Emission factor from ProBas v02.44.152
Solar, PV, CIGS, DE, 2010
Germany · Energy, full life cycle · Any year
Value for any year
0.0308kgCO₂e/kWh
Biogenic CO₂ and land use excluded · GWP100 · AR6
FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventoriesOne value, for any year
ProBas sets no date window, so there is no year to pick.
Reference year 2010
- Region
- Germany DE
- Boundary
- Energy, full life cycle
- Data quality
- MediumRated by us, not by the source
- Licence
- Open · ProBas terms
Where 0.0308 comes from
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 0.0308
This one figure covers both together; no split between them is given.
You buy the energy, so its generation is your Scope 2.
What happens before the power station, from extracting the fuel to building the plant, is Scope 3, category 3.
The factor, standardised
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Electricity › Electricity by generation technology · Germany · per kWh · Average
Energy, full life cycle · Excl. biogenic CO₂ · AR6
- BoundaryEnergy, full life cycleFull life-cycle emissions of one unit of energy service (a kWh generated, or a vehicle-, passenger- or tonne-kilometre moved): extraction and delivery of the fuel or electricity, its combustion in the plant or vehicle, and the manufacture of the generating asset or vehicle itself amortized over its lifetime output. Learn more
- Energy, full life cycle
- Fuel supply, generation and capital goods
- 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
- IPCC AR6, 100-year horizon
- Re-weighted by open-climate.ai from ProBas's AR5 figure of 0.0308 kgCO₂e/kWh
- 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
- Excl. biogenic CO₂FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories
- Split by gas
- Life cycle
- Upstream: 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. Every step on it is counted.
Fuel supply
Extracting, processing and transporting the fuel the plants burn
Included, not split outGeneration
Producing the electricity at the power plants that make up the mix
Included, not split outAlso counted
- Building the power plants
Included, not split outYour meter
1 kWh used. The factor is per kWh measured here.
= 0.0308
Gases
Basis: Excl. biogenic CO₂Biogenic CO₂ and land-use change are left out; fossil CO₂, the other greenhouse gases and methane from biogenic sources are counted. Learn moreFossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories
- Fossil CO₂0.027689.8%
- Methane (CH₄)0.001374.5%
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)0.0002150.7%
- Rest, not split by gas Derived by open-climate.ai0.001545%
The rest is not split by gas: open-climate.ai works it out as the 0.0308 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 GermanCdTe PV module with 100 Wp in Germany, data according to #1 load factor set at 900 h/a, system with aluminium frame and roof mounting. The utilisation efficiency of the system relative to irradiation is 12.4%, but by definition set to 100% because of KEV calculation
Load factor: 900h/a
Fuel/input: Resources
Land use: 1m²
Year: 2010
Lifetime: 30a
Output: 0.000124MW
Efficiency: 100%
Product: ElectricityShow ProBas's original (German)
CdTe PV-Modul mit 100 Wp in Deutschland, Daten nach #1 Auslastung mit 900 h/a angesetzt, System mit Aluminium-Rahmen und Dachbefestigung. Nutzungsgrad des Systems bezogen auf Einstrahlung ist 12,4%, jedoch definitorisch auf 100% gesetzt wg. KEV-Berechnung
Auslastung: 900h/a
Brenn-/Einsatzstoff: Ressourcen
Flächeninanspruchnahme: 1m²
Jahr: 2010
Lebensdauer: 30a
Leistung: 0,000124MW
Nutzungsgrad: 100%
Produkt: ElektrizitätSource and licence
- Publisher
- Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency), ProBas
- Library
- ProBas v02.44.152
- Record
- 375c19e9-f2c7-4754-b21e-54ca9f7d36fe
- 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-solarpvcigsde2010-de-kwh-energy_lifecycle-f3d3c9a0/?v=efv1-85d67f643e7a49bf5a29da7002b65fb3
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