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Charcoal (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for charcoal. The Reference Product is charcoal. Charcoal is a non-fossil fuel with a calorific value of 28.4 MJ/kg. It is used as a solid fuel and is sourced from strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials). Its main applications are in the following sectors: metallurgical, automotive, industrial and district fuel . The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/891/documentation

PropertyValue
NameCharcoal (market for)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Global (GLOBAL)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
2011
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.3
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_charcoal_market_for_charcoal-fuel_use_na
UUID
02839ec5-84ac-43c7-9f07-7645aaeb17bb
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