Appendix

Appendix 1: Ecoinvent processes

The table below presents a non-exhaustive selection of Ecoinvent activities that may be used in the GHG calculations for this module. Additional activities may be used for any project, if the following selection does not cover all relevant activities.

Table A1 List of ecoinvent 3.11 processes used in the GHG reduction quantification model, all processes are from the cutoff database

Input
Ecoinvent activity name

grid electricity

  • market for electricity, low voltage

  • market for electricity, medium voltage

onsite solar electricity

electricity production, photovoltaic, 570kWp open ground installation, multi-Si

diesel fuel material

  • market for diesel, low-sulfur

  • market for diesel

diesel burning

  • diesel, burned in agricultural machinery

  • diesel, burned in diesel-electric generating set, 18.5kW

natural gas burning

natural gas, burned in gas turbine

heat, from steam

market for heat, from steam, in chemical industry

heat, from municipal incineration

heat, from municipal waste incineration to generic market for heat district or industrial, other than natural gas

heat, from biomethane burning

market for heat, central or small-scale, biomethane

heat, from straw burning in a furnace

heat production, straw, at furnace 300kW

heat, from natural gas

  • market for heat, district or industrial, natural gas

  • market for heat, central or small-scale, natural gas

water

  • market for tap water

  • market for water, decarbonised

  • market for water, deionised

non-hazardous landfill

  • market for process-specific burdens, slag landfill

  • market for process-specific burdens, sanitary landfill

  • market for process-specific burdens, inert material landfill

hazardous waste treatment

  • market for hazardous waste, for incineration

  • market for hazardous waste, for underground deposit

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