Last reviewed on 12-01-2023

Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)

♦ Category: Energy

IPCC: 1A1ai - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Main Activity Electricity and Heat Production - Electricity Generation
Sector: Electricity Generation (In State) : Merchant Owned

♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Associated gas

♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )

► Year 2004 —

● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —

Amount: 0 tonne of CO2 Emitted (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 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/

● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —

Parameter: CO2 emission factor = 0.0651 g / btu
Reference: Wang, D. M. (2007). Data request between CARB and Michael D. Wang, Senior Advisor, Western States Petroleum Association. Summer 2007.
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.

● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —

Amount: Not Applicable