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Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2022 Edition - Last updated on 10-26-2022)

♦ Category: Energy

IPCC: 1A3biv - Fuel Combustion Activities - Transport - Road Transportation - Motorcycles
Sector: Transportation : On Road : Light-duty Vehicles : Motorcycles

♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Ethanol

♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide from biogenic sources ( CO2 )

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► Year 2000 —

● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —

Amount: 415.11 tonnes of CO2 From biogenic materials (415.11 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 = 72,207 gal of Ethanol
Basis: Calculation
Calculation: [EMFAC category fuel combustion] * ([Fuel sales] / [EMFAC total fuel combustion]) * [Fraction of fuel mix]
Reference: CARB (2016). Technical support document on GHG inventory methodologies for the 2000-2014 inventory. See Discussion of emissions from on-road transportation available at: https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/pubs/reports/2000_2014/ghg_inventory_00-14_technical_support_document.pdf
Reference: Not Applicable.

● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —

Parameter: CO2 emission factor = 0.0684 g / btu
Reference: CARB (2016). Technical support document on GHG inventory methodologies for the 2000-2014 inventory. See Discussion of emissions from on-road transportation available at: https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/pubs/reports/2000_2014/ghg_inventory_00-14_technical_support_document.pdf
Parameter: EMFAC category fuel combustion = 17,894,615 gal
Reference: CARB (2021). The California Air Resources Board's Emission FACtors (EMFAC) model was used to calculate emission rates from all motor vehicles, such as passenger cars and heavy-duty trucks, operating on highways, freeways, and local roads in California. http://www.arb.ca.gov/msei/msei.htm
Parameter: EMFAC total fuel combustion = 14,200,412,935 gal
Reference: CARB (2021). The California Air Resources Board's Emission FACtors (EMFAC) model was used to calculate emission rates from all motor vehicles, such as passenger cars and heavy-duty trucks, operating on highways, freeways, and local roads in California. http://www.arb.ca.gov/msei/msei.htm
Parameter: Fraction of fuel mix = 3.882E-03
Reference: CARB (2016). Technical support document on GHG inventory methodologies for the 2000-2014 inventory. See Discussion of emissions from on-road transportation available at: https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/pubs/reports/2000_2014/ghg_inventory_00-14_technical_support_document.pdf
Parameter: Fuel sales = 14,760,642,277 gal
Reference: Covert T. (2013). Data request between CARB and Theresa Covert, California State Board of Equalization, April 2013.
Parameter: Heat content = 84,000 btu / gal
Reference: USEPA (2012). Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Regulation http://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/

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

Amount: 5,749 g (i.e. 5.75 kg) of CO2 per gal of Ethanol