Emission Factor

Light fuel oil (import from RoW)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is light fuel oil, import from RoW. The reference product is light fuel oil. Light fuel oil is a fossil fuel with a calorific value of 42.6 MJ/kg. It is used as a liquid fuel and is sourced from petroleum refineries or waste polyethylene. Its main applications are in the following sectors: domestic heating and motor fuel. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/19465/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameLight fuel oil (import from RoW)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2014
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_light_fuel_oil_light_fuel_oil_import_from_row-fuel_use_na
UUID
f2be03fb-66cb-43e4-8a52-ee812641bdc8
Code Snippet
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