Last reviewed on 12-01-2023
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
♦ Category: Energy
IPCC: |
1A4b - Fuel Combustion Activities - Other Sectors - Residential |
Sector: |
Residential : Household Use |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Natural gas
♦ Greenhouse gas: Methane ( CH4 )
► Year 2019 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
438.32 tonnes of CH4 Emitted (10,958 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: |
Calculation |
Calculation: |
[Fuel combustion] * [Heat content] * [Fuel CH4 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 = 426,384,183,475 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-03 g of CH4 per scf of Natural gas 0.0257 g of CO2eq. per scf of Natural gas |