Emission Factor

Electricity - for reuse in municipal waste incineration only (treatment of municipal solid waste - incineration)

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Emission factor summary

Electricity emission factor (Scope 3 - without transmission and distribution losses) using allocation - cut-off system model. In this model when energy is produced as a byproduct of waste treatment the energy comes without burden. Scope 3 emissions happen in the supply chain of the electricity production including the extraction/transport/transformation of the fuel as well as infrastructure/maintenance/other chemicals and consumables necessary to the functioning of the power plant. Retrieved from ecoinvent v3.8.

PropertyValue
NameElectricity - for reuse in municipal waste incineration only (treatment of municipal solid waste - incineration)
SectorEnergy
CategoryElectricity
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2021
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kWh
LCA Activity
upstream
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
electricity-supply_grid-source_treatment_of_municipal_solid_waste_incineration
UUID
78b65255-b42a-4741-9b50-0dbf0a385ac0
Code Snippet
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