Water

 

This section evaluates the water use associated with all the major stages of electricity generation, including fuel acquisition, processing and transport, power plant operation, production of chemicals used in power plants, and power plant infrastructure. More information can be found in "IECM Technical Documentation: Development and Application of the Integrated Environmental Control Model for Power Plant Water Use Assessments (Final Report)", available on in the Publications section of our website (https://www.iecm-online.com/).

This technology is available for PC and NGCC plants.

There are two types of parameters and results:

1.Water Withdrawal: This is the total amount of water removed from a water source. Some of this water may be returned to the source for later reuse.

2.Water Consumption: This is the amount of water consumed that is not returned to the water source, mainly because of evaporation and other losses.

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