Emission Factor

Electricity - high voltage (electricity production - hydro - run-of-river)

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 above 24 kV. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameElectricity - high voltage (electricity production - hydro - run-of-river)
SectorEnergy
CategoryElectricity
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
1945
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kWh
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5

API Reference

Activity ID
electricity-supply_grid-source_electricity_production_hydro_run_of_river
UUID
40edc8ef-0632-4bf3-9518-f429a04a30bd_66c93e71-f32b-4591-901c-55395db5c132
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