Application of Hybrid Life Cycle Approaches to Emerging Energy Technologies – The Case of Wind Power in the UK
Citations Over TimeTop 1% of 2011 papers
Abstract
Future energy technologies will be key for a successful reduction of man-made greenhouse gas emissions. With demand for electricity projected to increase significantly in the future, climate policy goals of limiting the effects of global atmospheric warming can only be achieved if power generation processes are profoundly decarbonized. Energy models, however, have ignored the fact that upstream emissions are associated with any energy technology. In this work we explore methodological options for hybrid life cycle assessment (hybrid LCA) to account for the indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of energy technologies using wind power generation in the UK as a case study. We develop and compare two different approaches using a multiregion input-output modeling framework - Input-Output-based Hybrid LCA and Integrated Hybrid LCA. The latter utilizes the full-sized Ecoinvent process database. We discuss significance and reliability of the results and suggest ways to improve the accuracy of the calculations. The comparison of hybrid LCA methodologies provides valuable insight into the availability and robustness of approaches for informing energy and environmental policy.
Related Papers
- → Screening life cycle assessment (LCA) of tomato ketchup: a case study(1998)151 cited
- → Life cycle assessment of packaged organic dairy product: A comparison of different methods for the environmental assessment of alternative scenarios(2021)49 cited
- → Analysis of livestock life cycle assessment (LCA) regarding environmental assessment factors and its possible application toward Korean livestock LCA(2021)1 cited
- → Cradle‐to‐gate Life Cycle Analysis of Agricultural and Food Production in the US(2017)5 cited
- → Trends in Study on Environmental Impact Assessment for LCA and its Characteristics in Japan.(1995)2 cited