Prospective life cycle assessment of the Spanish electricity production

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dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Gusano, Diego
dc.contributor.authorGarraín, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorDufour, Javier
dc.contributor.institutionPLANIFICACIÓN ENERGÉTICA
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-21T07:55:04Z
dc.date.available2024-08-21T07:55:04Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © 2016 Elsevier Ltd
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a set of prospective LCA studies of electricity production technologies of the Spanish mix from 2014 to 2050. The projection of the power system has been done by using the TIMES-Spain energy model, in which two prospective scenarios have been implemented, a Business as Usual (BaU) and other with a target of 80% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050 with respect to 2005 levels. Accordingly, projections of ten LCA impact categories have been obtained. Concerning the evolution of the electricity mix, the coal power plants retirement by 2020 has been observed in both scenarios. The main differences befall on the natural gas contribution, higher in the BaU scenario than in 80% scenario and connected to the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plants usage. In addition, LCA categories selected show overall reductions in the long term reaching from 21% in Ozone Depletion to 85% in Acidification in the BaU scenario, and from 56% in Ecosystems to 87% in Acidification in the 80% scenario. However, Abiotic Depletion potential grows up to 5-times by 2050 due to the metal requirements of the solar photovoltaic technologies, significantly present in the mix. Likewise, the analysis of the endpoint categories (Human Health and Ecosystems) concludes that their evolution is much affected by the presence of the natural gas CHPs and, furthermore, existing fossil options are the main cause of damage by far. Hence a fossil-renewable transition is needed in terms of sustainability. In summary, it is recommended to use energy systems modelling frameworks to develop comprehensive prospective LCA studies.en
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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dc.identifier.citationGarcía-Gusano , D , Garraín , D & Dufour , J 2017 , ' Prospective life cycle assessment of the Spanish electricity production ' , Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews , vol. 75 , pp. 21-34 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.10.045
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.rser.2016.10.045
dc.identifier.issn1364-0321
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11556/4780
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85009194864&partnerID=8YFLogxK
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofRenewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject.keywordsElectricity mix
dc.subject.keywordsEnergy optimisation model
dc.subject.keywordsHuman health
dc.subject.keywordsImpacts
dc.subject.keywordsProspective LCA
dc.subject.keywordsSoftlinking
dc.subject.keywordsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.titleProspective life cycle assessment of the Spanish electricity productionen
dc.typejournal article
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