In the latest run of ELCI_2023 (with some overlap with ELCI_2022), there are a few renewable generation processes with essentially empty exchanges (e.g., zero emissions and zero/near zero resources).
These include:
- Electricity - SOLAR - Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. (0.011% of BA mix)
- Electricity - SOLAR - Puget Sound Energy, Inc. (0.258% of BA mix)
- Facility IDs: 62067, 62069, 62071
- Electricity - SOLAR - Seminole Electric Cooperative (0.478% of BA mix)
- Electricity - WIND - Duke Energy Progress East (0.017% of BA mix)
They all make up small percentages of their BA's generation mix and there is no meaningful resource use or emissions profile. The cause typically involves three or fewer facilities (hence, the low generation mix).
Should we keep these generation processes as demonstrations of the grid mix (i.e., there is solar generation in Puget Sound Energy, Inc.) even though they do not inform an LCA?
Screenshots of openLCA processes
In the latest run of ELCI_2023 (with some overlap with ELCI_2022), there are a few renewable generation processes with essentially empty exchanges (e.g., zero emissions and zero/near zero resources).
These include:
They all make up small percentages of their BA's generation mix and there is no meaningful resource use or emissions profile. The cause typically involves three or fewer facilities (hence, the low generation mix).
Should we keep these generation processes as demonstrations of the grid mix (i.e., there is solar generation in Puget Sound Energy, Inc.) even though they do not inform an LCA?
Screenshots of openLCA processes