Last reviewed on February 25, 2013 at 15:56
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(5th Edition - Last updated on 02/19/2013)
♦ Category: Energy
| IPCC: |
1A2f - Fuel Combustion Activities - Manufacturing Industries and Construction - Non-Metallic Minerals |
| Sector: |
Industrial : Manufacturing : Stone, Clay, Glass & Cement : Cement |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Biomass waste fuel
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide from biogenic sources ( CO2 )
► Year 2000 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
| Amount: |
41,180 tonnes of CO2 From biogenic materials (41,180 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 = 28,545 ton of Biomass waste fuel |
| Basis: |
Data |
| Reference: |
O'Hare, A. T. (2007). Personal communication between CA Air Resources Board Staff and Andrew T. O'Hare of the Portland Cement Association, Washington, DC. http://www.cement.org/ |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
● Greenhouse gas from biogenic materials per unit activity —
| Amount: |
1,442,644 g (i.e. 1.44 tonnes) of CO2 per ton of Biomass waste fuel |
