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The activity generating the emissions is market for concentrated solar power plant, solar tower, 20 MW. The reference product is concentrated solar power plant, solar tower, 20 MW. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of a concentrated solar power plant, solar tower, 20 MW. The process represents the construction a power plant for electricity production, with five different units: collector field area, receiver system, thermal storage unit, steam generation system and a power block unit. The infrastructure has a capacity of 20 MW and a lifetime of 30 years. Further, site preparation activities are also included in the dataset (e.g. clearing shrubs, construction of roads, fences, providing water connectivity). 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/18550/documentation.
Property | Value |
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Name | Concentrated solar power plant - solar tower - 20 MW (market for) |
Sector | Buildings and Infrastructure |
Category | Construction |
Source | ecoinvent |
Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11 |
Region | |
Unit Type | |
Year | 2010 |
Year Released | 2024 |
Emission Factor | |
LCA Activity | unknown |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
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