Policy paper

A comparison of emissions factors for electricity generation

The aim of this note is to explain the differences between electricity emissions factors and the reasons for these differences.

• From: Department of Energy & Climate Change and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 17 July 2013

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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A comparison of emissions factors for electricity generation

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The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) produce and publish a range of emissions factors, some in partnership with Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for many greenhouse gas emitting activities. For electricity generation, there are a range of different emissions factors used by different policy areas, such as:

• The UK’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory
• The EU-ETS
• DECC/Defra Company reporting factors
• Climate Change Agreements (CCA)
• The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme
• DUKES
• Fuel Mix Disclosure

The aim of this note is to explain the differences between these electricity emissions factors and the reasons for these differences.

Published 17 July 2013