Life cycle assessment of Iran energy portfolio: Renewable energy replacement approach

Nowadays, due to the increasing energy demand in different industry, agriculture, and household sectors, great importance is attached portfolio generation/consumption macrolevel planning. A viable approach power generation planning environmental assessment of process. This study employs life cycle based on Eco-Indicator 99 methodology which analyzes midpoint endpoint impacts. Energy impact evaluation Eco-invent database from resource harvesting recycling. The aims assess Iran's production/consumption portfolio, but technical construction, operation, recycling are not discussed. focuses resources Iran, under three scenarios: (1) a basic scenario real for 2018-power demand, (2) 2050-energy with maximum accessible renewable capacity, (3) zero-carbon emission evaluate final consequences cycle. York model used estimate 2050. Green-X relationship between impacts economic growth. has low emission, compared global 36%-coal application. Among portfolios, most adventitious 2018, followed by 2050 population growth 50% increase 64% solar wind technologies. Compared 2018 scenario, second third scenarios, effects decreased 40% 52%, respectively, indicating significance reducing consequences.