where can I get figures for the carbon dioxide emissions from different kinds of power station?
wild_eep asked:
I need something quite authoritative and definitive that will stand up to scrutiny. However, I’m only looking for base load figures, averaged over your generic power station classes (coal, CCGT, OCGT etc). Assume OCGT burns distillate and the coal is bituminous. But that’s too much detail for now…
I need something quite authoritative and definitive that will stand up to scrutiny. However, I’m only looking for base load figures, averaged over your generic power station classes (coal, CCGT, OCGT etc). Assume OCGT burns distillate and the coal is bituminous. But that’s too much detail for now…
These figures are based upon grams of CO2 emissions per kWh of electricity produced:
Hydroelectric 2-48
Modern Coal 790-1182
Nuclear 2-59
Natural Gas 389-511
Forest Waste 15-101
Wind 7-124
Solar 13-731
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