Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Using Measurement and Models) Methodology Determination 2021
53Irrigation energy emissions
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53 Irrigation energy emissions
(1) For equation 12, View image in the official sourceis worked out using the following equation:
| <br>View image in the official source<br> | equation 29 |
View image in the official sourceis the average annual emissions from irrigation fuel in the baseline period BP for the project area PA, in tonnes CO2-e, worked out using equation 30.
View image in the official sourceis the average annual emissions from irrigation electricity in the baseline period BP for the project area PA, in tonnes CO2-e, given by equation 31.
(2) For equation 29, View image in the official sourceis worked out using the following equation:
| View image in the official source | equation 30 |
View image in the official source is the quantity of fuel used to irrigate project area PA in the baseline period, in kilolitres.
View image in the official source is the energy content factor for diesel fuel set out in the NGER (Measurement) Determination, in gigajoules per kilolitre.
View image in the official source is the emissions factor for each gas type g for diesel fuel set out in the NGER (Measurement) Determination, in kilograms CO2-e per gigajoule.
Note: The value 1000 converts kilograms to tonnes.
(3) For equation 29, View image in the official sourceis worked out using the following equation:
| View image in the official source | equation 31 |