Last reviewed on February 25, 2013 at 15:57
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(5th Edition - Last updated on 02/19/2013)
♦ Category: Energy
| IPCC: |
1A3di - Fuel Combustion Activities - Transport - Water-borne Navigation - International Water-borne Navigation (International Bunkers) |
| Sector: |
Transportation : Water-borne : International Marine Bunker Fuel |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Distillate
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 2000 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
| Amount: |
906,770 tonnes of CO2 Excluded (906,770 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 = 88,842,559 gal of Distillate |
| Basis: |
Data |
| Reference: |
EIA (2011). Energy Information Administration. Petroleum Navigator. Topics for Petroleum Consumption/Sales. Accessed online at: http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_cons_top.asp |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
● Greenhouse gas excluded per unit activity —
| Amount: |
10,206 g (i.e. 10.21 kg) of CO2 per gal of Distillate |
