T-5A2-A-1 - District heating by coal

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:

Parameters¶

Parameter	Unit	Description
emission_factor_coal_kwh_to_co2e	g_co2e_kwh	Emission factor coal
energy_intensity_dh_coal	kwh_kwh	Energy intensity district heating coal
initial_operation_dh_coal	kwh	Initial operation coal district heating

YAML Specification¶

sustainability: red
version: 2.1.0
operation:
  growthType: false
  variable: initial_operation_dh_coal
work:
- name: combustion
  unitOfMeasure: kwh
  operationToWork:
    unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - energy_intensity_dh_coal
  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
  output:
  - resource: district_heat
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    workToResource:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: 1 / %[0]
      variables:
      - energy_intensity_dh_coal

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