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Applying Harmonised Geothermal Life Cycle Assessment Guidelines to the Rittershoffen Geothermal Heat Plant

doi: 10.3390/en14133820
handle: 11365/1196263
Heat production from a geothermal energy source is gaining increasing attention due to its potential contribution to the decarbonization of the European energy sector. Obtaining representative results of the environmental performances of geothermal systems and comparing them with other renewables is of utmost importance in order to ensure an effective energy transition as targeted by Europe. This work presents the outputs of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) performed on the Rittershoffen geothermal heat plant applying guidelines that were developed within the H2020 GEOENVI project. The production of 1 kWhth from the Rittershoffen heat plant was compared to the heat produced from natural gas in Europe. Geothermal heat production performed better than the average heat production in climate change and resource use, fossil categories. The LCA identified the electricity consumption during the operation and maintenance phase as a hot spot for several impact categories. A prospective scenario analysis was therefore performed to assess the evolution of the environmental performances of the Rittershoffen heat plant associated with the future French electricity mixes. The increase of renewable energy shares in the future French electricity mix caused the impact on specific categories (e.g., land use and mineral and metals resource depletion) to grow over the years. However, an overall reduction of the environmental impacts of the Rittershoffen heat plant was observed.
690, [SPI.OTHER]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Other, Multi-criteria, geothermal heat production, impact assessment, Technology, 660, Impact assessment, LCA, T, Environmental impact; Geothermal heat production; Impact assessment; LCA; Multi-criteria, multi-criteria, environmental impact, 333, Environmental impact, [SDE.DEV-DUR]Environmental Sciences/domain_sde.dev-dur, Geothermal heat production, geothermal heat production; LCA; multi-criteria; impact assessment; environmental impact
690, [SPI.OTHER]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Other, Multi-criteria, geothermal heat production, impact assessment, Technology, 660, Impact assessment, LCA, T, Environmental impact; Geothermal heat production; Impact assessment; LCA; Multi-criteria, multi-criteria, environmental impact, 333, Environmental impact, [SDE.DEV-DUR]Environmental Sciences/domain_sde.dev-dur, Geothermal heat production, geothermal heat production; LCA; multi-criteria; impact assessment; environmental impact
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