Factor record · 5-loss-kwh-kwh-scope-3-defra-2025last verified 2025-06-10 · DESNZ
0.00945
kgCO2e / kWh
Historical vintage · Current: DEFRA 20265% loss (kWh) — district heat and steam distribution losses
Transmission and distribution
Vintage
GHG Breakdown
CO₂
0.0094
kgCO2e/kWh
CH₄
0.0001
kgCO2e/kWh
N₂O
0.0000
kgCO2e/kWh
Record
- Identifier
- rLq57PbMehG9
- Activity
- 5% loss (kWh) — district heat and steam distribution losses
- Category
- other
- Sub-category
- Distribution - district heat & steam
- Lifecycle stage
- Transmission and distribution (T&D) losses
- Region
- GBR · United Kingdom
- Value
- 0.00945 kgCO2e/kWh
- Scope
- Scope 3*
- Scope 3 category
- Category 3
- Methodology
- activity based
- GWP
- AR5 / GWP100
- Vintage year
- 2025
- Published
- 2025
- Source reference
- Factors by Category sheet, ID 13_403_4004_5_1
- License
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Verified
- 2025-06-10 · DESNZ
Citation
DEFRA 2025, 5% loss (kWh) — district heat and steam distribution losses, Factors by Category sheet, ID 13_403_4004_5_1
Methodology
Derived from direct physical activity measurements (litres, kilometres, kilograms). The most accurate approach where activity data exists.
Notes
* Scope 3 boundary · This is a Scope 3 Category 3 distribution-loss factor for purchased district heat and steam. Report it separately from the corresponding Scope 2 heat or steam factor; do not add it when the purchased-energy factor already includes distribution losses.
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