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Emission factor from ProBas v02.44.152

Electricity, cooling, fluorocarbons, DE, 2005

Germany · Cradle to gate · Any year

Each kilowatt-hour of heat or steam bought counts as 1.57 kg CO₂e up to the factory gate. ProBas gives one figure, for use in any year.

Value for any year

1.57kgCO₂e/kWh

Biogenic CO₂ and land use excluded · GWP100 · AR6

FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories

One value, for any year

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

Reference year 2005

Region
Germany DE
Boundary
Cradle to gate
Data quality
MediumRated by us, not by the source
Licence
Open · ProBas terms

Where 1.57 comes from

Published as one number

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

Reporting this kilowatt-hour under the GHG Protocol

Scope 2 + Scope 3, category 3 1.57

This one figure covers both together; no split between them is given.

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

The fuel behind it and the energy lost on the way to you are Scope 3, category 3.

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Heat and cooling › Cooling · Germany · per kWh · Average

Cradle to gate · Excl. biogenic CO₂ · AR6

Boundary
Cradle to gate
Fuel supply, generation and capital goods
GWP method
IPCC AR6, 100-year horizon
Re-weighted by open-climate.ai from ProBas's AR5 figure of 1.57 kgCO₂e/kWh
CO₂e basis
Excl. biogenic CO₂FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories
Split by gas
Life cycle
Upstream: coveredProduction: coveredDownstream: not coveredEnd of life: not covered

Medium quality · Open licence · Any year

What this number covers

The path of one kilowatt-hour of heat, from the fuel to your meter. Every step on it is counted.

  1. Fuel supply

    Extracting, processing and transporting the fuel the heat plants burn

    Included, not split out

  2. Heat generation

    Producing the heat and steam at the plants that feed the network

    Included, not split out

  3. Also counted

    • Building the heat plants
    Included, not split out

  4. Your meter

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

    = 1.57

Gases

Basis: Excl. biogenic CO₂FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories

  • Fossil CO₂0.61138.9%
  • Methane (CH₄)0.0281.8%
  • Nitrous oxide (N₂O)0.005960.4%
  • Rest, not split by gas Derived by open-climate.ai0.92659%

The rest is not split by gas: open-climate.ai works it out as the 1.57 total less the gases ProBas prints.

Also printed, as zero: sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆).

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.

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About this factor

From ProBas

Translated from German
Refrigerator with FKW working fluid and FKW insulation (CFC substitutes), average consumption 0.55 kWh/d (200 kWh/a), assumption: 100% of the FKW are released (50% in the use phase, 50% disposal). Load factor: 4000h/a Fuel/input: Electricity Firm capacity: 100% Year: 2005 Lifetime: 12.5a Capacity: 0.0001MW Efficiency: 100% Product: Fuels-Other
Show ProBas's original (German)
Kühlschrank mit FKW-Arbeitsmittel und FKW-Isolierung (FCKW-Ersatzstoffe), mittlerer Verbrauch 0,55 kWh/d (200 kWh/a), Annahme: 100% der FKW werden freigesetzt (50% in der Nutzungsphase, 50% Entsorgung). Auslastung: 4000h/a Brenn-/Einsatzstoff: Elektrizität gesicherte Leistung: 100% Jahr: 2005 Lebensdauer: 12,5a Leistung: 0,0001MW Nutzungsgrad: 100% Produkt: Brennstoffe-Sonstige

Source and licence

Publisher
Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency), ProBas
Library
ProBas v02.44.152
Record
66c45bca-2e22-4021-94a4-27dc20050386
Published
16 September 2020
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ProBas, Umweltbundesamt. Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/probas/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-probas-elkuhlenfkwde2005-de-kwh-cradle_to_gate-1990dd2d/?v=efv1-98b9461283b522f27926425a4f5acd67

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