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Emission factor from IGES v11.7

Grid electricity generation, combined margin (CDM) - CDM EB; Ex-ante (excluding off grid power); OM 0.25 / BM 0.75 (second crediting period)

Rwanda · Generation · Any year

Each kilowatt-hour generated this way counts as 0.493 kg CO₂e at the power plants. IGES gives one figure, for use in any year.

Value for any year

0.493kgCO₂e/kWh

Location-based · Fossil only · CO₂ only

FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂EN 15804 GWP-fossil

One value, for any year

IGES sets no date window, so there is no year to pick.

Reference year 2013

Region
Rwanda RW
Boundary
Generation
Data quality
MediumRated by us, not by the source
Licence
Open · IGES terms

Where 0.493 comes from

Published as one number

IGES prints this factor as a single figure, with no parts to add up.

Reporting this kilowatt-hour under the GHG Protocol

Scope 2 0.493

You buy the energy, so its generation is your Scope 2.

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Electricity › Electricity by generation technology · Rwanda · per kWh · Average

Generation · Location-based · Fossil only

Boundary
Generation
Calculation approach
Location-based
GWP method
None: the value counts CO₂ alone
CO₂ weighs 1 in every IPCC report, so no GWP applies
CO₂e basis
Fossil onlyFossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂EN 15804 GWP-fossil
All of it is CO₂
Life cycle
Upstream: not coveredProduction: coveredDownstream: not applicableEnd of life: not applicable

Medium quality · Open licence · Any year

What this number covers

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

  1. Generation

    Producing the electricity at the power plants that make up the mix

    Included0.493

  2. Your meter

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

    = 0.493

Outside this boundary

  • Electricity lost on the network
  • Producing and delivering the plants' fuel
  • Building the power plants

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

Gases

Basis: Fossil onlyFossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂EN 15804 GWP-fossil

  • Fossil CO₂0.493

The CO₂e counts fossil carbon only; biogenic CO₂, biogenic methane and land-use carbon are left out.

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About this factor

From IGES

Where it applies

The standardized baseline was adopted by the CDM Executive Board on 26 October 2015. This standardized baseline is valid for 3 years from the date of adoption.

Source and licence

Publisher
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Library
IGES v11.7
Published
6 March 2026
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Cite this factor

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (2026). List of Grid Emission Factors, version 11.7. Available at: https://pub.iges.or.jp/pub/iges-list-grid-emission-factors. Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/iges/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-iges-grid_electricity-rw-kwh-generation-82bae923/?v=efv1-542a73cbe40d6889fad92cd87e6304ac

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