Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for overhead lines

This BT presents a broad examination of LCA and LCA methodologies. A summary is given on how LCA developed and how it is classified and outlined in the ISO 14040 series. Included is a full review of work done in Scandinavian countries on LCA. An explanation and comparison is provided on various LCA software packages, and some studies dealing with the overhead line as a system are included. Finally conclusions and recommendations are presented.