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T-1A2-A-5 - Coal passenger rail

Definition

This emission source is defined by the IPCC in TBD.

Sustainability Category: Red

Red

This activity significantly contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and undermines climate mitigation efforts. The activity should be phased out or fundamentally transformed, with financing directed toward decommissioning, replacement with sustainable alternatives, or radical decarbonization where elimination is not immediately feasible.

Transition Elements

This activity has the following mitigation options modelled as transition elements:

Activity Model

This emission source is modelled with Combustion as:

WORK:
combustion
(kwh)
OPERATIONS:
(kwh)
energy_intensity_passenger_coal_railway
(kwh/person_km)
stock_passenger_coal_rail
EMISSIONS
STOCK
RESOURCE:
coal
(kwh)
1
(kwh/kwh)
emission_factor_coal_kwh_to_co2e (g_co2e/kwh)

Parameters

Parameter Unit Description
emission_factor_coal_kwh_to_co2e g_co2e_kwh Emission factor coal
energy_intensity_passenger_coal_railway kwh_person_km Energy intensity of passenger coal railway
stock_passenger_coal_rail person_km Stock of passenger electric rail operations

YAML Specification

sustainability: red
version: 2.1.0
operation:
  growthType: false
  variable: stock_passenger_coal_rail
work:
- name: combustion
  unitOfMeasure: kwh
  operationToWork:
    unitOfMeasure: kwh/person_km
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - energy_intensity_passenger_coal_railway
  input:
  - resource: coal
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '1'
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_coal_kwh_to_co2e