Facility-specific greenhouse gas footprints of renewable electricity sources

Many studies quantified the GHG footprints of wind, solar and hydropower. However, integrating spatial, temporal and technical variation into one assessment has not been done at larger spatial scales. Such an assessment adds value because it enables policy makers and developers to easily assess differences in GHG performance between either different technologies in the same location or the same technology in multiple locations. Furthermore, the comparison to other (non-)renewable electricity sources offers the possibility to determine how much can be gained in terms of GHG emission mitigation at each location. This thesis aims to provide a basis for such an assessment by developing models that allow for easy calculation of the GHG footprints of the most important non-biomass renewable electricity sources at facility level, using a key set of technological and meteorological variables.