Emission Factor

Natural gas burned in gas turbine (natural gas burned in gas turbine)

Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'natural gas burned in gas turbine' describes the use of a fossil fuel. It is a gaseous fuel sourced from oil and gas production or via evaporation of liquified natural gas. This exchange provides the service of burning 1 MJ of natural gas (supplied at high pressure) in a gas turbine for the purpose of providing energy to processes in the liquefaction/evaporation transmission and distribution of natural gas. The services also includes (air) emissions infrastructure and the production and provision of fuel. 1 MJ of fuel input equals 0.02778 m3 of natural gas. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameNatural gas burned in gas turbine (natural gas burned in gas turbine)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2021
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/MJ
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_natural_gas_burned_in_gas_turbine_natural_gas_burned_in_gas_turbine-fuel_use_na
UUID
ac3d0212-569b-42ef-9993-527683b7322e
Code Snippet
View API Docs

Automate emission calculations with Climatiq

Get started

Related factors

ecoinvent Emission Factors

Explore All

Fuel Emission Factors

Explore All