Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook 2003

Table 5.  Methane Emissions Factors for Energy Combustion
               
(Metric tons carbon equivalent per trillion Btu)

 

Residential

Commercial

Industrial

Electricity

Stationary Combustion

       

   Coal

3.61

63.08

15.14

3.78

   Residual Fuel

0.00

10.09

18.29

4.42

   Distillate Fuel

31.54

3.78

1.01

0.00

   Natural Gas

6.02

7.23

8.43

0.60

   Liquid Gases

7.27

7.27

8.63

0.00

   Wood

5531.11

18.44

16.78

0.00

         

Mobile Combustion

         

   Passenger Cars

70.54

     

   Buses

40.78

     

   Motorcycles

1115.63

     

   Light-Duty Trucks

90.46

     

   Other Trucks

23.98

     

   Other Transport

46.92

     
Source:  Emissions factors and data sources from Energy Information Administration, Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2000, DOE/EIA-0573(2000), (Washington, DC, November 2001).