis subprogram. EROI is a ratio o...

Mansure, C. Arthur Mansure

Jan 01, 2012
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LCOE and Baseline Data for ORPC's RivGen 1.F River Power System

Base data and documentation of LCOE calculations for ORPC's RivGen 1.F Power System, demonstrated in the Kvichak River at Igiugig, Alaska in 2015.

Salmon, A. Igiugig Village Council

Oct 31, 2016
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Literature Data on Foam Fracturing Fluid

At the beginning of this project, the Temple team spent significant effort to collect data relevant to foam fracturing. More than 40 articles/reports were found in the open literature that reported the properties of aqueous foams under various testing conditions. The foam properti...

Thakor, V. et al Temple University

Nov 08, 2021
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Appalachian Basin Play Fairway Analysis: Natural Sedimentary Reservoirs Data 2016 Revision

Tier 3 data for Appalachian Basin sectors of New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia used in a Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis of opportunities for low-temperature direct-use applications of heat. It accompanies data and materials submitted as Geothermal Data Repository Submissi...

Jordan, T. Cornell University

Dec 07, 2016
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March 2014 Dixie Valley Binary Cycle Monthly Production Data for the Bottoming Cycle Binary System

Generation Data for March, 2014. Used to demonstrate the techno-economic feasibility of utilizing the available unused heat to generate additional electric power from a binary power plant. Data includes Brine Flow, Brine Return Temperature, Brine Supply Temperature, Generation Out...