Last reviewed on 12-01-2023
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
♦ Category: Energy
IPCC: |
1A5bi - Fuel Combustion Activities - Non-Specified - Mobile - Mobile (Aviation Component) |
Sector: |
Military : Not Specified |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Jet fuel
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 2011 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
2,287,285 tonnes of CO2 Excluded (2,287,285 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 = 234,600,600 gal of Jet fuel |
Basis: |
Compilation |
Reference: |
Gordon Schremp (2016). Data request between CARB and Gordon Schremp, California Energy Commission, regarding Military Jet Fuel JP-5 and JP-8. January 2016. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
● Greenhouse gas excluded per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —
Amount: |
9,750 g (i.e. 9.75 kg) of CO2 per gal of Jet fuel |