Last reviewed on 12-01-2023
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
♦ Category: Energy
IPCC: |
1A3biii - Fuel Combustion Activities - Transport - Road Transportation - Heavy-duty Trucks and Buses |
Sector: |
Transportation : On Road |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Biomethane
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide from biogenic sources ( CO2 )
► Year 2014 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
9,440 tonnes of CO2 From biogenic materials (9,440 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 = 215,565,843 scf of Biomethane |
Basis: |
Data |
Reference: |
CARB (2022). Personal communiciation between Kevin Eslinger, California Air Resources Board, and Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) staff. 2022. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
● Greenhouse gas from biogenic materials per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —
Amount: |
43.8 g of CO2 per scf of Biomethane |