See the guidance document for the Purchased Electricity, Heat and Steam Tool (Section III.B) for a detailed hierarchy of preferred
emission factor data sources.
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It produces this estimate for
emissions from all upstream transportation and distribution primarily using
data collected from its third - party logistics coordinators and EPA
emission factors; only 7 % of
emissions are from «primary
data.»
NEC collected or estimated megawatt hour («MWh») generation
data for each portfolio project and used region - specific eGRID
emissions factors maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to determine the greenhouse gas («GHG») intensity of each MWh offset by its investments.
Combining the generation
data, project location, and eGRID
emissions factor, NEC estimated the amount of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide (measured together as metric tons of CO2 Eq.)
The team analyzes patient - specific
data from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron
emission tomography (PET), x-ray computed tomography (CT), biopsies and other
factors, in order to develop their computational model.
The authors re-evaluated the
data used to calculate IPCC 2006 CH4
emission factors resulting from enteric fermentation in dairy cows and other cattle, and manure management from dairy cows, other cattle and swine.
When the EPA asked in a 2009 Federal Register notice for suggestions on how to improve the system, companies from electric power generators to auto manufacturers argued for the status quo, saying
emission factors were sometimes their only
data option.
To construct the estimates, the researchers used
data on locomotive diesel consumption, pipeline pumping station electricity consumption, locomotive and power plant
emission factors and the AP2 integrated assessment model, which maps county level
emissions to costs for counties affected by the
emissions.
Indeed, using different official sources of activity
data and
emissions factors can result in estimates that vary by up to 40 per cent in a given year.
The team was able to derive new
emissions factors based on
data from Chinese government programs that analyzed nearly 5000 coal samples taken throughout the country.
In the absence of better
data,
emissions factors for China's coal were so far assumed to be similar to those of coal mined in the United States and Europe, Guan says.
Activity
data can be for example tonnes of fuel oil used by an industry, while the
emission factor expresses the
emission of a component in proportion to the activity (for example tonnes of SO 2 / tonne fuel oil).
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A detailed field guide for «Methods for Assessing Carbon Stocks and
Emissions Factors in Mangroves, Tidal marshes and Seagrasses» is currently available in our Resources section and the standardized methods outlined within allows consistent collection of comparable
data in these habitats around the world.
As observed wildfires
data from satellites only goes back to 1990s, the researchers used models to look further back in time and identify the influence of different
factors that may have impacted wildfire
emissions, says Arora:
This paper presents a review of existing literature on
emission factors,
emission data collection techniques, and analytic approaches; presents the results of SAIC's analysis of available CO2 and CH4 GHG
emission data from chassis dynamometer tests of heavy - duty vehicle exhaust; and provides suggestions for further reducing this uncertainty.
Nick Moran of The Millions had interesting prospective, mentioning «The
emissions and e-waste for e-Readers could be stretched even further if I went down the resource rabbit hole to
factor in: electricity needed at the Amazon and Apple
data centers; communication infrastructure needed to transmit digital files across vast distances; the incessant need to recharge or replace the batteries of eReaders; the resources needed to recycle a digital device (compared to how easy it is to pulp or recycle a book); the packaging and physical mailing of digital devices; the need to replace a device when it breaks (instead of replacing a book when it's lost); the fact that every reader of eBooks requires his or her own eReading device (whereas print books can be loaned out as needed from a library); the fact that most digital devices are manufactured abroad and therefore transported across oceans.
The basic ingredients are easy to list: — absorption /
emission properties (or spectroscopic parameters) of CO2 at atmospheric pressures, i.e.
data presently available from HITRAN - database combined with models of line broadening — observed properties of the atmosphere where most important features include clouds and moisture content, but many other
factors have some influence — computer model of the transmission of radiation along the lines of MODTRAN or GENLN2
The methodologies for estimating
emissions / removals from the land - use change and forestry category require high quality statistical
data and
emission factors.
In this paper, the term methodological issues encompasses aspects of statistical
data and
emission factors as well as algorithms to estimate
emissions.
The NIRs contain detailed descriptive and numerical information and the CRFs contain summary, sectoral and trend tables for all greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions and removals, and sectoral background
data tables for reporting implied
emission factors and activity
data.
The tables provide comparisons of implied
emission factors and activity
data as reported in the common reporting format,
data from international sources,
emissions, information on methods used and
emission factors as reported by parties.
-- Where it is not possible to determine the precise electricity
emissions intensity
factor for an entity using the methodology in clause (i), the person selling electricity shall use the monthly average
data reported by the Energy Information Administration or collected and reported by the Administrator for the utility serving the entity to determine the electricity
emissions intensity
factor.
The Kyoto Protocol's effectiveness will depend upon two critical
factors: whether Parties follow the Protocol's rulebook and comply with their commitments; and whether the
emissions data used to assess compliance is reliable.
In addition, it includes a mechanism to expand eligible crops and regions based on acceptable submission of peer - reviewed scientific
data to justify the adoption of conservative
emission factors in the U.S. and internationally.
To access activity
data and implied
emission factors for individual Annex I and some non-Annex I Parties
The default
emission factors are averages based on the most extensive
data sets available and they are largely identical to those used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chage (IPCC), the premier authority on accounting practices at the national level.
If site - specific
data are not available, companies should seek a regional or power pool
emission factor from a government agency in the host country of the electricity provider.
But there's an asterisk: the study's authors said their projections could be skewed by a lack of
data on methane
emissions from lakes throughout northern Alaska, which could
factor into how much carbon is ultimately stored by the forests.
We analyze the costs, benefits, rate and bill impacts, employment and economic impacts,
emissions, and other
factors associated with electric - sector resource scenarios using publicly available
data and well - supported assumptions.
The researchers discovered in the
data that different
factors dominated the 9.9 %
emissions decline from 2007 to 2009, the 1.3 %
emissions increase from 2009 to 2011, and the 2.1 % decrease between 2011 and 2013.
However, because of issues related to
data quality, the low frequency of extreme event impacts, limited length of the time series, and various societal
factors present in the disaster loss record, it is still not possible to determine the portion of the increase in damages that might be attributed to climate change brought about by greenhouse gas
emissions (S1).
Conversion of German generation
data to Specific Carbon Intensity uses
emissions factors of 1150g, 900g, 369 g, and 983 g of CO2 per KWh for lignite (brown coal), hard coal, natural gas, and biomass respectively.
Furthermore, because
data on the origin and destination of coal are available only for coal distribution, EIA's
emission factors for coal consumption by sector assume that the mix of coal received during a certain year was the same as that consumed in that year.
However, the basic
emission factors will be reviewed when sufficient additional coal analysis
data are accumulated.
From the more than 60,000 coal samples in the File, 5,426 were identified as containing
data on heat value and the ultimate analysis (6) needed for developing the relationship between carbon and heat content of the coal, that is, the carbon dioxide
emission factors.
EIA's carbon dioxide
emission factors were derived from
data in the EIA Coal Analysis File, one of the most comprehensive
data sources on U.S. coal quality by coalbed and coal - producing county.
Therefore, no
data correction was warranted to account for the small effect that coal cleaning had on
emission factors.