Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
IPCC: | 1A1ai - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Main Activity Electricity and Heat Production - Electricity Generation |
Sector: | Electricity Generation (In State) : Merchant Owned |
Amount: | 0 tonne of CH4 Emitted (0 tonne CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: | Calculation |
Calculation: | [Fuel combustion] * [Heat content] * [Fuel CH4 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: | Fuel combustion = 0 scf of Associated gas |
Basis: | Data |
Reference: | EIA (2013). Energy Information Administration. Form EIA-906/920/923: Monthly Utility Power Plant Database. Accessed online at: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia923/#https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia923/ |
Parameter: | CH4 emission factor = 1.000E-06 g / btu |
Reference: | CARB Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Regulation. Subpart C of 40 CFR Part 98 (§§98.30 to 98.38). Available online at: https://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/reporting/ghg-rep/regulation/subpart_c_rule_part98.pdf |
Parameter: | Heat content = 808 btu / scf |
Reference: | Wang, D. M. (2007). Data request between CARB and Michael D. Wang, Senior Advisor, Western States Petroleum Association. Summer 2007. |
Constant: | Global warming potential of CH4 = 25 |
Reference: | IPCC (2007). Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Solomon S., Qin D., Manning M., Chen Z., Marquis M., Averyt K.B., Tignor M., and Miller H.L. (eds.). http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_ipcc_fourth_assessment_report_synthesis_report.htm |
Amount: | Not Applicable |