“…The purpose of TEA implementation is wide-ranging, encompassing the evaluation of economic factors, payback period, internal rate of return, return on investment, discounted cash flow rate of return, capital cost, general costs, profit or revenue, economic potential, overall economic feasibility, process factors, efficiency of operation and environmental factors. 138,154–163 LCA covers a broad spectrum of environmental performance parameters, including greenhouse gas emissions, global warming potential, human toxicity potential, terrestrial ecotoxicity potential, ozone layer depletion potential, water consumption, freshwater ecotoxicity, and land use. 141,164,165 In addition to informed decision-making, the variety of scopes covered in the assessments put all stakeholders in the know about the key issues to be resolved for successful scale-up of a particular technology.…”