Last reviewed on November 2, 2011 at 10:05
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(First Edition - Last updated on 11/19/2007)
♦ Category: Energy
IPCC: |
1B3 - Fugitive Emissions from Fuels - Other Emissions from Energy Production |
Sector: |
Electricity Generation (In State) : Merchant Owned |
♦ Activity: Geothermal power - Geothermal
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 1990 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
● Activity level used in calculations —
Activity: |
Geothermal power = 128,513,684,000,000 btu of Geothermal |
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: |
Geothermal CO2 emission = 7.530E-03 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 |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —
Amount: |
7.530E-03 g of CO2 per btu of Geothermal |