Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
IPCC: | 1A2f - Fuel Combustion Activities - Manufacturing Industries and Construction - Non-Metallic Minerals |
Sector: | Industrial : Manufacturing : Stone, Clay, Glass & Cement : Cement |
Amount: | 1.20 tonne of CH4 Emitted (29.90 tonnes 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 = 1,164,394,954 scf of Natural gas |
Basis: | Data |
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: | 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 = 1,027 btu / scf |
Reference: | EIA (2021). Energy Information Administration. State Energy Consumption, Price, and Expenditure Estimates (SEDS). Available online at: https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php?sid=CA |
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: | 1.027E-03 g of CH4 per scf of Natural gas 0.0257 g of CO2eq. per scf of Natural gas |