Life Cycle Analysis Data and Results for Geothermal and Other Electricity Generation Technologies
Life cycle analysis (LCA) is an environmental assessment method that quantifies the environmental performance of a product system over its entire lifetime, from cradle to grave. Based on a set of relevant metrics, the method is aptly suited for comparing the environmental performance of competing products systems. This file contains LCA data and results for electric power production including geothermal power. The LCA for electric power has been broken down into two life cycle stages, namely plant and fuel cycles.
Relevant metrics include the energy ratio and greenhouse gas (GHG) ratios, where the former is the ratio of system input energy to total lifetime electrical energy out and the latter is the ratio of the sum of all incurred greenhouse gases (in CO2 equivalents) divided by the same energy output.
Specific information included herein are material to power (MPR) ratios for a range of power technologies for conventional thermoelectric, renewables (including three geothermal power technologies), and coproduced natural gas/geothermal power. For the geothermal power scenarios, the MPRs include the casing, cement, diesel, and water requirements for drilling wells and topside piping.
Also included herein are energy and GHG ratios for plant and fuel cycle stages for the range of considered electricity generating technologies.
Some of this information are MPR data extracted directly from the literature or from models (eg. ICARUS - a subset of ASPEN models) and others (energy and GHG ratios) are results calculated using GREET models and MPR data. MPR data for wells included herein were based on the Argonne well materials model and GETEM well count results.
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AB - Life cycle analysis (LCA) is an environmental assessment method that quantifies the environmental performance of a product system over its entire lifetime, from cradle to grave. Based on a set of relevant metrics, the method is aptly suited for comparing the environmental performance of competing products systems. This file contains LCA data and results for electric power production including geothermal power. The LCA for electric power has been broken down into two life cycle stages, namely plant and fuel cycles.
Relevant metrics include the energy ratio and greenhouse gas (GHG) ratios, where the former is the ratio of system input energy to total lifetime electrical energy out and the latter is the ratio of the sum of all incurred greenhouse gases (in CO2 equivalents) divided by the same energy output.
Specific information included herein are material to power (MPR) ratios for a range of power technologies for conventional thermoelectric, renewables (including three geothermal power technologies), and coproduced natural gas/geothermal power. For the geothermal power scenarios, the MPRs include the casing, cement, diesel, and water requirements for drilling wells and topside piping.
Also included herein are energy and GHG ratios for plant and fuel cycle stages for the range of considered electricity generating technologies.
Some of this information are MPR data extracted directly from the literature or from models (eg. ICARUS - a subset of ASPEN models) and others (energy and GHG ratios) are results calculated using GREET models and MPR data. MPR data for wells included herein were based on the Argonne well materials model and GETEM well count results.
AU - Sullivan, John
DB - Geothermal Data Repository
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO - 10.15121/1148839
KW - geothermal
KW - life cycle analysis
KW - energy ratios
KW - material requirements
KW - greenhouse gas emissions
KW - electricity generating technologies
KW - Plant materials
KW - greenhouse gas emission
KW - coproduced
KW - MPR
KW - ratio
KW - GHG
KW - life cycle
KW - analysis
KW - LCA
KW - environmental
KW - assessment
LA - English
DA - 2013/06/04
PY - 2013
PB - Argonne National Laboratory
T1 - Life Cycle Analysis Data and Results for Geothermal and Other Electricity Generation Technologies
UR - https://doi.org/10.15121/1148839
ER -
Sullivan, John. Life Cycle Analysis Data and Results for Geothermal and Other Electricity Generation Technologies. Argonne National Laboratory, 4 June, 2013, Geothermal Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148839.
Sullivan, J. (2013). Life Cycle Analysis Data and Results for Geothermal and Other Electricity Generation Technologies. [Data set]. Geothermal Data Repository. Argonne National Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148839
Sullivan, John. Life Cycle Analysis Data and Results for Geothermal and Other Electricity Generation Technologies. Argonne National Laboratory, June, 4, 2013. Distributed by Geothermal Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148839
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Relevant metrics include the energy ratio and greenhouse gas (GHG) ratios, where the former is the ratio of system input energy to total lifetime electrical energy out and the latter is the ratio of the sum of all incurred greenhouse gases (in CO2 equivalents) divided by the same energy output.
Specific information included herein are material to power (MPR) ratios for a range of power technologies for conventional thermoelectric, renewables (including three geothermal power technologies), and coproduced natural gas/geothermal power. For the geothermal power scenarios, the MPRs include the casing, cement, diesel, and water requirements for drilling wells and topside piping.
Also included herein are energy and GHG ratios for plant and fuel cycle stages for the range of considered electricity generating technologies.
Some of this information are MPR data extracted directly from the literature or from models (eg. ICARUS - a subset of ASPEN models) and others (energy and GHG ratios) are results calculated using GREET models and MPR data. MPR data for wells included herein were based on the Argonne well materials model and GETEM well count results.
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Data from Jun 4, 2013
Last updated Oct 17, 2019
Submitted Jun 13, 2013
Organization
Argonne National Laboratory
Contact
John Sullivan
734.945.1261
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Keywords
geothermal, life cycle analysis, energy ratios, material requirements, greenhouse gas emissions, electricity generating technologies, Plant materials, greenhouse gas emission, coproduced, MPR, ratio, GHG, life cycle, analysis, LCA, environmental, assessmentDOE Project Details
Project Lead Arlene Anderson
Project Number ANL FY13 AOP 1