Emission Factor

Charcoal (production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is charcoal production. The reference product is charcoal. Charcoal is a non-fossil fuel with a calorific value of 28.4 MJ/kg. It is used as a solid fuel and is sourced from strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials). Its main applications are in the following sectors: metallurgical, automotive, industrial and district fuel . The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/99/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameCharcoal (production)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1985
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_charcoal_charcoal_production-fuel_use_na
UUID
b404e67a-c12a-41e8-8afb-167d60ae6d5d
Code Snippet
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