Last reviewed on November 2, 2011 at 10:04
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(First Edition - Last updated on 11/19/2007)
♦ Category: Energy
| IPCC: |
1A1ai - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Main Activity Electricity and Heat Production - Electricity Generation |
| Sector: |
Electricity Generation (Imports) : Specified Imports : PSW : Mohave (NV) |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Natural gas
♦ Greenhouse gas: Nitrous oxide ( N2O )
► Year 1990 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
| Amount: |
0.159 tonne of N2O Emitted (49.38 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
| Basis: |
Calculation |
| Calculation: |
[Fuel combustion] * [Heat content] * [Fuel N2O emission] |
| Reference: |
IPCC (1997). Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (Revised Guidelines). Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Published: IGES, Japan. http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/gl/invs1.htm |
● Activity level used in calculations —
| Activity: |
Fuel combustion = 1,541,860,414 scf of Natural gas |
| Basis: |
Data |
| Reference: |
Parsons (2007). Personal communication (EIA form 767 data submittal & Plant Specific Data Reports) between Larry Hunsaker of CA Air Resources Board and Cindy Parsons, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power. Summer 2007. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
| Parameter: |
Fuel N2O emission = 1.000E-07 g / btu |
| 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: Energy. http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/2_Volume2/V2_2_Ch2_Stationary_Combustion.pdf |
| Parameter: |
Heat content = 1,033 btu / scf |
| Reference: |
Parsons (2007). Personal communication (EIA form 767 data submittal & Plant Specific Data Reports) between Larry Hunsaker of CA Air Resources Board and Cindy Parsons, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power. Summer 2007. |
| Constant: |
Global warming potential of N2O = 310 |
| Reference: |
IPCC (1996). Second Assessment Report. Climate Change 1995: WG I - The Science of Climate Change. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; J.T. Houghton, L.G. Meira Filho, B.A. Callander, N. Harris, A. Kattenberg, and K. Maskell (eds.); Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, U.K. |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —
| Amount: |
1.033E-04 g of N2O per scf of Natural gas
0.032 g of CO2eq. per scf of Natural gas |