Last reviewed on 12-01-2023

Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)

♦ Category: Energy

IPCC: 1B1 - Fugitive Emissions from Fuels - Solid Fuels
Sector: Industrial : CHP: Industrial : Useful Thermal Output

♦ Activity: Fuel storage - Coal

♦ Greenhouse gas: Methane ( CH4 )

► Year 2000 —

● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —

Amount: 328.38 tonnes of CH4 Emitted (8,210 tonnes CO2 Eq.)
Basis: calculation
Calculation: [Fuel storage] * [Fuel storage CH4 emission]
Reference: CARB (2016). Technical support document on GHG inventory methodologies for the 2000-2014 inventory. See Discussion of fugitive emissions from fuel storage available at: https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/pubs/reports/2000_2014/ghg_inventory_00-14_technical_support_document.pdf

● Activity level used in calculations —

Activity: Fuel storage = 708,595 ton of Coal
Basis: Data
Reference: Schnapp, R. (2008). Data request (data submittal) between CARB and Robert Schnapp of the Energy Information Administration. Summer 2008.

● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —

Parameter: Fuel Storage CH4 emission = 463 g / ton
Reference: CARB (2016). Technical support document on GHG inventory methodologies for the 2000-2014 inventory. See Discussion of fugitive emissions from fuel storage available at: https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/pubs/reports/2000_2014/ghg_inventory_00-14_technical_support_document.pdf
Constant: Global warming potential of CH4 = 25
Reference: IPCC (2007). Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Solomon S., Qin D., Manning M., Chen Z., Marquis M., Averyt K.B., Tignor M., and Miller H.L. (eds.). http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_ipcc_fourth_assessment_report_synthesis_report.htm

● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —

Amount: 463 g of CH4 per ton of Coal
11,586 g (i.e. 11.59 kg) of CO2eq. per ton of Coal