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Purchased Electricity - Electricity used
ElectricityGrid-mix electricityWell-to-use (upstream, burn or generation, network losses)UP··Average
0.084909kgCO₂e/kWhGWP: AR5 (as published)
computed total: the publisher never printed this figureAdded by open-climate.ai
Published by New Zealand Ministry for the Environment (Manatu Mo Te Taiao) in New Zealand Ministry for the Environment (Manatu Mo Te Taiao) 2026-v2 (Any year); last verified 2026-08-28.
About this factor
Description by open-climate.ai
Added by open-climate.ai: MfE's published generation factor for this grid (New Zealand) plus open-climate.ai's estimates of the fuel supply chain upstream of generation and of the electricity lost in transmission and distribution, with its own fuel supply chain. For 2025 (consumption mix): 0.066386 kg CO2e/kWh for generation, 0.01254599 kg CO2e/kWh for the fuel supply chain upstream of generation and 0.00597657 kg CO2e/kWh for the electricity lost in transmission and distribution with its own fuel supply chain, 0.08490856 kg CO2e/kWh in total. Under the GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance (Appendix B), losses are reported with the location-based factor whatever the mix, so a market-based or green value of this factor carries the same loss part as a location-based one. Quality: low, the lowest of its parts (estimated from a model of the region). Sources: MfE (CC BY 4.0); UK Government GHG conversion factors (Open Government Licence v3.0); Ember yearly electricity data (CC BY 4.0, fuel shares recomputed as shares of fossil emissions); co2emissiefactoren.nl (co2emissiefactoren.nl terms of use). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Not published or endorsed by MfE, the UK Government, Ember or co2emissiefactoren.nl.
Values by year and methodology
| Any year | 0.084909▣headline |
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Decomposition
Reported beside the value above, outside its boundary. Never added to it.
Cite this factor
open-climate.ai (n.d.). Purchased Electricity - Electricity used [emission factor]. New Zealand Ministry for the Environment (Manatu Mo Te Taiao), New Zealand Ministry for the Environment (Manatu Mo Te Taiao) 2026-v2. Dataset 2026-08-28. https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-mfenz-purchased_electricity-nz-kwh-well_to_use-d472c846/