Last reviewed on 12-01-2023
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
♦ Category: Energy
IPCC: |
1A1ai - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Main Activity Electricity and Heat Production - Electricity Generation |
Sector: |
Electricity Generation (In State) : Merchant Owned |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Landfill gas
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide from biogenic sources ( CO2 )
► Year 2006 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
940,933 tonnes of CO2 From biogenic materials (940,933 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: |
43.8 g of CO2 per scf of Landfill gas |