Each kilowatt-hour of this fuel counts as 0.384 kg CO₂e: 0.329 from burning it and 0.0555 for producing it and bringing it to you (estimated).
Value per kWh, net calorific value
0.384kgCO₂e/kWh
Net calorific value · Fossil only · GWP100 · AR4
FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂EN 15804 GWP-fossilOne value, for any year
ČHMÚ sets no date window, so there is no year to pick.
Reference year 2025
EstimatedAn estimate by open-climate.ai, not a number the publisher printed. Where a fuel publisher prints combustion only, we add the supply chain before the burn (well-to-tank), computed by one stated rule from the publisher's own combustion value and a published supply-chain ratio. Learn more Summed by open-climate.ai from 2 parts, 1 of them estimated by us
- Region
- Czech Republic CZ
- Boundary
- Well-to-use
- Data quality
- Very lowEstimated from a broader region
- Licence
- Open · CC BY 4.0
Where 0.384 comes from
- Scope 10.32985.5%
- Fuel supplyEstimatedAn estimate by open-climate.ai, not a number the publisher printed. Where a fuel publisher prints combustion only, we add the supply chain before the burn (well-to-tank), computed by one stated rule from the publisher's own combustion value and a published supply-chain ratio. Learn moreDerived by open-climate.aiScope 3, cat. 30.055514.5%
Σ 0.384: open-climate.ai adds up the two parts. ČHMÚ prints fuel combustion. open-climate.ai estimates fuel supply from other published figures.
Reporting this kilowatt-hour under the GHG Protocol
Scope 1 0.329 Scope 3, category 3 0.0555
You burn the fuel, so its combustion is your Scope 1.
Supplying the fuel is Scope 3, category 3 for whoever burns it.
The factor, standardised
Every factor on open-climate.ai answers the same questions in the same words, whatever the publisher. Open any ⓘ for the definition.
Fuels › Solid fossil fuels · Czech Republic · per kWh · Average
Well-to-use · Fossil only · AR4
- BoundaryWell-to-useOne unit of energy as consumed, priced from the well to the point of use: the well-to-tank chain plus the burn for a fuel; generation, its well-to-tank and the transmission and distribution losses for a delivered carrier (electricity, steam or hot water, chilled water). Learn more
- Well-to-use
- Fuel supply and 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
- IPCC AR4, 100-year horizon
- Not on the record; set from ČHMÚ's method notes
- 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
- Fossil onlyFossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂EN 15804 GWP-fossil
- Not split by gas; CO₂e only
Very low quality · Open licence · Any year
All values
2 values for the same period, one per method.
0.384 kgCO₂e/kWh, AR4 GWP100, with no date window.
Default valueThe default: what search results and the API return when you ask for no method.
| Method | Value |
|---|---|
| 0.396Derived by open-climate.ai | |
| 0.384Default valueDerived by open-climate.ai |
- Default: what search and the API return when you ask for nothing specific
- Derived by open-climate.ai
What this number covers
The path of one kilowatt-hour of this fuel, from the well to your flame. ČHMÚ gives one figure for the first three steps together.
Well-to-tank0.0555Scope 3, cat. 3
Extraction
Getting the fuel out of the ground
Processing
Treating it to the quality it is sold at
Transport
Moving it to your site
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
Scope 10.329
0.0555 + 0.329 = 0.384 per kWh
Outside this boundary
- Making the boiler that burns it
- Building the pipelines and the network
ČHMÚ counts the fuel, not the things built to extract, move and burn it.
Gases
ČHMÚ publishes this factor as CO₂e only, with no split by gas. The CO₂e counts fossil carbon only; biogenic CO₂, biogenic methane and land-use carbon are left out.
From ČHMÚ's record to a comparable factor
ČHMÚ publishes one of the two parts; open-climate.ai estimated the others and added them all up to this total. Here is each field as printed and what open-climate.ai made of it.
The total and its parts
Each part has its own page. Use a part on its own when you report Scope 1 and Scope 3 separately; never add a part to the total.
About this factor
Source and licence
- Value
- Summed by open-climate.ai from its parts
- Publisher
- Český hydrometeorologický ústav
- Library
- ČHMÚ nir-2026
- Published
- 12 May 2026
The values and their metadata are served in full and may be reused with credit to the publisher.
Cite this factor
Source: Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (ČHMÚ), CC BY 4.0. Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/chmi/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-chmi-ostatni_cerne_uhli-cz-kwh-well_to_use-6119304f/?v=efv1-a3aae44453c8e43e13fccdeb1eb6268d
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