Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
IPCC: | 1A1aii - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Main Activity Electricity and Heat Production - Combined Heat and Power Generation (CHP) |
Sector: | Industrial : CHP: Industrial : Useful Thermal Output |
Amount: | 15,182 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (15,182 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: | Calculation |
Calculation: | [Fuel combustion] * (1 - [Proportion of renewables]) * [Heat content] * [Fuel CO2 emission] |
Reference: | CARB (2016). Technical support document on GHG inventory methodologies for the 2000-2014 inventory. See Discussion of emissions from electricity and combined heat and power generation available at: https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/pubs/reports/2000_2014/ghg_inventory_00-14_technical_support_document.pdf |
Activity: | Fuel combustion = 8,723 ton of Tires |
Basis: | Data |
Reference: | CARB (2016). Technical support document on GHG inventory methodologies for the 2000-2014 inventory. See Discussion of emissions from electricity and combined heat and power generation available at: https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/pubs/reports/2000_2014/ghg_inventory_00-14_technical_support_document.pdf |
Parameter: | Biogenic fraction = 0.251 |
Reference: | CARB (2021). Summary of 2008 to 2019 data from California's Greenhouse Gas Mandatory Reporting Program. Reported emissions are available at: https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/mandatory-greenhouse-gas-emissions-reporting |
Parameter: | CO2 emission factor = 0.0865 g / btu |
Reference: | CARB (2016). Technical support document on GHG inventory methodologies for the 2000-2014 inventory. See Discussion of emissions from electricity and combined heat and power generation available at: https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/pubs/reports/2000_2014/ghg_inventory_00-14_technical_support_document.pdf |
Parameter: | Heat content = 26,870,000 btu / ton |
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 |
Amount: | 1,740,488 g (i.e. 1.74 tonnes) of CO2 per ton of Tires |