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Life Cycle Assessment Commons

USLCI Quarterly Release: Summer 2023 Update

The new release is available on the Federal LCA Commons in the NREL group repository:  https://www.lcacommons.gov/, and the update in openLCA, zolca, and JSON-LD format can also be downloaded from the USLCI GitHub Support Content Downloads page. 

 

Overview of USLCI 2023 Summer Quarter Changes:

  • Edited various processes to resolve internal_id and allocation errors
  • Deleted various orphan flows
  • Replaced the acrylonitrile process dataset with updated data
  • Added Hydrogen from proton exchange membrane water electrolysis and related processes
  • Added Hydrogen from steam methane reforming and related processes
  • Added Hydrogen from solid oxide electrolysis and related processes
  • Added Carbon Fiber and Carbon Fiber, Reinforced Polymer processes
  • Added Epoxy process
  • Added Methyl methacrylate, MMA process
  • Added Polyacrylonitrile, PAN process
  • Added Glass Fiber and Glass fiber, reinforced polymer processes
  • Added Glass fiber, reinforced polymer; fine ground; from wind turbine process
  • Added Landfilling, glass fiber, reinforced polymer process

 

More details are available in the USLCI Press Release brief. The Change Log is here and USLCI Content Support is available at https://github.com/uslci-admin/uslci-content/wiki, which includes access to archived versions of the USLCI.   

Please see the "How to Publish in the USLCI" section in the USLCI Data Submission Handbook and/or contact the USLCI Data Curator (uslci@erg.com) if you have any USLCI publishing goals for the next release date, September 30, 2023.

Please contact lci@nrel.gov and/or uslci@erg.com with any questions or concerns you may have about submitting data to the USLCI Database.

To be added to the USLCI updates please email us at USLCI@erg.com. Thank you for your continued support!