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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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TY - DATA AB - 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. AU - Nicholson A2 - Heath DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI) DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory DO - KW - life cycle assessment KW - electricity KW - greenhouse gas emissions KW - concentrating solar power KW - photovoltaic KW - bioenergy KW - water power KW - hydropower KW - battery energy storage KW - wind energy KW - natural gas KW - coal KW - oil KW - nuclear power LA - English DA - 2021/08/23 PY - 2021 PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory T1 - Life Cycle Emissions Factors for Electricity Generation Technologies UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/8228 ER -
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Nicholson, and Heath. Life Cycle Emissions Factors for Electricity Generation Technologies. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 23 August, 2021, NREL. https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/171.
Nicholson, & Heath. (2021). Life Cycle Emissions Factors for Electricity Generation Technologies. [Data set]. NREL. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/171
Nicholson and Heath. Life Cycle Emissions Factors for Electricity Generation Technologies. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, August, 23, 2021. Distributed by NREL. https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/171
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_8228, title = {Life Cycle Emissions Factors for Electricity Generation Technologies}, author = {Nicholson and Heath}, 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.}, url = {https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/171}, year = {2021}, howpublished = {NREL, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/171}, note = {Accessed: 2025-05-05} }

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Data from Aug 23, 2021

Last updated Jan 21, 2025

Submitted Aug 23, 2021

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Scott Nicholson

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Nicholson

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Heath

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

DOE Project Details

Project Name Geothermal Vision Study - Direct Use

Project Number FY17 AOP 4.6.8.3

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