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Concentrated solar power plant - solar tower - 20 mw (market for concentrated solar power plant - solar tower - 20 MW)

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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 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 cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameConcentrated solar power plant - solar tower - 20 mw (market for concentrated solar power plant - solar tower - 20 MW)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Unit Type
Year
2010
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/number
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 22Version log
  • Replaced by: 2fe59abc-4455-4275-883a-ebd65133ad8f

API Reference

Activity ID
construction-type_concentrated_solar_power_plant_solar_tower_20_mw_market_for_concentrated_solar_power_plant_solar_tower_20_mw
UUID
fa4634d1-5f21-4c2d-a342-c63c881d4474
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