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Biogas (anaerobic digestion of manure)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is anaerobic digestion of manure. The reference product is biogas. Biogas is a non-fossil fuel with a net calorific value of 22.73 MJ/m3. It is used as a gaseous fuel and is sourced from anaerobic digestion of manure. Its main applications are in the following sectors: industrial and district power source. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/15352/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameBiogas (anaerobic digestion of manure)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Switzerland (CH)
Unit Type
Volume
Year
2018
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/m3
Scopes3.3
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 29Version log
  • Replaced by: f01d3363-638e-4345-91f7-e30bff4e989a

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_biogas_anaerobic_digestion_of_manure-fuel_use_na
UUID
49669dff-b7f2-4287-803a-76612933a5f7
Code Snippet
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