Emission Factor

Mine infrastructure - open cast - lignite (mine construction)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is mine construction, open cast, lignite. The reference product is mine infrastructure, open cast, lignite. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of a mine infrastructure, open cast, lignite. The infrastructure is assumed to have a total production of 100 million tons, a lifetime of 40-50 years for the mine and a lifetime of 30 years for the machinery. In open cast lignite mining, there are almost only mobile facilities, apart from conveyor belts, rails and administration buildings. The process includes machinery and equipment, electricity consumption and land use. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/8794/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameMine infrastructure - open cast - lignite (mine construction)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1983
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/number
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
construction-type_mine_infrastructure_open_cast_lignite_mine_construction_open_cast_lignite
UUID
885d7917-5acf-4e57-bbef-203a8d12c2de
Code Snippet
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