Description
This dataset represents the supply of 1 kg of limestone through the process of limestone mining. The authors assume that limestone is extracted and processed specifically for OL. The overburden, i.e., the soil or rocks that lies above the limestone deposit, has been excluded from the system boundary since this is typically very low (i.e., around 0.3% of the mined limestone deposit) and can also be used towards the remediation of the mined area. Specifically, for the limestone mine, mean LCI data, for the European setting, were taken from Ecoinvent’s databases, i.e., total area to be mined 156,000 m2 over 65 years (annual capacity 380 kt), including land use and land use change and quarry infrastructure (buildings and roads with a service life of 50 years). Source: Foteinis, S., Andresen, J., Campo, F., Caserini, S., & Renforth, P. (2022). Life cycle assessment of ocean liming for carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere. Journal of Cleaner Production, 370, 133309. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JCLEPRO.2022.133309
Source
Scientific journal publication
Foteinis, S., Andresen, J., Campo, F., Caserini, S., & Renforth, P. (2022). Life cycle assessment of ocean liming for carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere. Journal of Cleaner Production, 370, 133309. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JCLEPRO.2022.133309