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Municipal wastes (biomass fraction) - Other biomass, carbon neutral

World · Combustion · Any year

Each kilowatt-hour of this fuel counts as 0.00685 kg CO₂e from burning it. CoM gives one figure, for use anywhere and in any year.

Value per kWh, net calorific value

0.00685kgCO₂e/kWh

Net calorific value · Biogenic CO₂ and land use excluded · GWP100 · AR6

FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories

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
HighRated by us, not by the source
Licence
Open · CC BY 4.0

Where 0.00685 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 0.00685

You burn the fuel, so its combustion is your Scope 1.

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Fuels › Waste-derived fuels · World · per kWh · Generic

Combustion · Excl. biogenic CO₂ · AR6

Boundary
Combustion
Fuel combustion
GWP method
IPCC AR6, 100-year horizon
As printed by CoM
CO₂e basis
Excl. biogenic CO₂FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories
Not split by gas; CO₂e only

High quality · Open licence · Any year

What this number covers

The path of one kilowatt-hour of this fuel, from the waste it is made from to the boiler.

  1. Your meter

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

  2. Burning it

    In the boiler or kiln: CO₂ from the fossil and biogenic carbon in the waste, with a little CH₄ and N₂O

    0.00685

= 0.00685 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.

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About this factor

Filed by CoM under

Other biomass › Municipal wastes (biomass fraction)

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

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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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© 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-municipal_wastes_biomass-global-kwh-combustion-a11067b5/?v=efv1-a45cd3c5b96f532519fdbfb5c1756748

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