From samantha.hayes at leicon.com.au Thu May 1 00:00:12 2008 From: samantha.hayes at leicon.com.au (Samantha Hayes) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 00:00:12 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GHG Network] Calculation of fugitive emissions - refrigerant gases Message-ID: <20080501040012.37141C18054@milkyway.forumone.com> Good Afternoon, I am currently working to establish a GHG measurement and accounting framework and am finding it difficult to determine whether or not we need to consider HFC emissions from refrigeration and air conditioning equipment. We are an engineering and construction company, so the only emission sources i can think of are kitchen fridges in our offices and air conditioning of offices. Do we need to get data on refrigerant gas usage from maintenance people or would this be an insignificant source? Thank you, Samantha From gsmith at ert.net Fri May 2 00:00:59 2008 From: gsmith at ert.net (Gordon Smith) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 21:00:59 -0700 Subject: [GHG Network] Calculation of fugitive emissions - refrigerant gases References: <6BBB1460-EC83-4D5D-9D41-32A881BDF493@ecofor.org> Message-ID: <75CB5E39-B181-4A77-B4A1-17C08B807CFD@ert.net> Samantha: Air conditioner emissions can be larger than a de minimus source. I recommend asking your maintenance people for records from recharging air conditioners. These records typically specify the amount of propellant added and the type. The amounts added over time can be used as the emission rate, and the type can be used to determine the GWP. Alternatively, you can up the refrigerant capacity of the air conditioners and assume that the refrigerant is emitted over a conservative number of years, say 5 years for older equipment and 10 years for newer equipment. regards, Gordon Gordon Smith, Ph.D. Director, EcoLands Program Environmental Resources Trust www.ert.net gsmith at ert.net Direct Line: 206.784.0209 On Apr 30, 2008, at 9:00 PM, Samantha Hayes wrote: Good Afternoon, I am currently working to establish a GHG measurement and accounting framework and am finding it difficult to determine whether or not we need to consider HFC emissions from refrigeration and air conditioning equipment. We are an engineering and construction company, so the only emission sources i can think of are kitchen fridges in our offices and air conditioning of offices. Do we need to get data on refrigerant gas usage from maintenance people or would this be an insignificant source? Thank you, Samantha _______________________________________________ Greenhouse Gas Inventory Experts Network www.ghgnetwork.org To post message: Discuss mailing list Discuss at ghgnetwork.org To unsubscribe: http://milkyway.forumone.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss From campaign at ghginstitute.org Fri May 2 02:09:21 2008 From: campaign at ghginstitute.org (GHG Management Institute) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 02:09:21 -0400 Subject: [GHG Network] GHG Management Institute Newsletter Message-ID: May 2008 The GHG Management Institute is a nonprofit organization focused on training and education. To manage climate change, we need to measure our GHG emissions. "Our mission is to train and develop a community of experts with the highest standards of professional practice in measuring, accounting, and managing greenhouse gas emissions; meeting the needs of governments, corporations, and organizations large and small." 6 months anniversary promotion We are overwhelmed by the immense support that the Institute is receiving. As our way of sharing this success, until 30 June 2008, all new enrollees will receive a US$501 discount for EVERY course (except the CDP course). This means all course fees will be US$999! Use the following discount code as you checkout of the enrollment portal to avail of this discount. DISC 501 Certificates of Training The Institute is currently offering a Certificates of Training for GHG Accounting Experts. The Level 1 program offers a ?Basics of GHG Accounting? Certificate of Training. In the future, we will also be offering a Level 2 program for a Certificate of Training in ?Advanced GHG Accounting?. The Level 1 program consists of the following courses and their corresponding exams: ?Basics course in Organizational GHG Accounting ?Basics course in Project-level GHG Accounting ?Setting up a GHG information system for Organizations Testimonial "Learning solid principles and techniques in calculating emissions and reporting helps build an invaluable tool box of skills that will make a difference to me and the organizations who are engaged trying to solve one of the great problems of our time." ? Damien Chadwick, Chadwick Management Registration for the Level 1 certificate is now open. Until 30 June 2008, in connection with our 6 months celebration, special rates are in place for those who register for the Level 1 certificate program. Courses The May and June class of the following courses are now open for registration: Basics of Organizational GHG Accounting, developed in collaboration with WRI by Ms. Taryn Fransen and Ms. Angel Hsu with Michael Gillenwater Basics of Project-level GHG Accounting, by Patrick Hardy and Tom Baumann of ClimateCHECK How to respond to CDP6, by Jason Smith of ClimateCHECK and the Carbon Disclosure Project Courses coming soon: Basics of GHG Verification by Patrick Hardy and Tom Baumann of ClimateCHECK Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation by Stephen Seres of Climate Solutions Setting up a GHG Information system for Organizations GHG Accounting for Stationary Combustion By Tim Simmons formerly of the International Energy Agency Basics of GHG Accounting for Local Government By Tom Johnson of ClimateCHECK GHG Accounting for Forest Lands, By Kathryn Bickel formerly of USDA and U.S. EPA Coal Mine Methane Project GHG Accounting By Ray Pilcher of Raven Ridge Resources Landfill Project GHG Accounting By Chad Leatherwood of SCS Engineers Testimonial ?As a refresher or a first step in to GHG Auditing, the GHG Institute courses give an excellent overview of all that is required. In an area where there are many people calling themselves ?experts?, I sincerely hope a course such as this becomes the minimum standard for GHG Auditors worldwide. The course undertaken was thorough and well prepared and I not only wish the Institute all the best in its ordeals but will happily continue to undertake courses as they are developed.? ? Bradley Pace, Director, Emission Statement You can enroll in any of the courses above for either a certificate of participation or certificate of proficiency, the latter requires an exam. All courses count towards the requirements of the GHG Management Institute Professional Programs. Financial assistance and scholarships are available for nonprofits, public agencies, and small and medium-size enterprises in developing countries. Donations Needed We are kicking off this summer a capital campaign to raise the funds necessary to expand our course offerings and other programs and to better reach deserving experts in developing countries in their own language by translating courses, training instructors, and offering more scholarships. Foundations, companies, and other organizations that support our mission and wish to see the GHG Management Institute succeed, please contact us at sponsor at ghginstitute.org. GHG Management Institute and WRI expands partnership The World Resources Institute?s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol team and the GHG Management Institute met in Washington on April 3 to review the progress of their partnership to professionalize GHG accounting and management. The Institute?s first online course, Basics of Organizational GHG Accounting (BOGA), which focuses on the GHG Protocol, started in November 2007. ?Since then, the Institute has implemented six classes attended by over 50 learners from 18 countries,? stated Pankaj Bhatia, Director of the GHG Protocol Initiative at WRI. ?More than 20 professionals from nonprofits and public agencies in developed and developing countries have received financial assistance.? ?The Institute is eager to develop a suite of courses that go deeper into the GHG Protocol. We?re very keen to offer courses for sectors such as power, transport, and agriculture,? announced Michael Gillenwater, Dean of the GHG Management Institute. ?E-learning provides a great platform for training people on the GHG Protocol. The ability to bring together professionals from various sectors and countries enriches the learning experience,? said Taryn Fransen of WRI, who contributed to the BOGA curriculum and instructed its January class. ?Professional programs are on their way. We expect that our verification training will start in early fall. The verification training that we are developing for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) will be an excellent foundation for professional programs,? according to Tom Baumann, Director for Professional Programs. ?We are excited to be expanding the partnership we have with WRI. It is very important that climate change stakeholders work together to make taking action to combat climate change easier, transparent, and measurable,? stated Gao Pronove, GMI?s Managing Director. Testimonial ?While there is a lot of media coverage on climate change, I found the course (Basics of Organisational GHG Accounting) gave me a practical understanding of climate change and how to calculate a GHG Inventory. The examples of what companies have been doing in different parts of the world were interesting and gave the theory a practical edge. The on-line teaching method was easy to follow and the prompt feedback to questions was appreciated. I recommend the course to anyone looking to understand how to account for GHG, especially for those countries which have or are moving to have an Emissions Trading Scheme or are in companies which wish to take advantage of such schemes.? ? 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Message-ID: <6D3D5530-3DEF-43D2-A4C3-89A61D8E036B@goodcompany.com> Hello all, My firm is currently conducting a GHG inventory for a municipality with a wastewater treatment plant, and we can't seem to find detailed protocols for quantifying the emissions from wastewater treatment. We have the electricity use and stationary combustion of fuels handled, but what about the additional emissions from the incineration of dewatered solid waste? Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help with this. Best, Josh __________________________________________ Joshua Skov, MA, LEED AP Principal Good Company making sustainability work 541.341.GOOD (4663) x211 F: 541.341.6412 65 Centennial Loop, Suite B, Eugene, OR 97401 www.goodcompany.com __________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20080502/f66c204d/attachment.html From dsupple at alum.mit.edu Fri May 2 14:45:57 2008 From: dsupple at alum.mit.edu (Derek Supple) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 12:45:57 -0600 Subject: [GHG Network] Electricity emission factors for US territories Message-ID: <6f9343830805021145i11daaa32i8ee7fc623512ba95@mail.gmail.com> Hi, Does anyone have an good source for regional electricity GHG emissions factors (MTCO2e/MWh) for US territories including: Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Marshall Islands Wake Island Federated States of Micronesia Palau These locations are not found within EPA's eGRID subregions nor are they listed in IEA's "CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion 1971-2004". I appreciate any suggestions! Best, Derek Supple From Eric.Coffman at montgomerycountymd.gov Fri May 2 16:51:13 2008 From: Eric.Coffman at montgomerycountymd.gov (Coffman, Eric) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 16:51:13 -0400 Subject: [GHG Network] protocols for emissions from wastewater treatment? In-Reply-To: <6D3D5530-3DEF-43D2-A4C3-89A61D8E036B@goodcompany.com> Message-ID: <302DB879691056468A140138729B2BFF686394@MCG-EXB05.mcgov.org> I would be very interested you get useful information on this, I have been struggling as well. I have managed to capture the GHG emissions due to the process energy used in our water and wastewater treatment by a bi-county agency but not emissions from aerobic digestion of waste and incineration. Also if anyone has information on a comparison of net greenhouse gas impacts of aerobic compared to anaerobic with electrical generation I would appreciate it! - Eric Eric R. Coffman, CEM, CDSM, LEED-AP Senior Energy Planner Montgomery County Maryland Department of Environmental Protection 255 Rockville Pike, Suite 120 Rockville, Maryland 20850 240-777-7754 Eric.Coffman at montgomerycountymd.gov Keep in touch with energy and climate news in Montgomery County. Subscribe to our e-newsletter "Energy InfoWIRE" at https://ext01.montgomerycountymd.gov/entp/s1p/esubpublic/newsubscriber.d o -----Original Message----- From: discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org] On Behalf Of Joshua Skov Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 2:24 PM To: Discuss at ghgnetwork.org Subject: [GHG Network] protocols for emissions from wastewater treatment? Hello all, My firm is currently conducting a GHG inventory for a municipality with a wastewater treatment plant, and we can't seem to find detailed protocols for quantifying the emissions from wastewater treatment. We have the electricity use and stationary combustion of fuels handled, but what about the additional emissions from the incineration of dewatered solid waste? Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help with this. Best, Josh __________________________________________ Joshua Skov, MA, LEED AP Principal Good Company making sustainability work 541.341.GOOD (4663) x211 F: 541.341.6412 65 Centennial Loop, Suite B, Eugene, OR 97401 www.goodcompany.com __________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20080502/a2798858/attachment-0001.html From GMERLO at caf.com Fri May 2 16:50:32 2008 From: GMERLO at caf.com (MERLO, GIANLUCA) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 16:20:32 -0430 Subject: [GHG Network] protocols for emissions from wastewater treatment? In-Reply-To: <6D3D5530-3DEF-43D2-A4C3-89A61D8E036B@goodcompany.com> Message-ID: <0EB7A6B58163F74CBD32D167352A7686063578@FODE.caf.com> Josh, depending on the type of waste water plant you could have huge emissions in lagoons and in the sludge removed for maintenance and landfilled . When more less aerated is the lagoon system you will get more methane emissions that could represent the most intensive GHG on WW plants. Deep lagoons (< 3m) with large residence time (like we have hear in Latin America) are impressive GHG emitters. You could find at "1996 IPCC Guidelines for National Gas inventories" a section for "waste", emission factors and methodologies are suggested for general approaches. regards, Gianluca Merlo Programa Latinoamericano del Carbono, Energ?as Limpias y Alternativas Direcci?n de Medio Ambiente Corporaci?n Andina de Fomento - CAF 0058-212-2092144 (oficina) 0058-412-2571139 (m?vil) www.caf.com - www.caf.com/plac ________________________________ De: discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org] En nombre de Joshua Skov Enviado el: Viernes, 02 de Mayo de 2008 01:54 p.m. Para: Discuss at ghgnetwork.org Asunto: [GHG Network] protocols for emissions from wastewater treatment? Hello all, My firm is currently conducting a GHG inventory for a municipality with a wastewater treatment plant, and we can't seem to find detailed protocols for quantifying the emissions from wastewater treatment. We have the electricity use and stationary combustion of fuels handled, but what about the additional emissions from the incineration of dewatered solid waste? Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help with this. Best, Josh __________________________________________ Joshua Skov, MA, LEED AP Principal Good Company making sustainability work 541.341.GOOD (4663) x211 F: 541.341.6412 65 Centennial Loop, Suite B, Eugene, OR 97401 www.goodcompany.com __________________________________________ ================================================== La informacion que contiene este mensaje, asi como sus anexos, si los hubiere, es privilegiada, confidencial y protegida por ley. Solo es para el uso exclusivo de los destinatarios arriba mencionados. Si usted no es el destinatario, el uso, difusion, lectura o copia no autorizada de este mensaje o sus anexos, si los hubiere, esta estrictamente prohibido por ley. 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URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20080502/f7dd3190/attachment.html From Eric.Coffman at montgomerycountymd.gov Mon May 5 09:51:59 2008 From: Eric.Coffman at montgomerycountymd.gov (Coffman, Eric) Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 09:51:59 -0400 Subject: [GHG Network] Electricity emission factors for US territories In-Reply-To: <6f9343830805021145i11daaa32i8ee7fc623512ba95@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <302DB879691056468A140138729B2BFF68639F@MCG-EXB05.mcgov.org> I am not sure about Puerto Rico, but I would imagine most of the other U.S. protectorates would have relatively simple generation portfolios which you could derive emissions factors from. Also a quick run of Google has indicated that there are some studies that have been done by WRI and others that calculate GHG emissions; you probably could get their methodology. http://earthtrends.wri.org/country_profiles/index.php?theme=6 Hope this helps. - Eric Eric R. Coffman, CEM, CDSM, LEED-AP Senior Energy Planner Montgomery County Maryland Department of Environmental Protection 255 Rockville Pike, Suite 120 Rockville, Maryland 20850 240-777-7754 Eric.Coffman at montgomerycountymd.gov Keep in touch with energy and climate news in Montgomery County. Subscribe to our e-newsletter "Energy InfoWIRE" at https://ext01.montgomerycountymd.gov/entp/s1p/esubpublic/newsubscriber.d o -----Original Message----- From: discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org] On Behalf Of Derek Supple Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 2:46 PM To: discuss at ghgnetwork.org Subject: [GHG Network] Electricity emission factors for US territories Hi, Does anyone have an good source for regional electricity GHG emissions factors (MTCO2e/MWh) for US territories including: Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Marshall Islands Wake Island Federated States of Micronesia Palau These locations are not found within EPA's eGRID subregions nor are they listed in IEA's "CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion 1971-2004". I appreciate any suggestions! Best, Derek Supple _______________________________________________ Greenhouse Gas Inventory Experts Network www.ghgnetwork.org To post message: Discuss mailing list Discuss at ghgnetwork.org To unsubscribe: http://milkyway.forumone.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss From doregan at libertyenviro.com Tue May 6 10:29:58 2008 From: doregan at libertyenviro.com (Dennis O'Regan) Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 10:29:58 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GHG Network] Electricity emission factors for US territories Message-ID: <20080506142958.0E23AC18007@milkyway.forumone.com> See: http://www.prepa.com/aeees2.asp 98% of P.R.'s energy comes from petroleum resources. So you can use the e-graid factors for Hawaii: about 1700 lb CO2/MWh; 0.1 lb CH4/MWh; and 0.02 lb N2O/MWh. The important metric is to keep track of the MWhs since the emission rates can change. This data is about 4 years old. Dennis From lghjjjh at aol.com Tue May 6 07:44:01 2008 From: lghjjjh at aol.com (lghjjjh at aol.com) Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 07:44:01 -0400 Subject: [GHG Network] Electricity emission factors for US territories In-Reply-To: <302DB879691056468A140138729B2BFF68639F@MCG-EXB05.mcgov.org> Message-ID: <8CA7D859C7202B7-8BC-35B8@webmail-nd19.sysops.aol.com> The fuel mix in PR is 98% oil, 2% hydro. I am not sure of the Virgin Islands fuel mix. Both territories passed net metring laws not too long ago and they are wrking to get these programs in place. The Virgin Islands is currently reviewing proposals for renewable energy. They are in a mad rush to get out of oil since no one in the islands can affort the cost. ? Hope this helps. Luis G. Huertas, AIA -----Original Message----- From: Coffman, Eric To: Derek Supple ; discuss at ghgnetwork.org Sent: Mon, 5 May 2008 6:51 am Subject: Re: [GHG Network] Electricity emission factors for US territories I am not sure about Puerto Rico, but I would imagine most of the other U.S. protectorates would have relatively simple generation portfolios which you could derive emissions factors from. Also a quick run of Google has indicated that there are some studies that have been done by WRI and others that calculate GHG emissions; you probably could get their methodology. http://earthtrends.wri.org/country_profiles/index.php?theme=6 Hope this helps. - Eric Eric R. Coffman, CEM, CDSM, LEED-AP Senior Energy Planner Montgomery County Maryland Department of Environmental Protection 255 Rockville Pike, Suite 120 Rockville, Maryland 20850 240-777-7754 Eric.Coffman at montgomerycountymd.gov Keep in touch with energy and climate news in Montgomery County. Subscribe to our e-newsletter "Energy InfoWIRE" at https://ext01.montgomerycountymd.gov/entp/s1p/esubpublic/newsubscriber.d o -----Original Message----- From: discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org] On Behalf Of Derek Supple Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 2:46 PM To: discuss at ghgnetwork.org Subject: [GHG Network] Electricity emission factors for US territories Hi, Does anyone have an good source for regional electricity GHG emissions factors (MTCO2e/MWh) for US territories including: Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Marshall Islands Wake Island Federated States of Micronesia Palau These locations are not found within EPA's eGRID subregions nor are they listed in IEA's "CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion 1971-2004". I appreciate any suggestions! 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The Corporate Climate Specialist contributes to the financial performance of the team by providing technical skills to a variety of work areas and tasks including project implementation, technical expertise in internal working groups, and execution of existing and upcoming projects. This position is responsible for expanding ERT's portfolio of entity-wide corporate GHG emissions inventories and carbon offset projects, to help catalyze and harness markets to protect the environment. The attached position description describes the responsibilities, duties, qualifications and ERT-Winrock application process. Julia A. Philpott, MSc, MBA ERT-Winrock 1621 Kent Street, Suite 1200 Arlington, VA 22209 USA Tel: 703.525.9430, ext. 608 jphilpott at winrock.org www.ecoregistry.net "Harnessing market forces to improve the global environment" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The GHG Registry helps project developers transform emission reductions into fungible, tradable offsets through provision of expert carbon advisory services including protocol design, validation, verification and registration, and assists buyers in the selection and purchase of high quality offsets. The GHG Registry currently hosts 20 million tradable project-based VERs, has facilitated over-the counter (OTC) transactions of over a million metric tons in first quarter of 2008 alone, and tracks over 348 million metric tons of emissions currently under management. Effective with the release of this position announcement, Winrock International is recruiting applicants for the position of Program Associate - Knowledge Manager to work for the Environmental Resources Trust (ERT), a business unit of Winrock International. The Knowledge Manager assists the Operations Manager of ERT in the daily operation of the GHG Registry and associated programs by contributing to the technical performance and fiscal success of the GHG Registry team, providing technical and managerial skills to a variety of tasks. These tasks include: coordinating the development of the next generation of the GHG Registry's online software platform; coordinating business activities within the team; tracking, managing, archiving, and accessing supporting documentation for all registry accounts; completing registration for new accounts; and providing ongoing "help desk" support to Registry members and external stakeholders. The attached position description describes the responsibilities, duties, qualifications, and ERT-Winrock application process. Julia A. Philpott, MSc, MBA ERT-Winrock 1621 Kent Street, Suite 1200 Arlington, VA 22209 USA Tel: 703.525.9430, ext. 608 jphilpott at winrock.org www.ecoregistry.net "Harnessing market forces to improve the global environment" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20080506/4b70e212/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The GHG Registry helps project developers transform emission reductions into fungible, tradable offsets through provision of expert carbon advisory services including protocol design, validation, verification and registration, and assists buyers in the selection and purchase of high quality offsets. The GHG Registry currently hosts 20 million tradable project-based VERs, has facilitated over-the counter (OTC) transactions of over a million metric tons in first quarter of 2008 alone, and tracks over 348 million metric tons of emissions currently under management. Effective with the release of this position announcement, Winrock International is recruiting applicants for the position of Program Officer - Senior Verifier to work for the ERT, a business unit of Winrock International. The Senior Verifier is a member of the team responsible for verification programs related to the ERT business unit within Winrock's Environment Group. The Senior Verifier contributes to the financial performance of the team by providing senior technical skills to a variety of work areas and tasks including strategic planning, business development, project implementation; project management; technical expertise in internal working groups; and execution of existing and upcoming projects. This position is responsible for expanding ERT's portfolio of work with carbon offset projects and entity-wide GHG emission inventories. The attached position description describes the responsibilities, duties, qualifications, and ERT-Winrock application process. Julia A. Philpott, MSc, MBA ERT-Winrock 1621 Kent Street, Suite 1200 Arlington, VA 22209 USA Tel: 703.525.9430, ext. 608 jphilpott at winrock.org www.ecoregistry.net "Harnessing market forces to improve the global environment" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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That company uses three different types of weld: (1) L-61 ~40%; (2) L-50 (045 MIG wire) ~10%; (3) 780 ~50%. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20080507/313f78c1/attachment.html From mgell at xanfeon.co.uk Thu May 8 04:22:07 2008 From: mgell at xanfeon.co.uk (Michael Gell) Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 04:22:07 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GHG Network] GHG data for steel production in China Message-ID: <20080508082207.5DBA1C1808B@milkyway.forumone.com> Can anyone advise of a source(s) of ghg data associated with steel production in China? The IISI LCI data sets currently do not include such sources although this may be remedied in the next phase study. Thank you very much for any pointers. Michael Gell Dr Michael Gell Xanfeon Riverside Business Centre Riverside Road Lowestoft Suffolk United Kingdom NR33 0TQ Tel +44 (0)1493 446 552 Mob +44 (0)779 081 7243 Fax +44 (0)1493 446 553 Email mgell at xanfeon.co.uk http://www.xanfeon.co.uk From steveb at foresthealth.org Thu May 8 09:33:47 2008 From: steveb at foresthealth.org (Steve Brink) Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 06:33:47 -0700 Subject: [GHG Network] Effect of North American Forests on Absorbing CO2 and releasing O2 Message-ID: <7E6CAFBBFA2A834E9104BE9838E6BF6B07B212@CFA-SRV.cfa.local> I've seen a quote that North American forests absorb 17% of the carbon dioxide we produce and release about 50% of the oxygen we use. Has anybody seen a reference that generates these numbers? Steve Brink California Forestry Association 1215 K St., Suite 1830 Sacramento, CA 95814 916-444-6592 916-444-0170 fax 916-208-2425 cell steveb at foresthealth.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20080508/f2d4d2f9/attachment.html From heede at climatemitigation.com Thu May 8 12:18:28 2008 From: heede at climatemitigation.com (Rick Heede) Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 10:18:28 -0600 Subject: [GHG Network] GHG data for steel production in China In-Reply-To: <20080508082207.5DBA1C1808B@milkyway.forumone.com> Message-ID: Michael: See: Price, L., J. Sinton, E. Worrell, D. Phylipsen, X. Huc, & J. Li (2002) Energy use and carbon dioxide emissions from steel production in China, Energy, 2002:429-446. China: 0.83 tC/t steel; best practice: 0.44 tC/t. Lynn Price: lkprice at lbl.gov Most such studies look at emissions in steel-making. Fair enough, but it takes iron to make steel, and iron takes diesel for mining and crushing equipment, explosives (typically ANFO), and electricity and natural gas for the concentrator and pelletizer and other plant often prior to the steel plant, to which the iron also has to be transported, although in China perhaps not far. Relative to the emissions from steel-making, the emissions upstream from the steel plant are small -- possibly 4 to 10 percent, but his range is based on scant data; besides, much depends on your boundary definition. Best, -Rick-= ****************@******************* Richard Heede Climate Mitigation Services 1626 Gateway Road Snowmass, CO 81654-9214 USA 1-970-927-9511 office 1-970-343-0707 mobile < < < On 5/8/08 2:22 AM, "Michael Gell" wrote: > Can anyone advise of a source(s) of ghg data associated with steel production > in China? The IISI LCI data sets currently do not include such sources > although this may be remedied in the next phase study. Thank you very much > for any pointers. > > Michael Gell > > > Dr Michael Gell > Xanfeon > Riverside Business Centre > Riverside Road > Lowestoft > Suffolk > United Kingdom > NR33 0TQ > > Tel +44 (0)1493 446 552 > Mob +44 (0)779 081 7243 > Fax +44 (0)1493 446 553 > Email mgell at xanfeon.co.uk > http://www.xanfeon.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Greenhouse Gas Inventory Experts Network > www.ghgnetwork.org > > To post message: > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at ghgnetwork.org > > To unsubscribe: > http://milkyway.forumone.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss ****************@******************* Richard Heede Climate Mitigation Services 1626 Gateway Road Snowmass, CO 81654-9214 USA 1-970-927-9511 office 1-970-343-0707 mobile < < < From Deborah.Bartram at erg.com Thu May 8 10:48:07 2008 From: Deborah.Bartram at erg.com (Deborah Bartram) Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 10:48:07 -0400 Subject: [GHG Network] protocols for emissions from wastewater treatment? Message-ID: More up to date guidance is located in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines, Vol 5, Ch 6 (Wastewater Treatment and Discharge), located at http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/5_Volume5/V5_6_Ch6_Wastewater.pdf. Depending on your purpose, the IPCC methodology also includes N2O emissions from biological nitrification/denitrification, as well as N2O from nitrogen discharged into the environment. _____________________________________________________ Deb Bartram Vice President ERG 14555 Avion Parkway, Suite 200 Chantilly, VA 20151 (703) 633-1669 (703) 263-7479 fax deborah.bartram at erg.com >>> Joshua Skov 5/2/2008 2:24:16 PM >>> Hello all, My firm is currently conducting a GHG inventory for a municipality with a wastewater treatment plant, and we can't seem to find detailed protocols for quantifying the emissions from wastewater treatment. We have the electricity use and stationary combustion of fuels handled, but what about the additional emissions from the incineration of dewatered solid waste? Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help with this. Best, Josh __________________________________________ Joshua Skov, MA, LEED AP Principal Good Company making sustainability work 541.341.GOOD (4663) x211 F: 541.341.6412 65 Centennial Loop, Suite B, Eugene, OR 97401 www.goodcompany.com __________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20080508/decd699c/attachment.html From mgell at xanfeon.co.uk Fri May 9 04:36:57 2008 From: mgell at xanfeon.co.uk (=?utf-8?q?=22Michael=20Gell=22?=) Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 09:36:57 +0100 Subject: [GHG Network] =?utf-8?q?GHG_data_for_steel_production_in_China?= Message-ID: Rick Thank you for the reference to the paper. It is much appreciated. The IISI life cycle inventory at http://www.worldsteel.org/ includes a detailed assessment of the upstream mining, electricity etc although unfortunately the data sets do not include China. There is also the aspect of recycling, which is well taken account of in the IISI studies. So it is important to compare like with like, which can be troublesome when the data are scant, as you indicate. Michael Dr Michael Gell Xanfeon Riverside Business Centre Riverside Road Lowestoft Suffolk United Kingdom NR33 0TQ Tel +44 (0)1493 446 552 Mob +44 (0)779 081 7243 Fax +44 (0)1493 446 553 Email mgell at xanfeon.co.uk Web http://www.xanfeon.co.uk on 8/5/08 9:34 PM, Rick Heede wrote: > Michael: > > See: Price, L., J. Sinton, E. Worrell, D. Phylipsen, X. Huc, & J. Li (2002) > Energy use and carbon dioxide emissions from steel production in China, > Energy, 2002:429-446. China: 0.83 tC/t steel; best practice: 0.44 tC/t. > > Lynn Price: lkprice at lbl.gov > > Most such studies look at emissions in steel-making. Fair enough, but it > takes iron to make steel, and iron takes diesel for mining and crushing > equipment, explosives (typically ANFO), and electricity and natural gas for > the concentrator and pelletizer and other plant often prior to the steel > plant, to which the iron also has to be transported, although in China > perhaps not far. Relative to the emissions from steel-making, the emissions > upstream from the steel plant are small -- possibly 4 to 10 percent, but his > range is based on scant data; besides, much depends on your boundary > definition. > > Best, -Rick-= > > ****************@******************* > Richard Heede > Climate Mitigation Services > 1626 Gateway Road > Snowmass, CO 81654-9214 USA > 1-970-927-9511 office > 1-970-343-0707 mobile > > < < < > > On 5/8/08 2:22 AM, "Michael Gell" wrote: > >> Can anyone advise of a source(s) of ghg data associated with steel production >> in China? The IISI LCI data sets currently do not include such sources >> although this may be remedied in the next phase study. Thank you very much >> for any pointers. >> >> Michael Gell >> >> >> Dr Michael Gell >> Xanfeon >> Riverside Business Centre >> Riverside Road >> Lowestoft >> Suffolk >> United Kingdom >> NR33 0TQ >> >> Tel +44 (0)1493 446 552 >> Mob +44 (0)779 081 7243 >> Fax +44 (0)1493 446 553 >> Email mgell at xanfeon.co.uk >> http://www.xanfeon.co.uk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Greenhouse Gas Inventory Experts Network >> www.ghgnetwork.org >> >> To post message: >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at ghgnetwork.org >> >> To unsubscribe: >> http://milkyway.forumone.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > ****************@******************* > Richard Heede > Climate Mitigation Services > 1626 Gateway Road > Snowmass, CO 81654-9214 USA > 1-970-927-9511 office > 1-970-343-0707 mobile > > < < < > > _______________________________________________ > Greenhouse Gas Inventory Experts Network > www.ghgnetwork.org > > To post message: > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at ghgnetwork.org > > To unsubscribe: > http://milkyway.forumone.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > From doregan at libertyenviro.com Tue May 13 12:48:40 2008 From: doregan at libertyenviro.com (Dennis O'Regan) Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 12:48:40 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GHG Network] Effect of North American Forests on Absorbing CO2 and releasing O2 Message-ID: <20080513164840.5553FC18085@milkyway.forumone.com> For U.S. forests uptake of CO2, see any number of articles/papers by Greg Marland. He was with Oak Ridge National Labs. From credcsecretariat at yahoo.com Tue May 13 08:04:00 2008 From: credcsecretariat at yahoo.com (Etiosa CREDC) Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 05:04:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GHG Network] Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Northern Nigeria Message-ID: <422441.14427.qm@web32804.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Dear All, Please find attached the summary of the third conference on the project ?Promoting Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Nigeria (PREEEN). The conference held at the conference hall of the Kano Educational Resource Centre, Kano City, Northern Nigeria on the 24th of April, 2008. The conference was organized by the Community Research and Development Centre with support from the Global Greengrants Fund and the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria. The objectives of the conference were to create awareness on the PREEEN Project and enhance stakeholders in northern Nigeria to participate in the Project. Other objectives of the conference were: to create awareness on renewable energy and energy efficiency among stakeholders in Northern Nigeria; enhance stakeholders? capacity to advocate for renewable energy and energy efficiency; facilitate the creation of a network of renewable energy and energy efficiency advocates that will pioneer the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency in Nigeria. During the meeting, there were plenary and parallel sessions and practical demonstration on the use of solar generator and Save-80 efficiency cook stove. Recommendations from the sessions formed the resolutions which were adopted as a communiqu? by the participants of the conference. I will be glad to receive questions and comments on this conference and the PREEEN project. Regards, Etiosa Uyigue Etiosa Uyigue, M. Sc. Executive Director, Community Research and Development Centre (CREDC) Office Adress: 90 Uselu-Lagos Raod, Opposite Zenith Bank, P.O. 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For this and the following reasons, the authors rated the quality of the TRX Travel Analytics calculator as very high. It is the best of the three evaluated calculators and is likely the best currently available air travel CO2 emissions calculator: * The calculator is based on extensive data sets and accounts for the largest number of parameters. * Data sets are updated regularly. * Because the calculator distinguishes between different carriers, it enables travelers to choose the most efficient carrier ahead of time. If you have any questions or comments, please let me know. Thank you, Thomas K. Tomosky, Ph.D. Application Manager TRX Travel Analytics 2175 Princeton Road New Castle, PA 16101 USA http://www.trx.com email: thomas.tomosky at trx.com office: 724-924-6070 fax: 724-924-2867 This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. 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Luis Alberto Conde Alvarez Jefe del Departamento de M?todos y Estudios de Mitigaci?n en materia de elaboraci?n de Inventarios de Emisiones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ECOLOGIA - SEMARNAT Perif?rico Sur 5000, 4to. Piso Col. Insurgentes Cuicuilco Delegaci?n Coyoac?n 04530 M?xico, D. F. Tel?fono: +52 (55) 54.24.64.39 Red: 13201 Fax: +52 (55) 54.24.54.85 Correo electr?nico: lconde at ine.gob.mx Visite nuestro website: http://www.ine.gob.mx/ http://cambio_climatico.ine.gob.mx -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20080513/06a8c98e/attachment.html From korscha at gmail.com Wed May 14 06:34:44 2008 From: korscha at gmail.com (Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa) Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 12:34:44 +0200 Subject: [GHG Network] CO2eq/GWh methodologies In-Reply-To: <003701c8b523$36ddd690$a49983b0$@gob.mx> References: <003701c8b523$36ddd690$a49983b0$@gob.mx> Message-ID: <804afd080805140334o4ce636fbmd5f6e972d0252adb@mail.gmail.com> Hola Luis, I am not aware of any emission-factor methodology focusing on the electricity consumption of Mexico. Nevertheless, I believe you can always estimate the emission factor of the electricity production and then consider the average respective losses. Therefore, for the electricity production, you could take a look at the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Volume 2 Energy, Chapter 2 Stationary Combustion < http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/vol2.html> and you might be interested in Tier 2 Country-Specific Emission Factors. Chido, Ruy ____________________________________ Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa Project Manager Goodplanet / Action Carbone Domaine de Longchamp, Carrefour de Longchamp 75116 PARIS France E-mail: ruy at actioncarbone.org Tel: +33 (0) 1 70 64 83 02 2008/5/13 Luis Conde : > Dear all: > > > > I am looking methodologies to estimate an emission factor for electric > consumption for my country considering energy losses ?Do you know where I > can find them? > > > > Best regards, > > > > *Ing. Luis Alberto Conde Alvarez* > > Jefe del Departamento de M?todos y Estudios de Mitigaci?n en materia de > elaboraci?n de Inventarios de Emisiones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero > > INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ECOLOGIA - SEMARNAT > > > > Perif?rico Sur 5000, 4to. Piso > > Col. Insurgentes Cuicuilco > > Delegaci?n Coyoac?n > > 04530 M?xico, D. F. > > Tel?fono: +52 (55) 54.24.64.39 Red: 13201 > > Fax: +52 (55) 54.24.54.85 > > Correo electr?nico:lconde at ine.gob.mx > > > > Visite nuestro website: > > http://www.ine.gob.mx/ > > http://cambio_climatico.ine.gob.mx > > > > _______________________________________________ > Greenhouse Gas Inventory Experts Network > www.ghgnetwork.org > > To post message: > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at ghgnetwork.org > > To unsubscribe: > http://milkyway.forumone.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20080514/5ecd1ffe/attachment.html From doregan at libertyenviro.com Wed May 14 14:32:43 2008 From: doregan at libertyenviro.com (Dennis O'Regan) Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 14:32:43 -0400 Subject: [GHG Network] CO2eq/GWh methodologies References: <003701c8b523$36ddd690$a49983b0$@gob.mx> <804afd080805140334o4ce636fbmd5f6e972d0252adb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: I have been using 522g CO2/kWh for Mexico. That comes from the WRI WWW site but I have not been able for relocate the precise citation. I believe the figure is for 2004 and does not include N2O or CH4. But those should be nearly insignificant. You can probably estimate those and then have a reasonably good CO2-e number. Warmest regards, Dennis ________________________________ From: discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org] On Behalf Of Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:35 AM To: Luis Conde Cc: discuss at ghgnetwork.org Subject: Re: [GHG Network] CO2eq/GWh methodologies Hola Luis, I am not aware of any emission-factor methodology focusing on the electricity consumption of Mexico. Nevertheless, I believe you can always estimate the emission factor of the electricity production and then consider the average respective losses. Therefore, for the electricity production, you could take a look at the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Volume 2 Energy, Chapter 2 Stationary Combustion and you might be interested in Tier 2 Country-Specific Emission Factors. Chido, Ruy ____________________________________ Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa Project Manager Goodplanet / Action Carbone Domaine de Longchamp, Carrefour de Longchamp 75116 PARIS France E-mail: ruy at actioncarbone.org Tel: +33 (0) 1 70 64 83 02 2008/5/13 Luis Conde : Dear all: I am looking methodologies to estimate an emission factor for electric consumption for my country considering energy losses ?Do you know where I can find them? Best regards, Ing. Luis Alberto Conde Alvarez Jefe del Departamento de M?todos y Estudios de Mitigaci?n en materia de elaboraci?n de Inventarios de Emisiones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ECOLOGIA - SEMARNAT Perif?rico Sur 5000, 4to. Piso Col. Insurgentes Cuicuilco Delegaci?n Coyoac?n 04530 M?xico, D. F. Tel?fono: +52 (55) 54.24.64.39 Red: 13201 Fax: +52 (55) 54.24.54.85 Correo electr?nico:lconde at ine.gob.mx Visite nuestro website: http://www.ine.gob.mx/ http://cambio_climatico.ine.gob.mx _______________________________________________ Greenhouse Gas Inventory Experts Network www.ghgnetwork.org To post message: Discuss mailing list Discuss at ghgnetwork.org To unsubscribe: http://milkyway.forumone.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20080514/b8d560eb/attachment.html From Marco.Ratton at dnv.com Wed May 14 13:38:59 2008 From: Marco.Ratton at dnv.com (Marco.Ratton at dnv.com) Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 14:38:59 -0300 Subject: [GHG Network] CO2eq/GWh methodologies In-Reply-To: <804afd080805140334o4ce636fbmd5f6e972d0252adb@mail.gmail.com> References: <003701c8b523$36ddd690$a49983b0$@gob.mx> <804afd080805140334o4ce636fbmd5f6e972d0252adb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1C0B6A95CD1B644D884F2D230C4D7D4404EE09F5@RIO007.verit.dnv.com> Just for mere information: see EIA's figures for Mexico at http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/pdf/Appendix%20F_r071023.pdf Atenciosamente/Best regards, Marco A. Ratton ________________________________ From: discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org] On Behalf Of Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa Sent: quarta-feira, 14 de maio de 2008 07:35 To: Luis Conde Cc: discuss at ghgnetwork.org Subject: Re: [GHG Network] CO2eq/GWh methodologies Hola Luis, I am not aware of any emission-factor methodology focusing on the electricity consumption of Mexico. Nevertheless, I believe you can always estimate the emission factor of the electricity production and then consider the average respective losses. Therefore, for the electricity production, you could take a look at the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Volume 2 Energy, Chapter 2 Stationary Combustion and you might be interested in Tier 2 Country-Specific Emission Factors. Chido, Ruy ____________________________________ Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa Project Manager Goodplanet / Action Carbone Domaine de Longchamp, Carrefour de Longchamp 75116 PARIS France E-mail: ruy at actioncarbone.org Tel: +33 (0) 1 70 64 83 02 2008/5/13 Luis Conde : Dear all: I am looking methodologies to estimate an emission factor for electric consumption for my country considering energy losses ?Do you know where I can find them? Best regards, Ing. Luis Alberto Conde Alvarez Jefe del Departamento de M?todos y Estudios de Mitigaci?n en materia de elaboraci?n de Inventarios de Emisiones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ECOLOGIA - SEMARNAT Perif?rico Sur 5000, 4to. Piso Col. Insurgentes Cuicuilco Delegaci?n Coyoac?n 04530 M?xico, D. F. Tel?fono: +52 (55) 54.24.64.39 Red: 13201 Fax: +52 (55) 54.24.54.85 Correo electr?nico:lconde at ine.gob.mx Visite nuestro website: http://www.ine.gob.mx/ http://cambio_climatico.ine.gob.mx _______________________________________________ Greenhouse Gas Inventory Experts Network www.ghgnetwork.org To post message: Discuss mailing list Discuss at ghgnetwork.org To unsubscribe: http://milkyway.forumone.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss ************************************************************** The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are confidential and are intended solely for the addressee. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message and its attachments. Any unauthorized use, copying or dissemination of this transmission is prohibited. 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You should also be aware that it refers to CO2 emissions from fossil fuels consumed for electricity, combined heat and power and main activity heat plants divided by the output of electricity and heat generated from fossil fuels as well as any nuclear, hydro (excluding pumped storage), geothermal, solar and biomass that Mexico may have. Both main activity producers and autoproducers have been included in the calculation of the emissions. We also have specific factors for gas, coal and oil. For more information, please see our on-line data service at http://data.iea.org. Regards. Karen Treanton Head of Energy Balances, Prices and Emissions Section Energy Statistics Division International Energy Agency 9 rue de la Federation 75739 Paris Cedex 15 France tel. (33 1) 40 57 66 33 fax. (33 1) 40 57 66 49 ________________________________ From: discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org] On Behalf Of Dennis O'Regan Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 20:33 To: Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa; Luis Conde Cc: discuss at ghgnetwork.org Subject: Re: [GHG Network] CO2eq/GWh methodologies I have been using 522g CO2/kWh for Mexico. That comes from the WRI WWW site but I have not been able for relocate the precise citation. I believe the figure is for 2004 and does not include N2O or CH4. But those should be nearly insignificant. You can probably estimate those and then have a reasonably good CO2-e number. Warmest regards, Dennis ________________________________ From: discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org] On Behalf Of Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:35 AM To: Luis Conde Cc: discuss at ghgnetwork.org Subject: Re: [GHG Network] CO2eq/GWh methodologies Hola Luis, I am not aware of any emission-factor methodology focusing on the electricity consumption of Mexico. Nevertheless, I believe you can always estimate the emission factor of the electricity production and then consider the average respective losses. Therefore, for the electricity production, you could take a look at the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Volume 2 Energy, Chapter 2 Stationary Combustion and you might be interested in Tier 2 Country-Specific Emission Factors. Chido, Ruy ____________________________________ Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa Project Manager Goodplanet / Action Carbone Domaine de Longchamp, Carrefour de Longchamp 75116 PARIS France E-mail: ruy at actioncarbone.org Tel: +33 (0) 1 70 64 83 02 2008/5/13 Luis Conde : Dear all: I am looking methodologies to estimate an emission factor for electric consumption for my country considering energy losses ?Do you know where I can find them? Best regards, Ing. Luis Alberto Conde Alvarez Jefe del Departamento de M?todos y Estudios de Mitigaci?n en materia de elaboraci?n de Inventarios de Emisiones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ECOLOGIA - SEMARNAT Perif?rico Sur 5000, 4to. Piso Col. Insurgentes Cuicuilco Delegaci?n Coyoac?n 04530 M?xico, D. F. Tel?fono: +52 (55) 54.24.64.39 Red: 13201 Fax: +52 (55) 54.24.54.85 Correo electr?nico:lconde at ine.gob.mx Visite nuestro website: http://www.ine.gob.mx/ http://cambio_climatico.ine.gob.mx _______________________________________________ Greenhouse Gas Inventory Experts Network www.ghgnetwork.org To post message: Discuss mailing list Discuss at ghgnetwork.org To unsubscribe: http://milkyway.forumone.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20080515/3cd168d9/attachment-0001.html From d.noble at fivewinds.com Thu May 15 11:04:38 2008 From: d.noble at fivewinds.com (Duncan Noble) Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 11:04:38 -0400 Subject: [GHG Network] CO2eq/GWh methodologies References: <003701c8b523$36ddd690$a49983b0$@gob.mx><804afd080805140334o4ce636fbmd5f6e972d0252adb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <01CE0D85287E7A42968FB5C46568C6403B83F9@fwserver.fw.local> The most recent version of the ElectrictyHeatSteamPurchase Tool (2.0) from the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol web site shows a national average value of 522.3 g/kWh in 2004 and 515.5 g/kWh in 2005, for Mexico (all fuels). The source for this data is given as "International Energy Agency Data Services, 2006". Specific emission factors for gas, coal and oil are also given in this tool. Note that the GHG Protocol guidance for using this tool suggests that transmission and distribution losses should not be included in Scope 2 emissions calculations for the electricity consuming organization. "Emissions from the generation of purchased electricity that is consumed during transmission and distribution should be reported as scope 2 indirect emissions by the company that owns or controls the T&D operation." It should also be noted that the GHG Protocol guidance document for this tool recommends the following preference hierarchy for average electricity emission factors: 1. Site specific emission factors 2. Regional/power pool emission factors 3. National average emission factors In other words, only use use national average emission factors if site specific or regional/power pool data is not available, or does not apply to your situation (e.g., national energy efficiency program). Cheers ... Duncan Duncan Noble Five Winds International - Value without Burden - _______________________________________________ www.fivewinds.com Ottawa, Canada Tel.: +1.613.722.6629 ext. 224 Fax: +1.613.722.0574 Five Winds is a Carbon Neutral Company and follows a Sustainable Purchasing Policy ________________________________ From: discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org] On Behalf Of TREANTON Karen, IEA/ESD Sent: May 15, 2008 2:56 AM To: Dennis O'Regan; Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa; Luis Conde Cc: discuss at ghgnetwork.org Subject: Re: [GHG Network] CO2eq/GWh methodologies The original source of the WRI data is the 2007 edition of the IEA publication "CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion". It is true that it only refers to CO2 and not N20 or CH4. You should also be aware that it refers to CO2 emissions from fossil fuels consumed for electricity, combined heat and power and main activity heat plants divided by the output of electricity and heat generated from fossil fuels as well as any nuclear, hydro (excluding pumped storage), geothermal, solar and biomass that Mexico may have. Both main activity producers and autoproducers have been included in the calculation of the emissions. We also have specific factors for gas, coal and oil. For more information, please see our on-line data service at http://data.iea.org. Regards. Karen Treanton Head of Energy Balances, Prices and Emissions Section Energy Statistics Division International Energy Agency 9 rue de la Federation 75739 Paris Cedex 15 France tel. (33 1) 40 57 66 33 fax. (33 1) 40 57 66 49 ________________________________ From: discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org] On Behalf Of Dennis O'Regan Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 20:33 To: Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa; Luis Conde Cc: discuss at ghgnetwork.org Subject: Re: [GHG Network] CO2eq/GWh methodologies I have been using 522g CO2/kWh for Mexico. That comes from the WRI WWW site but I have not been able for relocate the precise citation. I believe the figure is for 2004 and does not include N2O or CH4. But those should be nearly insignificant. You can probably estimate those and then have a reasonably good CO2-e number. Warmest regards, Dennis ________________________________ From: discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ghgnetwork.org] On Behalf Of Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:35 AM To: Luis Conde Cc: discuss at ghgnetwork.org Subject: Re: [GHG Network] CO2eq/GWh methodologies Hola Luis, I am not aware of any emission-factor methodology focusing on the electricity consumption of Mexico. Nevertheless, I believe you can always estimate the emission factor of the electricity production and then consider the average respective losses. Therefore, for the electricity production, you could take a look at the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Volume 2 Energy, Chapter 2 Stationary Combustion and you might be interested in Tier 2 Country-Specific Emission Factors. Chido, Ruy ____________________________________ Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa Project Manager Goodplanet / Action Carbone Domaine de Longchamp, Carrefour de Longchamp 75116 PARIS France E-mail: ruy at actioncarbone.org Tel: +33 (0) 1 70 64 83 02 2008/5/13 Luis Conde : Dear all: I am looking methodologies to estimate an emission factor for electric consumption for my country considering energy losses ?Do you know where I can find them? Best regards, Ing. Luis Alberto Conde Alvarez Jefe del Departamento de M?todos y Estudios de Mitigaci?n en materia de elaboraci?n de Inventarios de Emisiones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ECOLOGIA - SEMARNAT Perif?rico Sur 5000, 4to. Piso Col. Insurgentes Cuicuilco Delegaci?n Coyoac?n 04530 M?xico, D. F. Tel?fono: +52 (55) 54.24.64.39 Red: 13201 Fax: +52 (55) 54.24.54.85 Correo electr?nico:lconde at ine.gob.mx Visite nuestro website: http://www.ine.gob.mx/ http://cambio_climatico.ine.gob.mx _______________________________________________ Greenhouse Gas Inventory Experts Network www.ghgnetwork.org To post message: Discuss mailing list Discuss at ghgnetwork.org To unsubscribe: http://milkyway.forumone.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Gillenwater, Michael, "Forgotten carbon: Indirect CO2 in greenhouse gas emission inventories ," *Environmental Science and Policy *, volume 11, issue 3, May 2008, Pages 195-203. Sincerely, Michael ------------------------------ Michael Gillenwater Princeton University Science, Technology and Environmental Policy Program GHG Management Institute (Dean of Institute)* GHG Experts Network (Executive Director)* ------------------------------ * Organizations are independent non-profits and are not associated with Princeton University. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20080519/384671c4/attachment.html From tmarcello at forest-trends.org Mon May 19 21:05:31 2008 From: tmarcello at forest-trends.org (Thomas Marcello) Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 21:05:31 -0400 Subject: [GHG Network] State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2008 Message-ID: Dear Interested Parties, Ecosystem Marketplace is very pleased to announce the release of our State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2008 report, which is freely available on our website www.ecosystemmarketplace.com. Created in partnership with New Carbon Finance, this report is our second annual market-wide quantitative analysis of the voluntary carbon markets. We believe this is the most comprehensive, publicly available analysis to date. This year we?re reporting: **In 2007 at least 65 million tonnes of carbon credits were transacted in the voluntary carbon markets with a total value of $331 million. **The average credit price rose 49% from 2006 to 2007, from $4.10/tonne to $6.10/tonne. **Volume in the over-the-counter (OTC) market nearly tripled in 2007, to 42 million tonnes of carbon credits transacted with a market value of $258 million in 2007. **In the OTC market, energy efficiency, renewable energy, methane destruction, and forestry/land based projects were the most dominant project types in 2007. The report is available for free: http://ecosystemmarketplace.com/documents/cms_documents/2008_StateofVoluntaryCarbonMarket.4.pdf http://www.newcarbonfinance.com/download.php?n=2008_StateofVoluntaryCarbonMarket.pdf&f=fileName&t=NCF_downloads I hope you find this report useful in your understanding about the voluntary carbon markets. 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I know there have been some comments regarding the primitive state of our listserv and website technology. I just wanted to let you know that we are starting to work on that by better integrating the Network's functions into a new website with the GHG Management Institute that will allow more advanced social networking functionality. More on this in the coming months. Again, please let me know if you have feedback and suggestions. And at the risk of being crude, if you know of anyone that might be interested in supporting or sponsoring the training and capacity building work of the Network and GHG Management Institute, please let us know. Specifically, we are eager to expand our scholarship program for Institute training courses. Thank you, Michael ________________________________ Michael Gillenwater GHG Management Institute (Dean of Institute) GHG Experts Network (Executive Director) ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20080521/9c554599/attachment.html From jking at mwcog.org Fri May 23 10:42:43 2008 From: jking at mwcog.org (Jeff King) Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 10:42:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GHG Network] 2050 BAU Message-ID: <20080523144243.92F3AC18006@milkyway.forumone.com> Can someone point me to the most recent IPCC assessment of BAU emissions for 2050, globally. Thanks. Jeff From carbosur at adinet.com.uy Fri May 23 18:07:48 2008 From: carbosur at adinet.com.uy (Daniel Martino) Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 19:07:48 -0300 Subject: [GHG Network] 2050 BAU In-Reply-To: <20080523144243.92F3AC18006@milkyway.forumone.com> References: <20080523144243.92F3AC18006@milkyway.forumone.com> Message-ID: <4834407B00190E95@> (added by postmaster@adinet.com.uy) Dear Jeff, You can find some information in IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, Vol III., Technical Summary, Fig. TS.5 (p. 32). There you will see projected emissions for 2030 and 2100 for different scenarios, as compared to 2000 emissions. I hope this is useful. Best regards, Daniel Martino Carbosur Uruguay At 11:42 AM 5/23/2008, Jeff King wrote: >Can someone point me to the most recent IPCC assessment of BAU >emissions for 2050, globally. > >Thanks. > >Jeff >_______________________________________________ >Greenhouse Gas Inventory Experts Network >www.ghgnetwork.org > >To post message: >Discuss mailing list >Discuss at ghgnetwork.org > >To unsubscribe: >http://milkyway.forumone.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss From Stanford.Mwakasonda at uct.ac.za Tue May 27 10:28:50 2008 From: Stanford.Mwakasonda at uct.ac.za (Stanford Mwakasonda) Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 16:28:50 +0200 Subject: [GHG Network] Fugitive emissions from mining In-Reply-To: <7034C09C64EBFF41B8787F4BF4D11AA302A856B9@wdcwmsp59.network.maf.govt.nz> References: <7034C09C64EBFF41B8787F4BF4D11AA302A856B9@wdcwmsp59.network.maf.govt.nz> Message-ID: <483C36BE.9352.00E2.0@uct.ac.za> Dear colleagues, I am trying to find a methodology for estimating fugitive emissions from gold and other mining (minus coal!). I know that such emissions can be quite significant, and that most gold/mining companies are likely to just vent out the methane from the mine, without any form of estimating the methane quantities. There is already a CDM project on methane drainage from a gold mine, but the emission reduction estimates will be on the basis of measurements. (At least this proves gold mines methane emissions can be quite big) Is ventilated air analysis the only option here? Best regards, Stanford -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20080527/9c4e9caa/attachment.html From smurtishaw at yahoo.com Thu May 29 14:05:47 2008 From: smurtishaw at yahoo.com (Scott Murtishaw) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 11:05:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GHG Network] biomethane accounting question Message-ID: <269017.14600.qm@web83207.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi everyone, I have a question about how to account for emissions of biomethane. I'm wondering if they should be treated differently than emissions of fossil methane. Let's say that?I own?a coal mine whose?operations result in the release of a ton of fossil methane into the atmosphere. To account for that in CO2e, I multiply the one ton of methane by 21 (if using the SAR GWP factor) and I report emissions of 21 tons of CO2e. In this case, I have released 0.75 tons of C as CH4 into the biological carbon cycle that would not have been there if not for human activity. If I capture and flare that ton of methane, I would avoid the release of 21 tons of CO2e, but I would still be responsible for the release of 2.75 tons of anthropogenic CO2 (if I'm not mistaken, one ton of CH4 yields 2.75 tons of CO2 when combusted). Although I'm still releasing anthropogenic CO2 into the atmosphere, I have at least avoided the release of an additional 18.25 tons of CO2e by capturing and combusting the methane. Now let's say?I own?a dairy farm whose lagoon produces a ton of biomethane. This methane contains 0.75 tons of C that were already in the biological carbon cycle. Human activity has increased the GWP of this carbon by converting it into methane, raising the GWP from 2.75 to 21 tons CO2e. Should this be accounted for in the same way as the release of fossil methane that introduces new C atoms into the biological carbon cycle? It seems to me there's an argument to be made that a ton of biomethane should be reported as 18.25 tons CO2e (i.e., the net increase in GWP) rather than 21 tons CO2e. If I capture this methane and combust it, I don't need to report the resulting CO2e as anthropogenic emissions because this CO2 would be considered biogenic. But I would still avoid the release of 18.25 tons of CO2e, for which I could possibly get credit. If I were to get credit for avoiding 21 tons of CO2e, would that be overcounting? 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Can anyone point me towards any existing (no-cost) course outlines or presentations available which I can utilise in such a course to save developing them from scratch? Specifically, prior to implimentation I need to develop: -a fortnightly breakdown of subjects covered in each lecture (6-8 lectures total) -activities for students (staff commuting survey, student transport sampling, waste, energy use etc) -learning outcomes and prior learning requirements for participants. -powerpoint presentations Links to online resources geared towards kids 14-16 would be useful as well. Happy to share the end result with interested contributors as well. If it is well received by the students I hope to do similar for other schools locally. cheers, Arran arran at carbonfreeme.com.au Arran Haydon-Clark ph: +61 7 5520 0006 fx: +61 7 3319 6323 www.carbonfreeme.com.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://milkyway.forumone.com/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20080530/367dc368/attachment.html From jgreen at verdeogroup.com Fri May 30 16:31:15 2008 From: jgreen at verdeogroup.com (Josh Green) Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 16:31:15 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GHG Network] Opportunities at Verdeo Group Message-ID: <20080530203115.2E780C180F7@milkyway.forumone.com> Verdeo Group, a Washington DC-based carbon solutions company founded by three former executives at Climate Change Capital, is looking to hire people for the following positions: - Manager, Carbon Markets: provides vital information and analysis regarding the evolution of the carbon market to inform GHG project development, corporate strategy and customer engagements. The role requires a combination of research and analysis and project management skills, with a particular focus on emission reduction protocols, standards, project types and methodologies. The Manager ???????? Carbon Markets will be the company????????s point person to understand, assess, and minimize the carbon-related risks of emissions reduction projects undertaken by Verdeo????????s customers. - Associate: supports all aspects of the company????????s business including customer acquisition, partnerships, emission reduction project assessment, and project development. The role requires a combination of problem-solving, financial modeling, research and analysis, and project management skills. For more information on these and other employment opportunities, please visit: http://www.verdeogroup.com/jobs.php From jgreen at verdeogroup.com Fri May 30 16:35:00 2008 From: jgreen at verdeogroup.com (Josh Green) Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 16:35:00 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GHG Network] Methodology assessment and development Message-ID: <20080530203500.2DBA1C180F7@milkyway.forumone.com> Verdeo Group, a Washington DC-based carbon solutions company, is looking for consultants to help assess existing project-based methodologies and to develop new methodologies for new project types. Please refer to our website for more information about our company: www.verdeogroup.com