This update delivers a wealth of new and updated data across various sectors. Some of the key highlights include:
- Petroleum and Natural Gas: Version 3.10 will feature an extensive update of petroleum and natural gas supply chains, incorporating the latest statistical data from 2021.
- Agriculture: Get ready for more regionalized data! We’re adding datasets covering barley, oat, wheat, and rapeseed production in Australia, as well as data for potato, sweet corn, soybean, and maize production in the United States. Plus, detailed data modeling for machinery and field operations in both countries.
- Electricity: Market mixes will receive an update with data from 2020, and for select countries like China, India, and the United States, data from 2021 will be included. We’ll also refresh the residual mix markets for EU-28 and several other European countries based on 2022 data.
- Waste: Version 3.10 will finalize the disaggregation of the waste treatment chains, offering a more in-depth view of the environmental impacts associated with waste treatment steps.
- Chemicals: Unit process data for olefins and aromatics will replace aggregated data. Additionally, new datasets modeling the production of hydrogen, methanol, chlorine, and cooling energy supply will be added.
- Construction: Expect regionalized data for various construction materials, covering Tunisia, Ecuador, and Switzerland.
- Packaging: We’re expanding our database to include data for the production of three types of beverage cartons.
- Fuels: Version 3.10 will introduce data for the production of hard coal coke in China.
- New impact assessment methods, including USEtox v2.13 with both midpoint and endpoint indicators and IPCC 2021 ISO 14067.
Plus, Version 3.10 comes with other valuable updates, such as specifying chemical formulas and CAS numbers for elementary exchanges and integrating the Harmonized System (HS) nomenclature for product classification.
This release underscores our commitment to providing accurate, up-to-date environmental data for sustainable decision-making. Stay tuned for more details and mark your calendars for the end of November!