Emission Factor

Sugar - from sugarcane (sugarcane processing - traditional annexed plant)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is sugarcane processing, traditional annexed plant. The Reference Product is sugar, from sugarcane. The product sugar, from sugarcane is a processed agricultural product. The industrial process diverts 50% of sugarcane juice for raw sugar production and the other 50%, along with molasses (a by-product of sugar crystallization process), is diverted to ethanol production process. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/21020/documentation

PropertyValue
NameSugar - from sugarcane (sugarcane processing - traditional annexed plant)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2012
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.3
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_sugar_from_sugarcane_sugarcane_processing_traditional_annexed_plant-fuel_use_na
UUID
851f254f-6bd9-4154-b886-4e92bda37b64
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