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T-2A1-A-2 - Coal usage within cement and minerals industries

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_direct_resource_use_kwh
(kwh/kwh)
start_year_activity_cement_mineral_industries_coal_usage
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_direct_resource_use_kwh kwh_kwh Energy intensity direct resource use
growth_activity_cement_mineral_industries_coal_usage kwh_percapita Growth of coal usage within cement and minerals industries
start_year_activity_cement_mineral_industries_coal_usage kwh Coal usage within cement and minerals industries

YAML Specification

sustainability: red
version: 2.1.0
operation:
  growthType: true
  variable: start_year_activity_cement_mineral_industries_coal_usage
  growthFactor:
    unitOfMeasure: per_capita
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - growth_activity_cement_mineral_industries_coal_usage
work:
- name: combustion
  unitOfMeasure: kwh
  operationToWork:
    unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - energy_intensity_direct_resource_use_kwh
  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
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