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Emission factor from CoM

Geothermal

World · Combustion · Any year

Each kilowatt-hour of heat or steam bought counts as 0 kg CO₂e for generating it. CoM gives one figure, for use anywhere and in any year.

Value for any year

0kgCO₂e/kWh

Fossil only · GWP100 · AR6

FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂EN 15804 GWP-fossil

One 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
HighGenuinely zero
Licence
Open · CC BY 4.0

Where 0 comes from

Published as one number

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

Emissions from equipment you run are direct emissions, so they are your Scope 1.

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Heat and cooling › Heat generation · World · per kWh · Generic

Combustion · Fossil only · AR6

Boundary
Combustion
Generation
GWP method
IPCC AR6, 100-year horizon
As printed by CoM
CO₂e basis
Fossil onlyFossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂EN 15804 GWP-fossil
Not split by gas; CO₂e only

High quality · Open licence · Any year

What this number covers

The path of one kilowatt-hour of heat, from the fuel to your meter. Not every step on it is counted; what is left out is listed below.

  1. Heat generation

    Producing the heat and steam at the plants that feed the network

    Included0

  2. Your meter

    1 kWh used. The factor is per kWh measured here.

    = 0

Outside this boundary

  • Heat lost in the network
  • Producing and delivering the heat plants' fuel
  • Purchased electricity and heat
  • Building the heat plants
  • Building the heat network

CoM counts burning fuel at the heat plants, not producing and delivering that fuel or building the plants.

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About this factor

Filed by CoM under

Geothermal

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
Open the record at CoM
CC BY 4.0 Open

The values and their metadata are served in full and may be reused with credit to the publisher.

Credit it with this line© 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).
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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-geothermal-global-kwh-combustion-aa531e98/?v=efv1-ef741efa633216ecdd2461d101bff7e2

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