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Emission Factor

Electricity supplied from grid: T&D losses

0.01769
kgCO2e/kWh

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Emission factor summary

Emission intensity of transmission & distribution of UK electricity as reported. These factors include only direct emissions at UK power stations and from autogenerators plus those from the proportion of imported electricity. They do not include emissions resulting from production and delivery of fuel to these power stations. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2022: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

PropertyValue
NameElectricity supplied from grid: T&D losses
SectorEnergy
CategoryElectricity
SourceBEIS
Source DatasetUK Government GHG Conversion Factors for Company Reporting
Region
United Kingdom (GB)
Unit Type
Energy
Year
2022
Year Released
2022
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0.01769kg/kWh
  • CO20.0175 kg/kWh
  • CH40.0000028 kg/kWh
  • N2O4.027e-7 kg/kWh
Scopes3.3
LCA Activity
transmission_and_distribution
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR4
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 4Version log
  • Replaced by: e77ba232-2d1f-4980-89fc-3c627402dc4e

API Reference

Activity ID
electricity-supply_grid-source_supplier_mix_losses
UUID
cb30fbf9-a653-4b53-9c34-c090b1e164a3
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