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Process Data set: Electricity from solid biomass_CL1_other biomass, combustion and cogeneration, at plant. (en) en

Key Data Set Information
Location IT
Reference year 2020
Name
Electricity from solid biomass_CL1_other biomass, combustion and cogeneration, at plant.
Technical purpose of product or process Electricity from solid biomass sold to Italian electric grid.
Synonyms Elettricità da biomasse solide_CL1_altre biomasse, combustione e cogenerazione, all’impianto
Classification
Class name : Hierarchy level
  • ILCDCategories: Energy carriers and technologies / Electricity
General comment on data set Dataset developed according to Arcadia project Methodology (Report: “Metodologia per gli studi di filiera della Banca Dati italiana LCA”). LCA study of electricity production from solid biomass (Report: “La filiera delle biomasse solide per la produzione di energia elettrica in Italia”). The dataset refers to the production of 1 kWh (=3.6 MJ) of electricity from forest, agri-food and agro-industrial solid biomass residues (i.e., biowaste other than Municipal Solid Waste - MSW) and it is representative of the processing technologies commonly used for this purpose.
Copyright Yes
Owner of data set
Data set LCA report, background info
Quantitative reference
Reference flow(s)
Time representativeness
Data set valid until 2026
Time representativeness description This dataset has been considered valid until 2026, since no main changes have occurred in the electricity production from solid biomass in the investigated years.
Technological representativeness
Technology description including background system The dataset (1kWh (=3.6 MJ) Elettricity from solid biomas_other biomass) refers to a system that includes pre-treatment of residual biomass (chipping), transport (secondary data) and the combustion of residual biomass from forest, agri-food and agro-industrial (primary data) in order obtain electrical energy (cradle-to-gate approach). The capacity of biomass treatment plants is between 1 and 75 MW. The primary data were provided by companies belonging to the Energy from Solid Biomass Association (EBS), distributed throughout the country, and the GSE (Gestore Servizi Energetici), 2022. Statistical Report 2020 on Renewable Sources; from Atlaimpianti (https://www.gse.it/dati-e-scenari/atlaimpianti). For wood chip pre-treatment, data were taken from the study conducted by Scrucca et al. 2021 (Arcadia Report "Chain Study - Forest Chips"). Background data were modelled according to EcoInvent database 3.7.1.
Pictogram of technology
LCI method and allocation
Type of data set Partly terminated system
LCI Method Principle Attributional
LCI method approaches
  • Not applicable
Data sources, treatment and representativeness
Data cut-off and completeness principles Production of equipment and infrastructures is not included, except for the background system
Data source(s) used for this data set
Data collection period 2018-2020
Completeness
Completeness of product model No statement
Validation
Type of review Data quality indicators Review details
Independent internal review
  • Overall quality: Not applicable
  • Methodological appropriateness and consistency: Not applicable
  • Precision: Not applicable
  • Completeness: Good
  • Geographical representativeness: Very good
  • Time representativeness: Very good
  • Technological representativeness: Good
The review was performed in compliance with Arcadia Metodology: “Metodologia per gli studi di filiera della Banca Dati italiana LCA” and ISO 14040-44 norms. The dataset has been assessed limited to the foreground data collected during the supply chain studies. Each dataset has been evaluated based on the following 4 criteria: 1. Technological Representativeness; 2. Time Representativeness; 3. Geographical Representativeness; 4. Reliability. In this context the Reliability is good.
Subsequent review comments
The study was judged by the reviewer as compliant with both ISO 14040-44 and Arcadia methodology
Reviewer name and institution
Compliance Declarations
Compliance
Compliance system name
Approval of overall compliance
Fully compliant
Nomenclature compliance
Not defined
Methodological compliance
Fully compliant
Review compliance
Fully compliant
Documentation compliance
Not defined
Quality compliance
Not defined
Compliance
Compliance system name
Approval of overall compliance
Fully compliant
Nomenclature compliance
Not defined
Methodological compliance
Fully compliant
Review compliance
Not defined
Documentation compliance
Fully compliant
Quality compliance
Not defined
Commissioner and goal
Commissioner of data set
Project Arcadia – PON Governance e Capacità istituzionale 2014-2020
Data generator
Data set generator / modeller
Data entry by
Time stamp (last saved) 2023-09-13T12:07:01.112+02:00
Data set format(s)
Publication and ownership
UUID 116280ea-dc5c-4e4f-91ab-b6d9e26680f0
Date of last revision 2022-09-29T10:41:45.593Z
Data set version 01.00.000
Permanent data set URI ../processes/116280ea-dc5c-4e4f-91ab-b6d9e26680f0.xml
Owner of data set
Copyright Yes
License type Free of charge for all users and uses
Access and use restrictions Type of license: Open Database Licence (ODbL)
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