Emission Factor

Deep well - drilled - for geothermal power (deep well drilling - for deep geothermal power)

Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. This is an immobile infrastructure representing the drilling of 1 meter of a borehole for deep geothermal power generation. The infrastructure represent a well with a depth of 5 000m an onshore drilling with a rig capacity of 6.75 MWel and a borehole with a diameter at the top is 10 inches. The process excludes waster treatment. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameDeep well - drilled - for geothermal power (deep well drilling - for deep geothermal power)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryInfrastructure
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2015
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/m
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6

API Reference

Activity ID
infrastructure-type_deep_well_drilled_for_geothermal_power_deep_well_drilling_for_deep_geothermal_power
UUID
4a96746a-f6b4-4612-80e9-0ae41b9ec6c8
Code Snippet
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