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 |
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| Stationary Combustion |
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| 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 |
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| Passenger Cars |
70.54 |
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| Buses |
40.78 |
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| Motorcycles |
1115.63 |
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| Light-Duty Trucks |
90.46 |
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| Other Trucks |
23.98 |
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| Other Transport |
46.92 |
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| 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). | ||||