Emission Factor

Electricity - high voltage (electricity production - hydro - run-of-river)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is electricity production, hydro, run-of-river. The Reference Product is electricity, high voltage. 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 Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/4149/documentation

PropertyValue
NameElectricity - high voltage (electricity production - hydro - run-of-river)
SectorEnergy
CategoryElectricity
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
1945
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kWh
Scopes2, 3.3
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
electricity-supply_grid-source_electricity_production_hydro_run_of_river
UUID
f32be392-de4e-4994-8ad5-f1522e2a7ec4
Code Snippet
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