Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (First Edition - Last updated on 11/19/2007)
| IPCC: | 1A1ai - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Main Activity Electricity and Heat Production - Electricity Generation |
| Sector: | Electricity Generation (Imports) : Unspecified Imports : PSW |
| Amount: | 22,971,766 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (22,971,766 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
| Basis: | Calculation |
| Calculation: | [Electricity Generation] * [Heat content] * [Fuel CO2 emission] |
| Reference: | ARB (2009). Technical Support Document for California’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and 1990 Emissions Level. California Air Resources Board. (March 2009). Available online at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/doc/methods_v1/ghg_inventory_technical_support_document.pdf |
| Activity: | Electricity generation = 30,178,237,070 kWh of Imported electricity |
| Basis: | Data |
| Reference: | ARB (2009). Technical Support Document for California’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and 1990 Emissions Level. California Air Resources Board. (March 2009). Available online at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/doc/methods_v1/ghg_inventory_technical_support_document.pdf |
| Parameter: | Fuel CO2 emission = 0.0951 g / btu |
| Reference: | ARB (2009). Technical Support Document for California’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and 1990 Emissions Level. California Air Resources Board. (March 2009). Available online at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/doc/methods_v1/ghg_inventory_technical_support_document.pdf |
| Parameter: | Heat content = 8,004 btu / kWh |
| Reference: | ARB (2009). Technical Support Document for California’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and 1990 Emissions Level. California Air Resources Board. (March 2009). Available online at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/doc/methods_v1/ghg_inventory_technical_support_document.pdf |
| Amount: | 761 g of CO2 per kWh of Imported electricity |