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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.

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Process ↓ Unit Type Category Carbon neutrality Total Fossil Biogenic Land use change
Electricity, at powerplant , AU-VIC, electricity production mix
Electricity country mix / High Voltage 		kWh Energy Electricity country mix 0.77 0.78 0.77 0.01 0.00
Electricity, at powerplant , AU-TAS, residual electricity production mix
Electricity country mix / High Voltage 		kWh Energy Electricity country mix 0.12 0.13 0.09 0.01 0.03
Electricity, at powerplant , AU-TAS, electricity production mix
Electricity country mix / High Voltage 		kWh Energy Electricity country mix 0.15 0.15 0.11 0.01 0.03
Electricity, at powerplant , AU-SA, residual electricity production mix
Electricity country mix / High Voltage 		kWh Energy Electricity country mix 0.28 0.29 0.28 0.00 0.00
Electricity, at powerplant , AU-SA, electricity production mix
Electricity country mix / High Voltage 		kWh Energy Electricity country mix 0.23 0.24 0.23 0.00 0.00
Electricity, at powerplant , AU-QLD, residual electricity production mix
Electricity country mix / High Voltage 		kWh Energy Electricity country mix 0.81 0.83 0.81 0.02 0.00
Electricity, at powerplant , AU-QLD, electricity production mix
Electricity country mix / High Voltage 		kWh Energy Electricity country mix 0.71 0.73 0.71 0.02 0.00
Electricity, at powerplant , AU-NT, residual electricity production mix
Electricity country mix / High Voltage 		kWh Energy Electricity country mix 0.50 0.50 0.49 0.00 0.00
Electricity, at powerplant , AU-NT, electricity production mix
Electricity country mix / High Voltage 		kWh Energy Electricity country mix 0.55 0.56 0.55 0.00 0.00
Electricity, at powerplant , AU-NSW, residual electricity production mix
Electricity country mix / High Voltage 		kWh Energy Electricity country mix 0.75 0.77 0.75 0.02 0.00
Electricity, at powerplant , AU-NSW, electricity production mix
Electricity country mix / High Voltage 		kWh Energy Electricity country mix 0.62 0.64 0.62 0.02 0.00
Electricity, at powerplant , AU-NEM, electricity production mix
Electricity country mix / High Voltage 		kWh Energy Electricity country mix 0.69 0.69 0.68 0.01 0.00
Electricity, at heat pump 30kW, allocation electricity/CH U/adapted
Heat / Heat pump / AusSD 		MJ Energy Heat 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.00 0.00
Electricity from biogas , pig production
Cogeneration / Biomass 		MJ Energy Cogeneration 0.06 0.06 0.04 0.02 0.00
Electricity from bagasse, at mill
Electricity by fuel / Waste 		kWh Energy Electricity by fuel 0.08 1.53 0.08 1.45 0.00
Edible offal, pork , market for pork edible offal
Agricultural / Food / Market 		kg Material Agricultural 1.64 1.30 0.85 0.42 0.03
Edible offal, lamb , market for lamb edible offal
Agricultural / Food / Market 		kg Material Agricultural 3.08 2.47 0.51 1.96 0.00
Edible offal, chicken , market for chicken edible offal
Agricultural / Animal production / Avian 		kg Material Agricultural 1.63 1.53 1.28 -0.05 0.30
Edible offal, beef , market for edible offal, beef
Agricultural / Food / Market 		kg Material Agricultural 5.56 4.40 0.49 3.91 0.00
Dry season mix, 8% urea, 2,8% P, with protein meal, at production
Agricultural / Animal feed 		kg Material Agricultural 0.44 0.69 0.42 0.27 0.00
Dry season mix, 30% urea, 5.5% P, at production
Agricultural / Animal feed 		kg Material Agricultural 0.86 0.86 0.85 0.00 0.00
Dry season mix, 30% urea, 5,4% P, with protein meal, at production
Agricultural / Animal feed 		kg Material Agricultural 0.86 0.86 0.85 0.00 0.00
Double superphosphate , market for double superphosphate
Chemicals / Fertilisers (inorganic) / Market 		kg Material Chemicals 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.00 0.00
Disposal, silage from molasses fermentation kg Waste treatment Sugar n/a 0.23 n/a 0.23 n/a
Discing, cotton ha Processing Agricultural 31.60 31.60 31.60 n/a n/a
Disc ploughing, broadacre crop, conventional ha Processing Agricultural 45.50 45.50 45.50 n/a n/a
Disc ploughing, broadacre crop, controlled traffic ha Processing Agricultural 29.10 29.10 29.10 n/a n/a
Dipping cattle for external parasites, per head through plunge dip p Processing Agricultural 14.10 14.10 14.10 0.00 0.00
Diesel, burned in building machine, >30 MW MJ Energy Mechanical 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.00 0.00
Diesel, burned in building machine, <30 MW MJ Energy Mechanical 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.00 0.00
Diammonium phosphate , market for diammonium phosphate
Chemicals / Fertilisers (inorganic) / Market 		kg Material Chemicals 1.25 1.25 1.25 n/a n/a
Dairy cow feed, concentrate meal , AU-VIC, Production of dairy cow feed
Agricultural / Animal feed 		kg Material Agricultural 0.33 -0.98 0.29 -1.31 0.04
Dairy cow feed , market for dairy cow feed
Agricultural / Animal feed / Market 		kg Material Agricultural 0.33 -0.98 0.29 -1.31 0.04
Dairy calf feed, concentrate meal , AU-VIC, Production of dairy calf feed
Agricultural / Animal feed 		kg Material Agricultural 0.42 -0.92 0.30 -1.33 0.12
Dairy calf feed , market for dairy calf feed
Agricultural / Animal feed / Market 		kg Material Agricultural 0.42 -0.92 0.30 -1.33 0.12
DDGS, from wheat and starch waste, at plant
Fuels / Biofuels / Ethanol 		kg Material Fuels 0.54 -0.50 0.54 -1.04 0.00
DDGS, from soghum, at plant
Fuels / Biofuels / Ethanol 		kg Material Fuels 0.48 -0.94 0.48 -1.42 0.00
Cultivating, medium implement, horticulture ha Processing Agricultural 32.90 32.90 32.90 n/a n/a
Cultivating, large implement, horticulture ha Processing Agricultural 61.50 61.50 61.50 n/a n/a
Cultivating, cotton ha Processing Agricultural 16.60 16.60 16.60 n/a n/a
Cultivating, broadacre crop, conventional ha Processing Agricultural 45.20 45.20 45.20 n/a n/a
Cultivating, broadacre crop, controlled traffic ha Processing Agricultural 28.90 28.90 28.90 n/a n/a
Cow milk, South West VIC , AU-VIC, milk production, from cow
Agricultural / Animal production / Dairy 		kg Material Agricultural 1.00 0.92 0.36 0.55 0.01
Cow milk, Northern VIC , AU-VIC, milk production, from cow
Agricultural / Animal production / Dairy 		kg Material Agricultural 0.91 0.83 0.28 0.54 0.01
Cow milk, Gippsland , AU-VIC, milk production, from cow
Agricultural / Animal production / Dairy 		kg Material Agricultural 1.02 0.94 0.32 0.60 0.01
Cow milk , market for cow milk
Agricultural / Food / Market 		kg Material Agricultural 0.91 0.83 0.32 0.51 0.01
Cottonseed oil, at oil mill
Agricultural / Food 		kg Material Agricultural 0.73 4.92 0.59 4.33 0.00
Cottonseed oil production, at oil mill
Agricultural / Plant oils / Production unallocated 		kg Material Agricultural 0.27 1.13 0.22 0.91 0.00
Cottonseed meal, at oil mill
Agricultural / Plant oils / Byproducts 		kg Material Agricultural 0.20 0.65 0.16 0.49 0.00
Cottonseed linters, at mill kg Material Textiles 0.36 1.89 0.29 1.60 0.00