Last reviewed on 12-01-2023
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
♦ Category: Energy
| IPCC: |
1A2f - Fuel Combustion Activities - Manufacturing Industries and Construction - Non-Metallic Minerals |
| Sector: |
Industrial : Manufacturing : Stone, Clay, Glass & Cement : Cement |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Biomass waste fuel
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide from biogenic sources ( CO2 )
► Year 2006 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
| Amount: |
13,426 tonnes of CO2 From biogenic materials (13,426 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 = 9,307 ton of Biomass waste fuel |
| Basis: |
Data |
| Reference: |
CARB (2008). Unpublished Survey of Cement Manufacturers for 2006. California Air Resources Board, Stationary Source Division, April 2008. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
● Greenhouse gas from biogenic materials per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —
| Amount: |
1,442,644 g (i.e. 1.44 tonnes) of CO2 per ton of Biomass waste fuel |