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Emission Factor

Electricity supplied from grid

0.20707
kgCO2e/kWh

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Emission factor summary

Emission intensity of UK electricity generated as reported. Fossil CO2 CH4 and N2O only. For biogenic CO2 emissions use lca activity "biogenic_CO2_combustion". 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 2023: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

PropertyValue
NameElectricity supplied from grid
SectorEnergy
CategoryElectricity
SourceBEIS
Source DatasetGreenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2023
Region
United Kingdom (GB)
Unit Type
Energy
Year
2023
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0.20707kg/kWh
  • CO20.20496 kg/kWh
  • CH40.000032 kg/kWh
  • N2O0.0000046 kg/kWh
Scopes2
LCA Activity
electricity_generation
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR5
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 28Version log
  • Replaced by: 14244252-ab1a-4bf0-a729-ebe68ed32f6a

API Reference

Activity ID
electricity-supply_grid-source_supplier_mix
UUID
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