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 2006 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
52,014 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (52,014 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 —
● 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 = 1,120 btu / scf |
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 emitted per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —
Amount: |
73 g of CO2 per scf of Associated gas |