Last reviewed on 12-01-2023
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
♦ Category: Energy
IPCC: |
1A4c - Fuel Combustion Activities - Other Sectors - Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing/Fish Farms |
Sector: |
Agriculture & Forestry : Ag Energy Use |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Ethanol
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide from biogenic sources ( CO2 )
► Year 2016 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
1,094 tonnes of CO2 From biogenic materials (1,094 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 —
● Greenhouse gas from biogenic materials per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —
Amount: |
5,749 g (i.e. 5.75 kg) of CO2 per gal of Ethanol |