Last reviewed on 12-01-2023
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
♦ Category: Energy
IPCC: |
1A2i - Fuel Combustion Activities - Manufacturing Industries and Construction - Mining (excluding fuels) and Quarrying |
Sector: |
Industrial : Mining : Non Metals |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Natural gas
♦ Greenhouse gas: Nitrous oxide ( N2O )
► Year 2020 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
0.256 tonne of N2O Emitted (76.35 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: |
Calculation |
Calculation: |
[Fuel combustion] * [Heat content] * [Fuel N2O 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 = 2,492,459,246 scf of Natural gas |
Basis: |
Data |
Reference: |
Nguyen, C. (2019). Data request (data from the CEC's Quarterly Fuels and Energy Report) between CARB and Cam-Giang Nguyen of the California Energy Commission. February 2019. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —
Amount: |
1.028E-04 g of N2O per scf of Natural gas 0.0306 g of CO2eq. per scf of Natural gas |