Last reviewed on February 25, 2013 at 15:55
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(5th Edition - Last updated on 02/19/2013)
♦ Category: Energy
| IPCC: |
1A1aii - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Main Activity Electricity and Heat Production - Combined Heat and Power Generation (CHP) |
| Sector: |
Electricity Generation (In State) : CHP: Industrial |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Digester gas
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide from biogenic sources ( CO2 )
► Year 2000 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
| Amount: |
0 tonne of CO2 From biogenic materials (0 tonne CO2 Eq.) |
| Basis: |
Calculation |
| Calculation: |
[Fuel combustion] * [Heat content] * [Fuel CO2 emission] |
| Reference: |
IPCC (2006). 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Prepared by the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme, Eggleston H.S., Buendia L., Miwa K., Ngara T., and Tanabe K. (eds). Volume 2, Chapter 2: Stationary Combustion. Published: IGES, Japan. http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/2_Volume2/V2_2_Ch2_Stationary_Combustion.pdf |
● Activity level used in calculations —
| Activity: |
Fuel combustion = 0 scf of Digester gas |
| 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 = 0.104 g / btu |
| Reference: |
TBD - Place holder for Biogas CO2 emission factor which includes passthrough CO2 |
| Parameter: |
Heat content = 841 btu / scf |
| Reference: |
USEPA (2012). Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Regulation http://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/ |
● Greenhouse gas from biogenic materials per unit activity —
