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Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (5th Edition - Last updated on 02/19/2013)

♦ Category: Energy

IPCC: 1A1ai - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Main Activity Electricity and Heat Production - Electricity Generation
Sector: Electricity Generation (In State) : Merchant Owned

♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - MSW

♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )

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► Year 2000 —

● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —

Amount: 249,226 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (249,226 tonnes CO2 Eq.)
Basis: Calculation
Calculation: [Fuel combustion] * (1 - [Proportion of renewables]) * [Heat content] * [Fuel CO2 emission]
Reference: ARB (2012). Upcoming technical support document on GHG inventory methodologies for the 2000-2010 inventory. Specific questions may be directed to ARB staff, see: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/contacts.htm

● Activity level used in calculations —

Activity: Fuel combustion = 835,600 ton of MSW
Basis: Data
Reference: Schnapp, R. (2008). Personal communication (data submittal) between Larry Hunsaker of CA Air Resources Board and Robert Schnapp of the Energy Information Administration. Summer 2008.

● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —

Parameter: Fuel CO2 emission = 0.0907 g / btu
Reference: USEPA (2012). Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Regulation http://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/
Parameter: Heat content = 9,539,947 btu / ton
Reference: Schnapp, R. (2008). Personal communication (data submittal) between Larry Hunsaker of CA Air Resources Board and Robert Schnapp of the Energy Information Administration. Summer 2008.
Parameter: Proportion of renewables = 0.655
Reference: Hahn, J. (2007). Personal communication (source test data) between Larry Hunsaker of CA Air Resources Board and Jeffrey Hahn, Environmental director of Covanta Energy.

● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —

Amount: 298,260 g (i.e. 298.26 kg) of CO2 per ton of MSW
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