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CA-ON (Ontario) Emission factors #4886

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pierresegonne opened this issue Dec 20, 2022 · 4 comments · Fixed by #5987 · May be fixed by #5524
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CA-ON (Ontario) Emission factors #4886

pierresegonne opened this issue Dec 20, 2022 · 4 comments · Fixed by #5987 · May be fixed by #5524
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

What appear to be trustworthy emission factors have been computed for Ontario. See here and here for discussions.

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Add the identified lifecycle emission factors for CA-ON

  • Coal (not applicable, retired in 2014): 1,069gCO2/kWh
  • Natural Gas: 497gCO2/kWh
  • Hydro: 22gCO2/kWh
  • Wind: 10.69gCO2/kWh
  • Nuclear: 4.8gCO2/kWh
  • Solar: TBD with INCERACV as was done for other zones, see here

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The source for those should be (except for solar)

Mallia, Eric, and Geoffrey Lewis. "Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of electricity generation in the province of Ontario, Canada." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 18.2 (2013): 377-391.

with a link to https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11367-012-0501-0
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🙋‍♂️ I'll take this one!

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Sure thing! I'll assign the issue to you and if you have any questions just ping me and I'll see what I can do.

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@VIKTORVAV99 VIKTORVAV99 linked a pull request Jan 4, 2023 that will close this issue
updated lifecycle estimates for CA-ON #4926
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Nil-Cipher commented Jun 26, 2023 •
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Does this still need help? @VIKTORVAV99

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Looks like it does as the other PR has gone stale. Feel free to pick this up but please take note of the feedback for the other PR.

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