Emission Factor

Hydropower plant - reservoir (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for hydropower plant, reservoir. The reference product is hydropower plant, reservoir. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of a hydropower plant, reservoir. The infrastructure is based on a representative sample of various types of dams from 52 reservoir power plants with an annual gross production output of 17.8 TWh and an installed capacity of 9,130 MW. The lifetime of the dam can be between 100 to 150 years, while for the rest of the materials the lifetime is 80 years. Users should consult the specific geography of this infrastructure for more detailed information. The process includes all materials necessary to construct it, electricity and water consumption during manufacturing and decommission. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/7523/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameHydropower plant - reservoir (market for)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/number
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
construction-type_hydropower_plant_reservoir_market_for_hydropower_plant_reservoir
UUID
0c849137-5f34-4b38-8481-70c3b0ce26a7
Code Snippet
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