ECLIPSE: Environmental and ecological life cycle inventories for present and future power systems in Europe

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 02.0090

Key words (English)

Energy systems; renewable energy; wind power; fuel cell; photovoltaic; biomass; small combined systems; life cycle assessment;
Energy Saving

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: ENG2-2001-00520

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.4b.2 Economic and efficient energy for a competitive Europe

Short description (English)

See abstract

Partners and International Organizations (English)

Ambiente Italia srl (I), Electricité de France (F), Fortum Power and Heat Oy (FIN), Universität Stuttgart (D), KEMA Nederland b.v. (NL), Vattenfall AB, Generation (S), Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (D), ESU-services (CH)

Abstract (English)

The general objective of the project is to overcome current limitations of the use of Life Cycle Inventories (LCI) for energy modelling and planning and other uses.

Potential users of project results will be provided with:
1)Application-dependent methodological framework and guidelines related to the quantification over the life cycle of environmental impacts from power generation in Europe;
2) A harmonised and methodologically coherent set of data on new and decentralised power systems. Data will be provided in a format, which makes them comparable to existing data of other energy technologies, easily adaptable to local conditions and technological improvement, and up-datable;
3)Explicit user-oriented examples for a correct use of LCI of present and future power systems in Europe.

Project results will increase the credibility, diffusion and exploitation of LCI as a support tool for energy modelling and planning and other applications.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 02.0090