Last reviewed on 12-01-2023
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
♦ Category: Energy
IPCC: |
1A3biii - Fuel Combustion Activities - Transport - Road Transportation - Heavy-duty Trucks and Buses |
Sector: |
Transportation : On Road |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Biomethane
♦ Greenhouse gas: Methane ( CH4 )
► Year 2013 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
0.147 tonne of CH4 Emitted (3.67 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: |
Calculation |
Calculation: |
[Fuel combustion] * [Heat content] * [Fuel CH4 emission] |
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: Stationary Combustion. Published: IGES, Japan. http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/2_Volume2/V2_2_Ch2_Stationary_Combustion.pdf |
● Activity level used in calculations —
Activity: |
Fuel combustion = 174,736,139 scf of Biomethane |
Basis: |
Data |
Reference: |
CARB (2022). Personal communiciation between Kevin Eslinger, California Air Resources Board, and Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) staff. 2022. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —
Amount: |
8.410E-04 g of CH4 per scf of Biomethane 0.021 g of CO2eq. per scf of Biomethane |