Value per kWh, net calorific value

0.127kgCO₂e/kWh

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

2004–

Default: the latest yearUnchanged on 2003

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Region: Sweden SE
Boundary: Combustion
Data quality: MediumRated by us, not by the source
Licence: Open · Naturvårdsverket terms

Where 0.127 comes from

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open-climate.ai adds up the gases Naturvårdsverket publishes, each weighted by its warming potential.

Reporting this kilowatt-hour under the GHG Protocol

Scope 1 0.127

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

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Fuels › Waste-derived fuels · Sweden · per kWh · Average

Category: Fuels › Waste-derived fuels; Browse it to compare every publisher's factors
Activity: Waste - Industry; Naturvårdsverket: Waste
Region: SwedenSE; Not on the record; set from Naturvårdsverket's coverage
Per unit: kWh; Published as kg/GJ resp. kg/MWh; multiplied by 0.0036 to serve it per kWh
Data type: Average; No supplier named

Combustion · Excl. biogenic CO₂ · AR6

Boundary: Combustion; Fuel combustion
GWP method: IPCC AR6, 100-year horizon; Not on the record; set from Naturvårdsverket's method notes
CO₂e basis: Excl. biogenic CO₂; Split by gas

Medium quality · Open licence · 1990 to now

Data quality: Medium; Rated by us, not by the source
Applies to: 2004– (2004 onwards); Reference year 2004 · a value for every year back to 1990
Origin: Computed by open-climate.ai from Naturvårdsverket's gases
Licence: Open · Naturvårdsverket's terms of use; Free to reuse, with attribution

All values

15 values, one per year back to 1990. Every one is biogenic CO₂ and land use excluded, AR6 GWP100, so the years compare directly. Tap a bar.

Latest0.127 2004–

Change since 19900%

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What this number covers

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

Your meter
1 kWh used. The factor is per kWh measured here.
Burning it
In the boiler or kiln: CO₂ from the fossil and biogenic carbon in the waste, with a little CH₄ and N₂O
0.127

= 0.127 per kWh

Outside this boundary

Producing and delivering the fuel
Making the boiler that burns it
Building the pipelines and the network

Naturvårdsverket counts only burning the fuel, not producing and delivering it or the things built to extract, move and burn it.

Gases

Basis: Excl. biogenic CO₂

Biogenic CO₂0.21763.2%
Fossil CO₂0.12235.5%
Nitrous oxide (N₂O)0.003931.1%
Methane (CH₄)0.0005360.2%

Σ 0.122 + 0.000536 + 0.00393 + 0.217 = 0.34402, more than the 0.127 total Naturvårdsverket prints.

Each gas is converted to CO₂e with AR6 100-year warming potentials; biogenic CO₂ and land-use carbon are left out, while methane from biogenic sources is counted.

From Naturvårdsverket's record to a comparable factor

Naturvårdsverket publishes the inputs; open-climate.ai computed this value from them. Here is each field as printed and what open-climate.ai made of it.

Naturvårdsverket fields and their standardised form
Naturvårdsverket field	As printed		Served as
Name	Waste	→	Waste - Industry
Total	not on the record	→	0.127 kgCO₂e/kWh, combustion; computed by open-climate.ai from the gases
Unit	kg/GJ resp. kg/MWh	→	per kWh, multiplied by 0.0036
GWP	not on the record	→	AR6, GWP100, from Naturvårdsverket's method notes
Publication date	02/03/2026	→	Published 2 March 2026; applies 2004 onwards

Checks this factor passed

One value per year from 1990, no gaps, no overlaps.
Unit, region, boundary and method mapped to fixed code lists.

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About this factor

Naturvårdsverket gives no description for this factor. Filed under Stationary Combustion › Industry.

Source and licence

Value: Computed by open-climate.ai from the gas values in this record
Publisher: Naturvårdsverket (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency)
Library: Naturvårdsverket
Published: 2 March 2026

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Credit it with this lineSource: Naturvårdsverket, Emissionsfaktorer och värmevärden, submission 2026 (2026-03-02)

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Source: Naturvårdsverket, Emissionsfaktorer och värmevärden, submission 2026 (2026-03-02). Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/naturvardsverket/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-naturvardsverket-waste_industry-se-kwh-combustion-5a94d71b/?v=efv1-b4b71da5c0a94b6fde13666359a71a97

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