Comments on: Facts about “CO2 emission”

By: Jacques Schonek

Jacques Schonek — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:12:45 +0000

The CO2 emission per kWh is of course coming from the power plant fuel. The figures given in the post (0.08 to 0.8 kg/kWh) depend on the percentage of electricity generated by fossil-fuel in the different countries.

Capacitors installed in order to improve the power factor reduce the line current and also the related power losses. Then, for the same “service”, less kWh are generated, and consequently, less kg of CO2 are produced.

By: xtst

xtst — Fri, 07 May 2010 08:15:42 +0000

Good day, how can we calculate (assumption if we cannot have the precise calculation) how many CO2 emission are generated in the electricity?

Does the part who generate CO2 is the kWH value, the kVAR value, or just because the power plant fuel? I’m asking these 2′nd question since I heard that if we installed capacitor (outside kVAR generator) we can reduce CO2 emission. Maybe you know something about that as well?

Thanks