Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
IPCC: | 1A1ai - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Main Activity Electricity and Heat Production - Electricity Generation |
Sector: | Electricity Generation (Imports) : Specified Imports : Utah : Intermountain Power Project (IPP) (UT) |
Amount: | 188.55 tonnes of N2O Emitted (56,189 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: | Calculation |
Calculation: | [Electricity Generation] * [N2O emission factor] |
Reference: | CARB (2016). Technical support document on GHG inventory methodologies for the 2000-2014 inventory. See Discussion of emissions from electricity imports available at: https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/pubs/reports/2000_2014/ghg_inventory_00-14_technical_support_document.pdf |
Activity: | Electricity generation = 12,021,121,500 kWh of Primary fuel: Coal |
Basis: | Data |
Reference: | CARB (2021). Summary of 2008 to 2019 data from California's Greenhouse Gas Mandatory Reporting Program. Reported emissions are available at: https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/mandatory-greenhouse-gas-emissions-reporting |
Parameter: | N2O emission factor = 0.0157 g / kWh |
Reference: | CARB (2016). Technical support document on GHG inventory methodologies for the 2000-2014 inventory. See Discussion of emissions from electricity imports available at: https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/pubs/reports/2000_2014/ghg_inventory_00-14_technical_support_document.pdf |
Constant: | Global warming potential of N2O = 298 |
Reference: | IPCC (2007). Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Solomon S., Qin D., Manning M., Chen Z., Marquis M., Averyt K.B., Tignor M., and Miller H.L. (eds.). http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_ipcc_fourth_assessment_report_synthesis_report.htm |
Amount: | 0.0157 g of N2O per kWh of Primary fuel: Coal 4.67 g of CO2eq. per kWh of Primary fuel: Coal |