Value per kWh, net calorific value
0.655kgCO₂e/kWh
Net calorific value · Fossil only · CO₂ only
FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂EN 15804 GWP-fossilOne value, for any year
MEE sets no date window, so there is no year to pick.
Reference year 2026
Derived by open-climate.ai
- Region
- China CN
- Boundary
- Combustion
- Data quality
- MediumRated by us, not by the source
- Licence
- Open · MEE terms
Where 0.655 comes from
open-climate.ai adds up the gases MEE publishes, each weighted by its warming potential.
Reporting this kilowatt-hour under the GHG Protocol
Scope 1 0.655
You burn the fuel, so its combustion is your Scope 1.
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 › Gaseous fossil fuels · China · per kWh · Average
Combustion · Fossil only
- 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
- None: the value counts CO₂ alone
- CO₂ weighs 1 in every IPCC report, so no GWP applies
- 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
Medium 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
0.655
= 0.655 per kWh
Outside this boundary
- Producing and delivering the fuel
- Purchased electricity and heat
- Making the boiler that burns it
- Building the pipelines and the network
MEE 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
- Fossil CO₂0.655
The CO₂e counts fossil carbon only; biogenic CO₂, biogenic methane and land-use carbon are left out.
From MEE's record to a comparable factor
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About this factor
MEE gives no description for this factor. Filed under 化石燃料燃烧 › 煤炭-二氧化碳.
Source and licence
- Value
- Computed by open-climate.ai from the gas values in this record
- Publisher
- 生态环境部 / Ministry of Ecology and Environment
- Library
- MEE v2
- Record
- 1769165551292737536
- Published
- 1 March 2026
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