Emission Factor

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

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. This product represents electrical energy measured in kWh. If electricity is taken from a market for electricity, the transmission infrastructure, country-specific losses and transformation losses (for markets for medium and low voltage) are included. Covers voltages between 1kV and 24 kV. Electricity that is produced internally in the incineration plant. Excess electricity is fed into 'market for electricity, medium voltage'. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameElectricity - for reuse in municipal waste incineration only (treatment of municipal solid waste - incineration)
SectorEnergy
CategoryElectricity
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2006
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kWh
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
electricity-supply_grid-source_treatment_of_municipal_solid_waste_incineration
UUID
236eac2e-a6f0-44ab-b3b2-ca287863d9d6
Code Snippet
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