Browse emission factors
Carbon emission factors in kg CO2e per unit of process, from the AusLCI database. See Emission Factors for what each method means, or to download the full spreadsheets.
2012 factors found
| Process ↓ | Unit | Type | Category | Carbon neutrality | Total | Fossil | Biogenic | Land use change |
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Oat grain, dryland, Central Plains , AU-NSW, oats production
Agricultural / Plant production / Cereals |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.30 | -1.19 | 0.29 | -1.49 | 0.00 |
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Oat grain , market for oat grain
Agricultural / Plant production / Cereals |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.27 | -1.13 | 0.27 | -1.40 | 0.00 |
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Oat grain , AU-WA, market for oat grain
Agricultural / Plant production / Cereals |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.24 | -1.11 | 0.24 | -1.34 | 0.00 |
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Oat grain , AU-VIC, market for oat grain
Agricultural / Plant production / Cereals |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.28 | -1.19 | 0.27 | -1.46 | 0.00 |
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Oat grain , AU-TAS, market for oat grain
Agricultural / Plant production / Cereals |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.30 | -1.07 | 0.30 | -1.37 | 0.00 |
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Oat grain , AU-SA, market for oat grain
Agricultural / Plant production / Cereals |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.24 | -1.17 | 0.24 | -1.40 | 0.00 |
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Oat grain , AU-QLD, market for oat grain
Agricultural / Plant production / Cereals |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.46 | -0.95 | 0.45 | -1.41 | 0.00 |
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Oat grain , AU-NSW, market for oat grain
Agricultural / Plant production / Cereals |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.33 | -1.16 | 0.32 | -1.48 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas,combusted, Western Australia, NGA values
Heat / Gas |
MJ | Energy | Heat | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas,combusted, Victoria, NGA values
Heat / Gas |
MJ | Energy | Heat | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas,combusted, Tasmania, NGA values
Heat / Gas |
MJ | Energy | Heat | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas,combusted, South Australia, NGA values
Heat / Gas |
MJ | Energy | Heat | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas,combusted, Queensland non-metro, NGA values
Heat / Gas |
MJ | Energy | Heat | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas,combusted, Queensland metro, NGA values
Heat / Gas |
MJ | Energy | Heat | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas,combusted, Northern Territory, NGA values
Heat / Gas |
MJ | Energy | Heat | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas,combusted, New South Wales non-metro, NGA values
Heat / Gas |
MJ | Energy | Heat | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas,combusted, New South Wales Metro, NGA values
Heat / Gas |
MJ | Energy | Heat | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, low pressure, Western Australia
Fuels / Natural gas / Gas to user |
kg | Material | Fuels | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, low pressure, Victoria
Fuels / Natural gas / Gas to user |
kg | Material | Fuels | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, low pressure, Tasmania
Fuels / Natural gas / Gas to user |
kg | Material | Fuels | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, low pressure, South Australia
Fuels / Natural gas / Gas to user |
kg | Material | Fuels | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, low pressure, Queensland
Fuels / Natural gas / Gas to user |
kg | Material | Fuels | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, low pressure, Northern Territory
Fuels / Natural gas / Gas to user |
kg | Material | Fuels | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, low pressure, New South Wales
Fuels / Natural gas / Gas to user |
kg | Material | Fuels | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, low pressure, Australia
Fuels / Natural gas / Gas to user |
kg | Material | Fuels | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, high pressure, non-metro, Queensland
Fuels / Natural gas / Gas to user |
kg | Material | Fuels | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, high pressure, non-metro, New South Wales
Fuels / Natural gas / Gas to user |
kg | Material | Fuels | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, high pressure, Western Australia
Fuels / Natural gas / Gas to user |
kg | Material | Fuels | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, high pressure, Victoria
Fuels / Natural gas / Gas to user |
kg | Material | Fuels | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, high pressure, Tasmania
Fuels / Natural gas / Gas to user |
kg | Material | Fuels | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, high pressure, South Australia
Fuels / Natural gas / Gas to user |
kg | Material | Fuels | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, high pressure, Queensland
Fuels / Natural gas / Gas to user |
kg | Material | Fuels | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, high pressure, Northern Territory
Fuels / Natural gas / Gas to user |
kg | Material | Fuels | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, high pressure, New South Wales
Fuels / Natural gas / Gas to user |
kg | Material | Fuels | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, high pressure, Australia
Fuels / Natural gas / Gas to user |
kg | Material | Fuels | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, burned in tangential fired boiler
Heat / Gas |
MJ | Energy | Heat | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, burned in >30MW wall fired boiler, low NOx (LNB)
Heat / Gas |
MJ | Energy | Heat | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, burned in >30MW wall fired boiler
Heat / Gas |
MJ | Energy | Heat | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, burned in <30MW wall fired boiler, low NOx (LNB)
Heat / Gas |
MJ | Energy | Heat | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas, burned in <30MW wall fired boiler
Heat / Gas |
MJ | Energy | Heat | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas products, at separation plant, central Australia
Fuels / Natural gas / Produced gas |
MJ | Material | Fuels | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas products, at separation plant, bass strait
Fuels / Natural gas / Produced gas |
MJ | Material | Fuels | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas products, at separation plant, Western Australia
Fuels / Natural gas / Produced gas |
MJ | Material | Fuels | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas products, at separation plant, Queensland
Fuels / Natural gas / Produced gas |
MJ | Material | Fuels | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Natural gas products, at separation plant
Fuels / Natural gas / Produced gas |
MJ | Material | Fuels | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Native Pasture hay, Northern Australia
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.04 | -2.90 | 0.04 | -2.93 | n/a |
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Mutton, sheep, live weight , market for mutton
Agricultural / Animal production / Ovine |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 6.81 | 6.03 | 0.98 | 5.05 | 0.00 |
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Mutton, sheep, live weight , AU-WA, market for mutton
Agricultural / Animal production / Ovine |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 5.45 | 4.87 | 0.92 | 3.95 | 0.00 |
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Mutton, sheep, live weight , AU-VIC, market for mutton
Agricultural / Animal production / Ovine |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 8.08 | 7.08 | 1.14 | 5.94 | 0.00 |
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Mutton, sheep, live weight , AU-TAS, market for mutton
Agricultural / Animal production / Ovine |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 7.50 | 6.62 | 1.12 | 5.50 | 0.01 |