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Energy use · Impacts

Browse nine environmental indicators for electricity generation technologies.

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Compare lifecycle factors across technologies with consistent units.

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9
Period covered
Not a time series
File Git modification
2023-06-27
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The Git date reflects the last committed change, not necessarily local edits or new observations.

Impacts per kWh; indicator-specific units.

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Energy technologies

Lifecycle factors from literature references. They do not describe instantaneous power-plant emissions.

Field dictionary

FieldDefinition
gwpClimate change · kg CO₂e
apAcidification · kg SO₂e
ctueFreshwater ecotoxicity · CTUe
ctuh-cHuman toxicity, cancer · CTUh
irIonising radiation · kg U235e
ctuh-ncHuman toxicity, non-cancer · CTUh
pmParticulate matter · kg PM2.5e
wuWater use · m³
adpeResource depletion · kg Sbe

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Digital4Better Open Data — energy/energy-impacts.json · ODbL 1.0 · https://github.com/digital4better/data

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