GHG Emission Factors for Local Energy Use

In the context of EU and Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, the JRC provides energy related GHG emission factors. This dataset provides updated CoM emission factors for local energy use and local electricity generation.

Three types of emission factors can be found in this dataset, following two approaches: an activity-based (IPCC) approach and a life-cycle (LC) approach. In the activity-based approach, (i) an emission factor is provided for CO2 emissions (in tonnes of CO2/MWh) only, and (ii) another for GHG emissions including CO2, CH4 and N2O (in tonnes of CO2-eq/MWh); in the LC approach (iii) an emission factor is provided accounting for GHG emissions, namely CO2, N2O and CH4 (in tonnes of CO2-eq/MWh), including upstream (supply chain) emissions.

Further details on the data and methodology used to calculate the emission factors presented in this version can be found in Bastos, Monforti-Ferrario and Melica (2024).