Hydropower plant - reservoir (market for)
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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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Hydropower plant - reservoir (market for) |
| Sector | Buildings and Infrastructure |
| Category | Construction |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11 |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 2011 |
| Year Released | 2024 |
| Emission Factor |
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| Scopes | 3.1, 3.2 |
LCA Activity | unknown |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
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