Last reviewed on 12-01-2023

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

♦ 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 - Biomass

♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide from biogenic sources ( CO2 )

► Year 2008 —

● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —

Amount: 822,475 tonnes of CO2 From biogenic materials (822,475 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 = 507,358 ton of Biomass
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 = 0.0938 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 = 17,282,459 btu / ton
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/

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

Amount: 1,621,095 g (i.e. 1.62 tonnes) of CO2 per ton of Biomass