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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 (In State) : Merchant Owned |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - MSW
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 1990 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
276,817 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (276,817 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: |
Calculation |
Calculation: |
[Fuel combustion] * (1 - [Proportion of renewables]) * [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 level used in calculations —
Activity: |
Fuel combustion = 979,760 ton of MSW |
Basis: |
Data |
Reference: |
Schnapp, R. (2007) Personal communication (data submittal) between Larry Hunsaker of CA Air Resources Board and Robert Schnapp of the Energy Information Administration. Summer 2007. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
Parameter: |
Fuel CO2 emission = 0.0907 g / btu |
Reference: |
USEPA (2007). Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2005. United States Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 430-R-07-002. Annex 2.1 (Tables A-31, A-32, A-35, and A-36). April 15, 2007. Washington DC. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usgginv_archive.html |
Parameter: |
Heat content = 9,041,798 btu / ton |
Reference: |
Schnapp, R. (2007) Personal communication (data submittal) between Larry Hunsaker of CA Air Resources Board and Robert Schnapp of the Energy Information Administration. Summer 2007. |
Parameter: |
Proportion of renewables = 0.655 |
Reference: |
Hahn, J. (2007). Personal communication (source test data) between Larry Hunsaker of CA Air Resources Board and Jeffrey Hahn, Environmental director of Covanta Energy. |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —
Amount: |
282,536 g (i.e. 282.54 kg) of CO2 per ton of MSW |