Emission Factor

Electricity supplied from grid

0.531952286
kgCO2e/kWh

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Emission factor summary

Emission intensity of electricity in the US eGrid subregion specified as reported for 2020 based on 2018 statistics. Retrieved from the eGRID2018 Data File (xlsx) file published by the US EPA at the source URL.

PropertyValue
NameElectricity supplied from grid
SectorEnergy
CategoryElectricity
SourceEPA
Source DataseteGRID
Region
Unit Type
Year
2018
Year Released
2020
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0.531952286kg/kWh
  • CO20.5291522625 kg/kWh
  • CH40.0000413 kg/kWh
  • N2O0.0000059 kg/kWh
Scopes2
LCA Activity
electricity_generation
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
UUID
e3255852-8b03-4730-9018-e67615359493
Code Snippet
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