Life Cycle Assessment Harmonization and Results and Findings

The data from the Life Cycle Harmonization Project show that life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from technologies powered by renewable resources are generally less than from those powered by fossil fuel-based resources. Only the very highest estimates for biopower overlap with the range of a fossil-fueled technology, and the central tendencies of all renewable technologies are between 400 and 1,000 g CO₂eq/kWh lower than their fossil-fueled counterparts without carbon capture and sequestration (CCS).