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ActivityDetailRegion · yearFactorGasesSource · reference
Grid electricity — PakistanElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAK · 20240.37369 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAK 2024
Grid electricity — PakistanElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAK · 20230.40129 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAK 2023
Grid electricity — PakistanElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAK · 20220.43166 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAK 2022
Grid electricity — PakistanElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAK · 20210.45677 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAK 2021
Grid electricity — PakistanElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAK · 20200.47749 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAK 2020
Grid electricity — PakistanElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAK · 20190.46899 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAK 2019
Grid electricity — PakistanElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAK · 20180.48411 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAK 2018
Grid electricity — PakistanElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAK · 20170.48612 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAK 2017
Grid electricity — PakistanElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAK · 20160.45696 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAK 2016
Grid electricity — PakistanElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAK · 20150.43178 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAK 2015
Grid electricity — PalestineElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PSE · 20240.41414 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PSE 2024
Grid electricity — PalestineElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PSE · 20230.42353 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PSE 2023
Grid electricity — PalestineElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PSE · 20220.46078 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PSE 2022
Grid electricity — PalestineElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PSE · 20210.5055 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PSE 2021
Grid electricity — PalestineElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PSE · 20200.52381 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PSE 2020
Grid electricity — PalestineElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PSE · 20190.5679 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PSE 2019
Grid electricity — PalestineElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PSE · 20180.57143 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PSE 2018
Grid electricity — PalestineElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PSE · 20170.6 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PSE 2017
Grid electricity — PalestineElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PSE · 20160.60377 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PSE 2016
Grid electricity — PalestineElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PSE · 20150.65385 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PSE 2015
Grid electricity — PanamaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAN · 20240.22115 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAN 2024
Grid electricity — PanamaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAN · 20230.26621 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAN 2023
Grid electricity — PanamaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAN · 20220.16898 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAN 2022
Grid electricity — PanamaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAN · 20210.16185 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAN 2021
Grid electricity — PanamaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAN · 20200.18099 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAN 2020
Grid electricity — PanamaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAN · 20190.3256 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAN 2019
Grid electricity — PanamaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAN · 20180.16964 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAN 2018
Grid electricity — PanamaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAN · 20170.20562 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAN 2017
Grid electricity — PanamaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAN · 20160.24724 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAN 2016
Grid electricity — PanamaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PAN · 20150.25825 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PAN 2015
Grid electricity — Papua New GuineaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PNG · 20240.51374 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PNG 2024
Grid electricity — Papua New GuineaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PNG · 20230.51374 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PNG 2023
Grid electricity — Papua New GuineaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PNG · 20220.52941 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PNG 2022
Grid electricity — Papua New GuineaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PNG · 20210.50773 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PNG 2021
Grid electricity — Papua New GuineaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PNG · 20200.49024 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PNG 2020
Grid electricity — Papua New GuineaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PNG · 20190.49533 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PNG 2019
Grid electricity — Papua New GuineaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PNG · 20180.51835 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PNG 2018
Grid electricity — Papua New GuineaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PNG · 20170.49195 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PNG 2017
Grid electricity — Papua New GuineaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PNG · 20160.47799 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PNG 2016
Grid electricity — Papua New GuineaElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PNG · 20150.46578 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PNG 2015
Grid electricity — ParaguayElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PRY · 20250.0247 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PRY 2025
Grid electricity — ParaguayElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PRY · 20240.02476 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PRY 2024
Grid electricity — ParaguayElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PRY · 20230.02451 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PRY 2023
Grid electricity — ParaguayElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PRY · 20220.02471 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PRY 2022
Grid electricity — ParaguayElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PRY · 20210.02498 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PRY 2021
Grid electricity — ParaguayElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PRY · 20200.02488 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PRY 2020
Grid electricity — ParaguayElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PRY · 20190.0242 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PRY 2019
Grid electricity — ParaguayElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PRY · 20180.02427 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PRY 2018
Grid electricity — ParaguayElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PRY · 20170.02424 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PRY 2017
Grid electricity — ParaguayElectricityLifecycle carbon intensity of electricity generationLifecycle basis (includes upstream emissions). For Scope 2, prefer the national inventory factor where one exists (CEA for India, eGRID for the US, DESNZ for the UK)PRY · 20160.0244 kg CO₂e per kWhLifecycle (Ember) · Scope 2/3Our World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute)owid-energy-data, carbon_intensity_elec, PRY 2016

The sources in the library

Each source is loaded from the publisher's own files, with its edition and licence recorded. ESGTrack watches each publisher's page for a new edition.

SourcePublisherEditionFactorsBasisLicence
CO2 Baseline Database for the Indian Power SectorCentral Electricity Authority, Government of India · publisher page22.0 · 2026-08-01123CO2 onlyGovernment of India publication — free to use with attribution
GHG Emission Factors HubU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · publisher page2025 · 2025-01-15438AR5 (waste: AR4)U.S. Government work — public domain
2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Volume 2: EnergyIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change · publisher page2006 (default factors) · 2006-04-01386AR5 and AR6 variantsIPCC — reproduced with attribution for inventory use
CO2 Baseline Database v22.0 — power-station dataCentral Electricity Authority, Government of India · publisher page22.0 · 2026-08-011,262CO2 onlyGovernment of India publication — free to use with attribution
Supply Chain Greenhouse Gas Emission Factors v1.3 (NAICS-6, spend-based)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · publisher page1.3.0 · 2024-07-10985AR5U.S. Government work — public domain
Carbon intensity of electricity generation, by countryOur World in Data (Ember, Energy Institute) · publisher page2026 release · 2026-01-012,191Lifecycle (Ember)CC BY 4.0 — Our World in Data, based on Ember and the Energy Institute
2006 IPCC Guidelines and 2019 Refinement — industrial processes, waste and agriculture defaultsIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change · publisher page2006 / 2019 (Tier 1 defaults) · 2019-05-014,892AR5 and AR6 variantsIPCC — reproduced with attribution; machine-readable values from bonsai-ipcc (MIT)

Not shown here: India Specific Road Transport Emission Factors (India GHG Program (WRI India, CII, TERI)), its publisher asks that its terms be checked before the values are republished. It is available inside the product.

How to read a factor

A factor only means something with its basis: the unit (per litre, per kilogram, per GJ on a net calorific value basis, per kWh), the gases it covers, the global warming potentials used to combine them, the region and the year. Two factors for "diesel" can legitimately differ by a few per cent because of the calorific value or density assumed. Record which one you used, and keep its reference.

For grid electricity in India, prefer the CEA's weighted average for the activity year if it is published before you report; otherwise the latest available, and say which. The Our World in Data figures are lifecycle intensities, useful for countries without a national factor but not a like-for-like substitute for one.

What this tool does not do

  • It shows bundled public sources only — not factors imported on an installation, not a company's private library, and not supplier-specific factors.
  • It does not choose a factor for you, convert units, or apply your fuel's measured calorific value — the product does those, with the decision recorded.
  • Publishers update their editions; the edition shown here is the one bundled, with its date.

Questions about the factor finder

Which sources are included?

The public sources bundled with ESGTrack: the IPCC 2006 Guidelines and the 2019 Refinement, the Central Electricity Authority's CO2 Baseline Database version 22.0 — both the grid averages and the power-station rates — the US EPA's GHG Emission Factors Hub (2025) and Supply Chain GHG Emission Factors v1.3, and Our World in Data's grid intensities for 212 countries. The India GHG Program's road transport factors are in the product but not shown here, because the programme asks that its terms are checked before its values are republished.

What do the columns mean?

CO₂, CH₄ and N₂O are kilograms of each gas per unit of activity; CO₂e combines them with the global warming potentials named in the GWP column (AR4, AR5, AR6, or "CO₂ only" where the publisher gives only carbon dioxide). The scope column is a hint about where the factor usually belongs; the reference is the publisher's table, so you can check the value at source.

Can I use these factors in my inventory?

They are published values, reproduced with their sources. Whether one fits your activity — the fuel, its calorific value, the year, the country, the basis — is a methodological decision for your inventory, which should record the factor used and why.

Factors chosen by date, with the decision recorded

ESGTrack applies the factor in force for each month, keeps your own site and company factors first, converts units, and logs every change with its source.