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 - Natural gas
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 2000 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
| Amount: |
13,017,890 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (13,017,890 tonnes 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 = 375,758,720,000 scf of Natural 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 = 0.053 g / btu |
| Reference: |
TBD - Place holder for Biogas CO2 emission factor which includes passthrough CO2 |
| Parameter: |
Heat content = 653 btu / scf |
| 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. |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —
| Amount: |
34.6 g of CO2 per scf of Natural gas |
