Factor record · district-heat-and-steam-kwh-kwh-scope-2-defra-2026last verified 2026-07-31 · DESNZ
0.17529
Vintage
Unchanged from 2025
0.17529 kgCO2e/kWh in 2025
GHG Breakdown
CO₂
0.1736
kgCO2e/kWh
CH₄
0.0012
kgCO2e/kWh
N₂O
0.0005
kgCO2e/kWh
Record
- Identifier
- c615433babe4
- Activity
- District heat and steam (kWh)
- Category
- other
- Sub-category
- Heat and steam
- Region
- GBR · United Kingdom
- Value
- 0.17529 kgCO2e/kWh
- Scope
- Scope 2*
- Methodology
- activity based
- GWP
- AR5 / GWP100
- Vintage year
- 2026
- Published
- 2026
- Source reference
- Factors by Category sheet, ID 10_401_4003_5_1
- License
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Verified
- 2026-07-31 · DESNZ
Citation
DEFRA 2026, District heat and steam (kWh), Factors by Category sheet, ID 10_401_4003_5_1
Methodology
Derived from direct physical activity measurements (litres, kilometres, kilograms). The most accurate approach where activity data exists.
Notes
* Scope 2 boundary · DEFRA classifies this as Scope 2 only for purchased heat or steam, including the factor named “Onsite heat and steam.” Heat generated by burning fuel in equipment owned or controlled by the reporting organisation is Scope 1; upstream fuel-supply emissions are Scope 3.
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