Electricity - high voltage (electricity production - natural gas - conventional power plant)

Emission factor summary

Electricity emission factor (Scope 3 - without transmission and distribution losses) using allocation - cut-off system model. Scope 3 emissions happen in the supply chain of the electricity production including the extraction/transport/transformation of the fuel as well as infrastructure/maintenance/other chemicals and consumables necessary to the functioning of the power plant. Retrieved from ecoinvent v3.8.

Property	Value
Name	Electricity - high voltage (electricity production - natural gas - conventional power plant)
Sector	Energy
Category	Electricity
Source	ecoinvent
Region	Western Electricity Coordinating Council, US part only, US (US-WECC)
Unit Type	Energy
Year	2021
Year Released	2021
Emission Factor	CO₂e0000kg/kWh Get Access → Get Access →
LCA Activity	upstream
Supported CO₂e Calculation Method	AR5

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electricity-supply_grid-source_electricity_production_natural_gas_conventional_power_plant

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9f70a246-7dc5-4bf2-9867-ebac5a5d9e75

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