Evaluation of different Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) indicators for the stacks and balance of plants of electrolysers. The calculation includes the production and the end of life of the stacks of the alkaline electrolysis (AEL), the proton exchange membrane electrolysis (PEMEL) and the solid oxide electrolysis (SOEL) with 1 MW each. For the balance of plant (BOP) it is assumed that all electrolyser technologies require the same expenditure.
Metadata
Unit:
see Internal ID
Spatial resolution:
NUTS-0
Period:
2020
Internal ID:
internatl_id_type[1] = 71: Electrolyser component internal_id[1] = 1: AEL stack internal_id[1] = 2: PEMEL stack internal_id[1] = 3: SOEL stack internal_id[1] = 4: BOP of all electrolyser technologies internal_id_type[2] = 70: Environmental indicators internal_id[2] = 1: cumulative energy demand | fossil | non-renewable energy resources, fossil | in MJ-Eq internal_id[2] = 2: IPCC 2013 no LT | climate change | GWP 20a | in kg CO2-Eq internal_id[2] = 3: IPCC 2013 no LT | climate change | GWP 100a | in kg CO2-Eq internal_id[2] = 4: ReCiPe Midpoint (H) V1.13 no LT | agricultural land occupation | ALOP | in m2a internal_id[2] = 5: ReCiPe Midpoint (H) V1.13 no LT | climate change | GWP100 | in kg CO2-Eq internal_id[2] = 6: ReCiPe Midpoint (H) V1.13 no LT | fossil depletion | FDP | in kg oil-Eq internal_id[2] = 7: ReCiPe Midpoint (H) V1.13 no LT | freshwater ecotoxicity | FETPinf | in kg 1,4-DC. internal_id[2] = 8: ReCiPe Midpoint (H) V1.13 no LT | freshwater eutrophication | FEP | in kg P-Eq internal_id[2] = 9: ReCiPe Midpoint (H) V1.13 no LT | human toxicity | HTPinf | in kg 1,4-DC. internal_id[2] = 10: ReCiPe Midpoint (H) V1.13 no LT | ionising radiation | IRP_HE | in kg U235-Eq internal_id[2] = 11: ReCiPe Midpoint (H) V1.13 no LT | marine ecotoxicity | METPinf | in kg 1,4-DB. internal_id[2] = 12: ReCiPe Midpoint (H) V1.13 no LT | marine eutrophication | MEP | in kg N-Eq internal_id[2] = 13: ReCiPe Midpoint (H) V1.13 no LT | metal depletion | MDP | in kg Fe-Eq internal_id[2] = 14: ReCiPe Midpoint (H) V1.13 no LT | natural land transformation | NLTP | in m2 internal_id[2] = 15: ReCiPe Midpoint (H) V1.13 no LT | ozone depletion | ODPinf | in kg CFC-11. internal_id[2] = 16: ReCiPe Midpoint (H) V1.13 no LT | particulate matter formation | PMFP | in kg PM10-Eq internal_id[2] = 17: ReCiPe Midpoint (H) V1.13 no LT | photochemical oxidant formation | POFP | in kg NMVOC-. internal_id[2] = 18: ReCiPe Midpoint (H) V1.13 no LT | terrestrial acidification | TAP100 | in kg SO2-Eq internal_id[2] = 19: ReCiPe Midpoint (H) V1.13 no LT | terrestrial ecotoxicity | TETPinf | in kg 1,4-DC. internal_id[2] = 20: ReCiPe Midpoint (H) V1.13 no LT | urban land occupation | ULOP | in m2a internal_id[2] = 21: ReCiPe Midpoint (H) V1.13 no LT | water depletion | WDP | in m3 water
LCIA Environmental Indicators for the Construction and End-of-Life of Electrolysers (Germany): https://opendata.ffe.de/dataset/lcia-environmental-indicators-for-the-construction-and-end-of-life-of-electrolysers-germany/; München: Forschungsstelle für Energiewirtschaft e. V. (FfE), 2020.