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Emission Factor

Natural gas

2692.8
kgCO2e/tonne

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Emission factor summary

Emission intensity of natural gas. Provided by the Official Journal of the European Union for the purposes of the carbon border adjustment mechanism during the transitional period. Retrieved from Annex VIII and calculated by multiplying the columns: Emission factor (t CO2/TJ) and Net calorific value (TJ/Gg) from Table 1 at the source URL. NOTE: this value is provided in CO2 only and does not include the impact of other GHGs.

PropertyValue
NameNatural gas
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
SourceCBAM
Source DatasetStandard fuel emission factors
Region
Global (GLOBAL)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
2023
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e2692.8kg/tonne
  • CO22692.8 kg/tonne
Scopes1
LCA Activity
fuel_combustion
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR5
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_natural_gas-fuel_use_na
UUID
fba860e4-26ca-8a73-88d7-69b6327dbf4c
Code Snippet
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