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 national electricity consumption (also referred to as National and European Emission Factors for Electricity - NEEFE).
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, namely 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).
Bastos, Joana; Monforti-Ferrario, Fabio; Melica, Giulia (2026): GHG Emission Factors for Electricity Consumption. European Commission, Joint Research Centre [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/JRC.4800KC0 PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/919df040-0252-4e4e-ad82-c054896e1641
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Country-specific GHG emission factors for electricity consumption
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 national electricity consumption (also referred to as National and European Emission Factors for Electricity - NEEFE).
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 t CO2/MWh) only, and (ii) another for GHG emissions including CO2, CH4 and N2O (in t CO2-eq/MWh); in the LC approach (iii) an emission factor is provided accounting for GHG emissions including CO2, N2O and CH4 (in tCO2-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).
| From date | To date |
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| 1990-01-01 | 2021-01-01 |
