Emission Factor

Palm oil - crude (palm oil mill operation)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'palm oil crude' is produced by means of wet milling in a oil mill producing palm oil palm kernel oil and palm kernel meal. The crude oil is further refined to become edible or used as it is to produce biodiesel.The palm fruit has a single seed the palm kernel protected by a wooden endocarp or shell and surrounded by a fleshy mesocarp or pulp. This fruit produces two types of oil: one extracted from the pulp (palm oil) and the other from the kernel (palm kernel oil). The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NamePalm oil - crude (palm oil mill operation)
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryArable Farming
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
1995
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
arable_farming-type_palm_oil_crude_palm_oil_mill_operation
UUID
32504544-d9fc-40d5-8938-b8a9d9fbf8a1
Code Snippet
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