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The main aim of this study was to assess and compare the environmental profile of 1 KWh of
electricity supplied during 2014 by the four main electricity selling companies in Continental
Portugal. The study was elaborated based on Life Cycle Assessment methodology and the
method chosen for environmental impact assessment was EPD2013. The results show that the
ENDESA´s electricity was the worst in terms of acidification, eutrophication, global
warming, photochemical oxidation and ozone layer depletion while IBERDROLA´s
electricity was the best for those impact categories and the worst in terms of abiotic depletion.
Including in the study, the net electricity fed into the Portuguese and UCTE grid at the high
voltage level, the conclusion is that the electricity at Portuguese grid presents the worst
performance in terms of acidification, global warming and photochemical oxidation while the
electricity at UCTE grid presents the worst performance in terms of eutrophication and ozone
layer depletion.
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Keywords
Electricity Energy EPD LCA MIBEL UCTE
Citation
J. Ferreira, B. Esteves, L. Cruz-Lopes and I. Domingos. (2016). Environmental profile of the electricity supplied in Portugal by the main suppliers. In: Digital Proceedings of 11th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems. Lisbon.
Publisher
SDEWES