Emission Factor

Electricity - low voltage (electricity voltage transformation from medium to low voltage)

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

PropertyValue
NameElectricity - low voltage (electricity voltage transformation from medium to low voltage)
SectorEnergy
CategoryElectricity
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2014
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_voltage_transformation_from_medium_to_low_voltage
UUID
72eb704c-e96c-4455-b39a-a0178a6f436d_d69294d7-8d64-4915-a896-9996a014c410
Code Snippet
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