Emission Factor

Electricity - high voltage (electricity production - nuclear - pressure water reactor)

Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. This product represents electrical energy measured in kWh. If electricity is taken from a market for electricity, the transmission infrastructure, country-specific losses and transformation losses (for markets for medium and low voltage) are included. Covers voltages above 24 kV. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameElectricity - high voltage (electricity production - nuclear - pressure water reactor)
SectorEnergy
CategoryElectricity
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
1990
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kWh
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 11.11Version log
  • Replaced by: 818de8e7-6ae8-4df6-a591-28929f6e50ba

API Reference

Activity ID
electricity-supply_grid-source_electricity_production_nuclear_pressure_water_reactor
UUID
e53bfe96-96bd-45b5-8f15-01fa3a64d8df_66c93e71-f32b-4591-901c-55395db5c132
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