CO2e metric — separate from the CO2 intensity unit.
Definition
- Dimension
- Emission intensity
- Symbols
- gCO2e/kWh
- System
- display
- Base factor
- ×1
- Exactness
- exact
Follows from an SI or definitional identity — no material assumption.
Also known as
gco2e/kwhg co2e/kwh
Sources
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CO₂ vs CO₂e CO₂ is only carbon dioxide; CO₂e bundles other greenhouse gases by their warming potential. There is no conversion between them.Why electricity emissions depend on region and year A kWh of grid electricity has no single carbon factor — it depends on the country, the year and even the time of day.