Emission Factor

Diesel - burned in diesel-electric generating set - 10MW

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is diesel, burned in diesel-electric generating set, 10MW. The Reference Product is diesel, burned in diesel-electric generating set, 10MW. Diesel, burned in building machine describes the use of a fossil fuel. It is used as a liquid fuel and is sourced from distillation of heavy oil. This exchange provides the service of burning 1 MJ of diesel in a builiding machinery. The services also includes (air) emissions and the production and provision of fuel. 1 MJ equals 0.0234 kg of diesel (LHV of diesel ca 42.8 MJ/kg). 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/6321/documentation

PropertyValue
NameDiesel - burned in diesel-electric generating set - 10MW
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
1985
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/MJ
Scopes3.3
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_diesel-fuel_use_burned_in_diesel_electric_generating_set_10mw
UUID
bc5d7fc8-126b-4add-815c-4cc06c4d913c
Code Snippet
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