Emission Factor

Electricity supplied from grid: T&D losses

0.02kgCO2e/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 2020: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

PropertyValue
NameElectricity supplied from grid: T&D losses
SectorEnergy
CategoryElectricity
SourceBEIS
Region
Unit Type
Year
2020
Year Released
2020
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0.02005kg/kWh
  • CO20.01987 kg/kWh
  • CH40.0000024 kg/kWh
  • N2O4.027e-7 kg/kWh
LCA Activity
transmission_and_distribution
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR4
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
electricity-supply_grid-source_supplier_mix_losses
UUID
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