Emission Factor

Natural gas (gross calorific value)

0.184kgCO2e/kWh

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. The emission factor is calculated using the Gross Calorific Value. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2018: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

PropertyValue
NameNatural gas (gross calorific value)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
SourceBEIS
Region
Unit Type
Year
2018
Year Released
2018
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0.184kg/kWh
  • CO20.1836 kg/kWh
  • CH40.0000096 kg/kWh
  • N2O3.36e-7 kg/kWh
LCA Activity
fuel_combustion
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR4
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5, AR6

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_natural_gas_gross-fuel_use_na
UUID
2ed0ce8b-569b-48f6-af00-6627b3892158
Code Snippet
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