Emission Factor

Concentrated solar power plant - solar tower - 20 MW (concentrated solar power plant construction - solar tower power plant)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is concentrated solar power plant construction, solar tower power plant, 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 ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/18980/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameConcentrated solar power plant - solar tower - 20 MW (concentrated solar power plant construction - solar tower power plant)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2010
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/number
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 29Version log
  • Replaced by: 3e81aafe-4ebd-4963-acbf-5144b7bfbfc1

API Reference

Activity ID
construction-type_concentrated_solar_power_plant_solar_tower_20mw_concentrated_solar_power_plant_construction_solar_tower_power_plant_20mw
UUID
c99104bf-55f5-4962-9ce5-55d27cfde02e
Code Snippet
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