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Geothermal power plant - 5.5MWel (geothermal power plant construction)
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The activity generating the emissions is geothermal power plant construction. The Reference Product is geothermal power plant, 5.5MWel. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of a geothermal power plant at the surface. The infrastructure represents a coupled underground and surface system with a 5.5MWel power capacity. The process includes all materials necessary to construct it and infrastructure. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/14158/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Geothermal power plant - 5.5MWel (geothermal power plant construction) |
| Sector | Buildings and Infrastructure |
| Category | Construction |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
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Unit Type | |
| Year | 2015 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
| Emission Factor |
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| Scopes | 3.1, 3.2 |
LCA Activity | source_specific |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
| Data Versioning |
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Activity ID
construction-type_geothermal_power_plant_5.5mwel_geothermal_power_plant_construction
UUID
221d69c7-dd7e-4747-b048-d23a882bbbc8
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