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title: ⛽ Fuel
slug: fuel
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createdAt: 2024-11-17T01:30:02.869Z
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Add information about the fuel or fuels consumed by your installation during your specified reporting period.
The emissions associated with your fuel consumption are classified as combustion emissions and they will contribute to your direct (Scope 1) emissions.
Under the EU CBAM, fuels can also classified as [source streams](docId\:D2ZsuoqnHQioQFUE5YQPU).
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# Add Fuel
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Our platform currently supports the [calculation-based approach](docId\:D2ZsuoqnHQioQFUE5YQPU), which is one of the two approaches permitted by the EU CBAM. This approach, in turn, distinguishes between two methods: the standard method and the mass balance method. We explain these methods in more detail [here](docId\:D2ZsuoqnHQioQFUE5YQPU).
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Unless you operate an integrated steel mill or produce sintered ore, pig iron, or crude steel, use the standard method.
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## Standard Method
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[What is the standard method?](docId\:D2ZsuoqnHQioQFUE5YQPU)
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Right-click on the screen and select** External Inputs > Fuel**
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Select the **Standard** calculation method
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Enter the type of fuel consumed
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If your fuel type is not listed, you can add a new one by typing its name and clicking **Create**.
**Note**: If you add a new fuel, the platform will not provide calculation factors, so you will need to enter them manually. Please use the **Notes** field to specify your data sources.
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Select the **Measurement Unit**
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Enter the **Quantity** of the selected fuel consumed during the reporting period
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If applicable, enter an alternative **Net Calorific Value (NCV)**
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****[What is the NCV?](docId\:D2ZsuoqnHQioQFUE5YQPU)
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If applicable, enter an alternative **Emission Factor**
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****[What is the emission factor?](docId\:D2ZsuoqnHQioQFUE5YQPU)
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Click **Data Sources **to view the data sources used by Carbon Glance for the **NCV** and **Emission Factor**
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If you replace the pre-filled values for the NCV or Emission Factor with your own values, the data source will automatically update to **User Input**. In such cases, use the **Notes** field to specify the source of your data.
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(Optional) Enter the** Oxidation Factor**
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****[What is the Oxidation Factor?](docId\:D2ZsuoqnHQioQFUE5YQPU)
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(Optional) Enter the** Biomass Fraction**
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****[What is the Biomass Fraction?](docId\:D2ZsuoqnHQioQFUE5YQPU)
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If applicable, add **Notes**
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[What should I write in the Notes field?](docId\:cILHST8welYIbHdnuN7hu)
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Click **Next**
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## Mass Balance
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[What is the mass balance method?](docId\:D2ZsuoqnHQioQFUE5YQPU)
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Right-click on the screen and select** External Inputs > Fuel**
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Select the **Mass Balance** calculation method
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Enter the **type of fuel** consumed
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Select the **Measurement Unit**
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Enter the **Quantity** of the selected fuel consumed during your reporting period
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[How is the carbon content calculated?](docId\:D2ZsuoqnHQioQFUE5YQPU)
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If applicable, enter an alternative **Net Calorific Value (NCV)**
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****[What is the NCV?](docId\:D2ZsuoqnHQioQFUE5YQPU)
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If applicable, enter an alternative **Emission Factor**
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****[What is the Emission Factor?](docId\:D2ZsuoqnHQioQFUE5YQPU)
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Click **Data Sources **to view the data sources used by Carbon Glance for the **NCV** and **Emission Factor**
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(Optional) Enter the** Biomass Fraction**
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****[What is the Biomass Fraction?](docId\:D2ZsuoqnHQioQFUE5YQPU)
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Add **Notes**
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Click **Next**
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# Edit Fuel
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Right-click on the **Fuel**
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Click **Edit**
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Click **Next **to save your changes
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# Delete Fuel
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Right-click on the **Production Process**
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Click **Delete**
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# Data Sources
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For calculating emissions from fuels and materials, the EU CBAM allows the use of various data sources, some of which are considered to be of higher quality than others. The highest-quality data source is laboratory analysis, which can be used to determine calculation factors such as carbon content, emission factor, biomass fraction, and/or oxidation factor of the fuels consumed by your installation.
Alternatively, you may use a proxy for the carbon content or emission factor, provided you establish an empirical correlation at least once per year using laboratory analysis. The key difference is that, with this approach, laboratory analysis is only required once a year to establish the correlation, rather than for each batch of material, which helps reduce monitoring costs.
The lowest-quality data, though still permitted when other options are **technically unfeasible **or would incur **unreasonable costs,** is the use of standard values. The image below illustrates the hierarchy of these data sources based on their quality.
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## Standard Values
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You have two options:
1. **Use the database of standard values provided by us (Carbon Glance)**
Please note that our database may not include global or country-specific data for every type of fuel. In cases where data is missing, no values will be automatically pre-filled, and you will need to input them manually. If you'd like us to add calculation factors for a specific type of fuel, please feel free to contact us at **support\@carbonglance.com**
2. **Input your own values**
You can use standard values from data sources you already use for other carbon accounting frameworks, or even data from higher data quality sources. It's very important to specify the source of these values in the **Notes** field to ensure transparency.
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### Carbon Glance Database of Standard Values
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We use various data sources for the calculation factors of fuels, including the net calorific value (NCV) and emission factor (EF). If an installation is located in a country for which we have country-specific values, those values will be used instead of global ones. We will continue to expand the range of country-specific data sources.
1-. Global values:
**[IPCC 2006 GL](https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/EFDB/find_ef.php?reset=)**
This source is also the one used in Annex VIII to the [EU CBAM Implementing Regulation](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ%3AJOL_2023_228_R_0006#d1e40-94-1). Hence, it is aligned with the EU CBAM expectations.
2-. Country-specific values:
Turkey
**[Turkish Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990 - 2021\_National Inventory Report for submission under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)](https://unfccc.int/documents/627786)**
United Kingdom
**[Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES): calorific values and density of fuels](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dukes-calorific-values)**
**[Carbon emission factors and calorific values from the UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 2024](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/using-uk-greenhouse-gas-inventory-data-in-uk-ets-monitoring-and-reporting-the-country-specific-factor-list)**
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**Carbon Glance Criteria for Data Source Prioritization**
We prioritize data sources based on the following criteria, listed in order of relevance:
1. **Granularity**
- Preference is given to country-specific datasets over global ones.
2. **Recency**
- Data from the most recent year is preferred over older datasets.
3. **Consistency**
- When multiple sources are available for the same country and year, preference is given to the one most commonly used across our platform for other countries. This is done to ensure greater consistency in the underlying methodologies.