About UBA
The Umweltbundesamt (UBA) is the Federal Environment Agency of Germany and is responsible for promoting sustainable development through scientific research, providing advice on a wide range of environmental issues to the government, businesses, organisations, and the public. The UBA reports emission factors for electricity, fuel, and transport among others.
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| Description | The Umweltbundesamt (UBA) is the Federal Environment Agency of Germany and is responsible for promoting sustainable development through scientific research, providing advice on a wide range of environmental issues to the government, businesses, organisations, and the public. The UBA reports emission factors for electricity, fuel, and transport among others. |
| Source type | Governmental |
| Original dataset URL | URL |
| Year released | 2020 |
| Geography | Germany |
| Sector | |
| Type of data | Activity-based |
| Emission results | CO2e |
| Data Transformation | NA |
License
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| Type of license | Not specified |
| License URL | Not specified |
Data quality
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| Data quality assurance | Vetted by Climatiq |
| Quality flag(s) | NA |
Explore the UBA dataset
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Explore All- Go to Electricity supplied from grid
Electricity supplied from grid
Energy Energy2656 Factors2656 Factor - Go to Natural gas
Natural gas
Energy Energy12 Factors12 Factor - Go to Oil
Oil
Energy Energy12 Factors12 Factor - Go to District heating
District heating
Energy Energy23 Factors23 Factor - Go to Bituminous coal
Bituminous coal
Energy Energy2 Factors2 Factor - Go to Lignite briquettes
Lignite briquettes
Energy Energy2 Factors2 Factor
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CT
Climate Transparency is a global partnership organisation funded by the German Government, World Bank, and several other bodies. It seeks to stimulate climate action in G20 countries through enhanced transparency. The Climate Transparency Report annually provides the emission intensity of electricity generation for various countries, based on the emissions from the respective grid mix.
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UK Government (BEIS, DEFRA, DESNZ)
The UK Government issues emission conversion factors for use by UK and international organisations to report on greenhouse gas emissions. The key responsible departments / agencies are / were: BEIS , DEFRA, DESNZ and NAEI.
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Google
Google is a global internet services company. They calculate and publish carbon emissions associated with their operations in their data centres, using hourly grid mix and carbon intensity data from Electricity Maps.