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 : San Juan (NM) |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Coal
♦ Greenhouse gas: Nitrous oxide ( N2O )
► Year 1990 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
6.27 tonnes of N2O Emitted (1,943 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 = 242,224 ton of Coal |
Basis: |
Data |
Reference: |
EIA (2007). Energy Information Administration. Form EIA-906 and EIA-920 Databases: monthly and annual data on generation and fuel consumption at the power plant and prime mover level. Available online at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/eia906_920.html |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
Parameter: |
Fuel N2O emission = 1.500E-06 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 = 17,250,290 btu / ton |
Reference: |
EIA (2007). Energy Information Administration. Form EIA-906 and EIA-920 Databases: monthly and annual data on generation and fuel consumption at the power plant and prime mover level. Available online at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/eia906_920.html |
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: |
25.9 g of N2O per ton of Coal 8,021 g (i.e. 8.02 kg) of CO2eq. per ton of Coal |