Lignite is one of the most used Turkey's energy sources for electricity generation as there are large lignite reserves in the country. Lignite power plants are one of Turkey's main sources of GHG emissions. Therefore, understanding the environmental sustainability of generating electricity from lignite burning is essential for reducing environmental impacts. This research aims to assess the life cycle environmental impacts from a typical Turkish lignite power plant. In this paper, a system of the electricity from the lignite power plant is presented which covers all the life cycle stages—starting from the lignite mining up to the delivery of electricity to the grid. For this work to generate 1 kWh of generated is defined as the functional unit. The principal conclusion, to be drawn from this LCA of lignite power in Turkey, is that the majority of the emissions mostly originate from lignite burning to and lignite mining stages. The global warming potential associated with electricity generation from lignite power is estimated at 1,290 g CO₂ eq./kWh. The results obtained from this study provide a baseline for future scenarios to reduce the environmental impacts from the energy sector and to build a sustainable energy policy.

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发电的环境可持续性：褐煤燃烧的案例研究

褐煤是土耳其最常用的发电能源之一，因为该国拥有大量的褐煤储备。褐煤发电厂是土耳其温室气体排放的主要来源之一。因此，了解褐煤燃烧发电的环境可持续性对于减少环境影响至关重要。这项研究旨在评估典型的土耳其褐煤发电厂的生命周期对环境的影响。在本文中，提出了一种褐煤发电厂的电力系统，该系统涵盖了所有生命周期阶段-从褐煤开采到向电网供电。对于这项工作，将产生1 kWh的发电量定义为功能单元。从土耳其褐煤发电的LCA中得出的主要结论是，原因是大部分排放物主要来自褐煤燃烧至褐煤开采阶段。与褐煤发电相关的全球变暖潜能估计为1,290 g CO₂当量/千瓦时 这项研究获得的结果为未来的情况提供了基准，以减少能源部门对环境的影响并制定可持续的能源政策。