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Electricity supplied from grid

0.3516kgCO2e/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. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2017: 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 2017
Region
United Kingdom (GB)
Unit Type
Energy
Year
2017
Year Released
2017
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0.3516kg/kWh
  • CO20.3489 kg/kWh
  • CH40.0000248 kg/kWh
  • N2O0.000007013 kg/kWh
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
85de78f3-5692-4f53-9e63-1eb038289fa5
Code Snippet
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