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dc.contributor.authorDorber, Martin
dc.contributor.authorMay, Roelof Frans
dc.contributor.authorVerones, Francesca
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-09T11:56:53Z
dc.date.available2019-01-09T11:56:53Z
dc.date.created2018-01-24T10:06:08Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationEnvironmental Science and Technology. 2018, 52 (4), 2375-2384.nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn0013-936X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2579931
dc.description.abstractIncreasing hydropower electricity production constitutes a unique opportunity to mitigate climate change impacts. However, hydropower electricity production also impacts aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity through freshwater habitat alteration, water quality degradation, and land use and land use change (LULUC). Today, no operational model exists that covers any of these cause-effect pathways within life cycle assessment (LCA). This paper contributes to the assessment of LULUC impacts of hydropower electricity production in Norway in LCA. We quantified the inundated land area associated with 107 hydropower reservoirs with remote sensing data and related it to yearly electricity production. Therewith, we calculated an average net land occupation of 0.027 m2·yr/kWh of Norwegian storage hydropower plants for the life cycle inventory. Further, we calculated an adjusted average land occupation of 0.007 m2·yr/kWh, accounting for an underestimation of water area in the performed maximum likelihood classification. The calculated land occupation values are the basis to support the development of methods for assessing the land occupation impacts of hydropower on biodiversity in LCA at a damage level.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Societynb_NO
dc.titleModeling net land occupation of hydropower reservoirs in Norway for use in life cycle assessmentnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber2375-2384nb_NO
dc.source.volume52nb_NO
dc.source.journalEnvironmental Science and Technologynb_NO
dc.source.issue4nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1021/acs.est.7b05125
dc.identifier.cristin1550561
dc.description.localcodeThis is an open access article published under an ACS AuthorChoice License, which permits copying and redistribution of the article or any adaptations for non-commercial purposes.nb_NO
cristin.unitcode194,64,25,0
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for energi- og prosessteknikk
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