Emission Factor

Coal - electricity generation

2270kgCO2e/tonne

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Emission factor summary

Emission intensity of stationary combustion of fuel. Fuels conversion factors should be used for primary fuel sources combusted at a site or in an asset owned or controlled by the reporting organisation. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2022: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

PropertyValue
NameCoal - electricity generation
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
SourceBEIS
Region
Unit Type
Year
2022
Year Released
2022
Emission Factor
  • CO2e2270kg/tonne
  • CO22257 kg/tonne
  • CH40.024 kg/tonne
  • N2O0.04235 kg/tonne
LCA Activity
fuel_combustion
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR4
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_coal-fuel_use_electricity_generation
UUID
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