Value per kWh, net calorific value
0.268kgCO₂e/kWh
Net calorific value · Fossil only · GWP100 · AR6
FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂EN 15804 GWP-fossilOne value, for any year
CoM sets no date window, so there is no year to pick.
Reference year 2024
- Region
- World GLOBAL
- Boundary
- Combustion
- Data quality
- HighRated by us, not by the source
- Licence
- Open · CC BY 4.0
Where 0.268 comes from
CoM prints this factor as a single figure, with no parts to add up.
Reporting this kilowatt-hour under the GHG Protocol
Scope 1 0.268
You burn the fuel, so its combustion is your Scope 1.
The factor, standardised
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Fuels › Liquid fossil fuels · World · per kWh · Generic
Combustion · Fossil only · AR6
- 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
- IPCC AR6, 100-year horizon
- As printed by CoM
- 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
- All of it is CO₂
High 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
0.268
= 0.268 per kWh
Outside this boundary
- Producing and delivering the fuel
- Making the boiler that burns it
- Building the pipelines and the network
CoM counts only burning the fuel, not producing and delivering it or the things built to extract, move and burn it.
Gases
Basis: Fossil onlyFossil carbon only: biogenic CO₂, methane from biogenic sources and land-use change are left out. Learn moreFossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂EN 15804 GWP-fossil
- Carbon dioxide (CO₂)0.267
Each gas is converted to CO₂e with AR6 100-year warming potentials; only fossil carbon counts, so biogenic CO₂, biogenic methane and land-use carbon are left out.
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About this factor
Filed by CoM under
Diesel › Gas/diesel oil
CoM gives no description for this factor.
Source and licence
- Publisher
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (Covenant of Mayors)
- Library
- CoM 2024
- Published
- 17 January 2024
The values and their metadata are served in full and may be reused with credit to the publisher.
Cite this factor
© European Union, 1995-2026. Covenant of Mayors default emission factors, European Commission Joint Research Centre, 2024 edition (DOI 10.2905/JRC.4800KC0, 10.2905/JRC.70BBR68). Reuse authorised under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU (CC BY 4.0). Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/covenant_of_mayors/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-covenantofmayors-gasdiesel_oil_diesel-global-kwh-combustion-1ed735c7/?v=efv1-5e2f6f9a79a02b656ef9dd24e04a711f
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