Value per kWh, net calorific value
0.239kgCO₂e/kWh
Net calorific value · Biogenic CO₂ and land use excluded · CO₂ only
FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventoriesOne value, for any year
BAFU sets no date window, so there is no year to pick.
Reference year 2026
- Region
- Switzerland CH
- Boundary
- Combustion
- Data quality
- MediumRated by us, not by the source
- Licence
- Open · BAFU terms
Where 0.239 comes from
BAFU prints this factor as a single figure, with no parts to add up.
Reporting this kilowatt-hour under the GHG Protocol
Scope 1 0.239
You burn the fuel, so its combustion is your Scope 1.
The factor, standardised
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Fuels › Gaseous fossil fuels · Switzerland · per kWh · Generic
Combustion · Excl. biogenic CO₂
- BoundaryCombustionDirect emissions from burning the fuel at the point of use, in a boiler, furnace, engine or vehicle (for a vehicle, tank-to-wheel). Learn more
- Combustion
- Fuel combustion
- GWP methodWhich IPCC assessment report's warming potentials convert each gas to CO₂e, and over how many years the warming is counted (GWP100: 100 years). Learn more
- None: the value counts CO₂ alone
- CO₂ weighs 1 in every IPCC report, so no GWP applies
- CO₂e basisWhich carbon the CO₂e counts. Fossil only leaves out biogenic methane, land-use change and biogenic CO₂; excl. biogenic CO₂ counts biogenic methane but not the other two; net total counts every pool, net of removals. The same activity on two bases is two different numbers. Learn more
- Excl. biogenic CO₂FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories
- All of it is CO₂
Medium quality · Open licence · Any year
What this number covers
The path of one kilowatt-hour of this fuel, from the well to your flame.
Your meter
1 kWh used. The factor is per kWh measured here.
Burning it
In your boiler, furnace or engine: CO₂, with a little CH₄ and N₂O
0.239
= 0.239 per kWh
Outside this boundary
- Producing and delivering the fuel
- Making the boiler that burns it
- Building the pipelines and the network
BAFU counts only burning the fuel, not producing and delivering it or the things built to extract, move and burn it.
Gases
Basis: Excl. biogenic CO₂Biogenic CO₂ and land-use change are left out; fossil CO₂, the other greenhouse gases and methane from biogenic sources are counted. Learn moreFossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories
- Fossil CO₂0.239
The CO₂e leaves biogenic CO₂ and land-use carbon out; methane from biogenic sources is counted.
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About this factor
From BAFU
In GermanZur Bestimmung der Emissionsfaktoren (EF) in t CO2 / t wird der Kohlenstoffgehalt des Brenn- oder Treibstoffs bestimmt. Bei vollständiger Verbrennung wird der gesamte Kohlenstoff als Kohlenstoffdioxid (CO2) freigesetzt. Ausgehend von diesem gewichtsbezogenen Emissionsfaktor kann unter Einbezug des Heizwerts der Emissionsfaktor in t CO2 / TJ oder unter Einbezug der Dichte in t CO2 / m3 abgeleitet werden.Source and licence
- Publisher
- Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU
- Library
- BAFU 01-2026
- Published
- 22 January 2026
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Cite this factor
Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU, Faktenblatt CO2-Emissionsfaktoren des Treibhausgasinventars der Schweiz, Januar 2026. Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/bafu_ch/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-bafuch-ethylene-ch-kwh-combustion-90a355dd/?v=efv1-6bc0d17eff2e4e3a2ddd8f0414d63bd8
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