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Fatty acid methyl ester (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for fatty acid methyl ester. The Reference Product is fatty acid methyl ester. "fatty acid methyl ester" (FAME) is an organic substance. It is produced from transesterification of vegetable oils. In the database, it is produced from the esterification of palm oil, soybean oil and rape oil (or other sources of oils, users are prompted to inspect the respective regional supply chains of this product). It can be used in the following applications: as detergent and as biodiesel. 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/24632/documentation

PropertyValue
NameFatty acid methyl ester (market for)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_ROW)
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_fatty_acid_methyl_ester_market_for_fatty_acid_methyl_ester-fuel_use_na
UUID
02d4c49e-d083-4b28-a474-62ad39e1dd72
Code Snippet
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