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Process Data set: Electricity from solid biomass_CL2_ biomass from MSW, combustion and waste-to-energy, at plant (en) en

Key Data Set Information
Location IT
Reference year 2021
Name
Electricity from solid biomass_CL2_ biomass from MSW, combustion and waste-to-energy, at plant
Technical purpose of product or process Electricity from solid biomass sold to Italian electric grid.
Synonyms Energia elettrica da biomasse solide _Cl2_biomasse da rifiuti solidi urbani (RSU), combustione e termovalorizzazione, 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 solid biomass derived from 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 refers to a system that includes the transportation of biomass (secondary data) and the combustion of biowaste from MSW (primary data) in order obtain electrical energy. The power of the waste-to-energy (WtE) plants is between 1 and 70 MW. The primary data were provided by environmental declarations of plants distributed throughout the country, that use municipal solid waste as biomass to obtain electricity, from Atlaimpianti (https://www.gse.it/dati-e-scenari/atlaimpianti), and the GSE (Gestore Servizi Energetici), 2022. Statistical Report 2020 on Renewable Sources. 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 2019-2021
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) 2023-09-13T12:08:31.83+02:00
Data set format(s)
Publication and ownership
UUID 50d49173-7033-414c-b331-027baebd87b7
Date of last revision 2022-09-30T12:38:40.63Z
Data set version 01.00.000
Permanent data set URI ../processes/50d49173-7033-414c-b331-027baebd87b7.xml
Owner of data set
Copyright Yes
License type Free of charge for all users and uses
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