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Emission Factor

Electricity supplied from grid

0.23314
kgCO2e/kWh

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Emission factor summary

Emission intensity of UK electricity generated as reported. These factors include only direct emissions at UK power stations and from autogenerators plus those from the proportion of imported electricity. They do not include emissions resulting from production and delivery of fuel to these power stations. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2020: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

PropertyValue
NameElectricity supplied from grid
SectorEnergy
CategoryElectricity
SourceBEIS
Source DatasetGreenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2020
Region
United Kingdom (GB)
Unit Type
Energy
Year
2020
Year Released
2020
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0.23314kg/kWh
  • CO20.23104 kg/kWh
  • CH40.0000288 kg/kWh
  • N2O0.00000463 kg/kWh
Scopes2
LCA Activity
electricity_generation
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR4
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
electricity-supply_grid-source_supplier_mix
UUID
7458d426-0153-4e10-94cc-059d24835652
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