Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
IPCC: | 1B3 - Fugitive Emissions from Fuels - Geothermal Energy Production |
Sector: | Electricity Generation (In State) : Merchant Owned |
Amount: | 1,039,283 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (1,039,283 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: | Calculation |
Calculation: | [Geothermal power] * [Geothermal CO2 emission] |
Reference: | CARB (2016). Technical support document on GHG inventory methodologies for the 2000-2014 inventory. See Discussion of emissions from geothermal power available at: https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/pubs/reports/2000_2014/ghg_inventory_00-14_technical_support_document.pdf |
Activity: | Geothermal power = 256,020,352,000,000 btu of Geothermal |
Basis: | Data |
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/ |
Parameter: | No data |
Reference: | CARB (2021). Summary of 2008 to 2019 data from California's Greenhouse Gas Mandatory Reporting Program. Reported emissions are available at: https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/mandatory-greenhouse-gas-emissions-reporting |
Amount: | 4.059E-03 g of CO2 per btu of Geothermal |