Use of Models and Facility-Level Data in Greenhouse Gas Inventories

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Supporting material prepared for consideration by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This supporting material has not been subject to formal IPCC review processes. Neither the papers presented at the expert meeting nor this report of its proceedings has been subjected to IPCC review. The IPCC would like to thank the Government of Australia for hosting this meeting and providing technical support. Published by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Hayama, Japan on behalf of the IPCC © The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2011 Please cite as: IPCC 2011, Use of Models and Facility-Level Data in Greenhouse Gas Inventories (Report of IPCC Expert Meeting on Use of Models and Measurements in Greenhouse Gas Inventories 9-11 August 2010, Sydney, Australia) eds: Eggleston H.S., Srivastava N., Tanabe K., Baasansuren J., Fukuda M., Pub. IGES, Japan 2011. ISBN 978-4-88788-075-7 IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) Technical Support Unit ℅ Institute for Global Environmental Strategies 2108 -11, Kamiyamaguchi Hayama, Kanagawa JAPAN, 240-0115 Fax: (81 46) 855 3808 http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp Printed in Japan
Table of Contents FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................................................... 6 Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................................. 7 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 9 2 Why use more complex methods? ........................................................................................................... 10 2.1 Models ................................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 Facility-level data ................................................................................................................................... 11 2.3 The 2006 IPCC Guidelines .................................................................................................................... 11 3 Use of Models in Good Practice National Greenhouse Gas Inventories ............................................... 14 3.1 Suitability ............................................................................................................................................... 14 3.2 Model evaluation ................................................................................................................................... 15 3.2.1 Calibration data ........................................................................................................................................... 15 3.2.2 Independent data ........................................................................................................................................ 15 3.2.3 Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis ............................................................................................................ 16 3.3 Interpretation of model results ............................................................................................................... 17 4 Use of Facility-Level Data in Good Practice National Greenhouse Gas Inventories ............................ 18 4.1 Gathering facility-level data ................................................................................................................... 18 4.1.1 Gathering facility-level data and information ............................................................................................... 18 4.2 Documenting facility-level information in the Inventory Report .............................................................. 18 4.2.1 Institutional Arrangements for data collection ............................................................................................. 18 4.2.2 Category specific reporting ......................................................................................................................... 19 4.3 Methods of integrating facility-level data into an inventory .................................................................... 19 4.3.1 Choosing data and the criteria for selection ............................................................................................... 19 4.3.2 Reviewing the data ..................................................................................................................................... 21 4.3.3 Matching the definitions of source categories to the IPCC source categories ............................................ 21 4.3.4 Treating categories with incomplete coverage by facility-level data ........................................................... 21 4.3.5 Time series consistency ............................................................................................................................. 22 4.4 Energy data ........................................................................................................................................... 22 4.4.1 Aligning facility-level fuel and IPCC fuel types ............................................................................................ 22 4.4.2 Ensuring biogenic carbon can be separated .............................................................................................. 22 4.4.3 Consistency with energy statistics for the country ...................................................................................... 22 5 National Experience in Using Facility-Level Data .................................................................................... 24 5.1 Australia: National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act .................................................................. 24 5.2 Facility data in the Netherlands Greenhouse Gas inventory ................................................................. 24 5.2.1 Responsibilities (from the Netherlands QA/QC plan) ................................................................................. 24 5.3 UK facility-level emissions reporting, including Greenhouse Gas emissions ........................................ 25 5.3.1 Data reported under the EU ETS ................................................................................................................ 25 5.3.2 Other facility-level emissions data .............................................................................................................. 26 5.4 United States Environmental Protection Agency Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP)....... 26 6 Enhancing the use of Models and Facility-Level Data ............................................................................ 28 7 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................................ 29 Annex 1. Example of check list for documenting the Tier 3 Model-Based Inventory developed based on the Guidance from the 2006 IPCC Guidelines ......................................................................................................... 31 Annex 2. Background papers ......................................................................................................................... 33 Annex 3. Co-Chairs Summary ...................................................................................................................... 125 Annex 4. Meeting Agenda ............................................................................................................................. 127 Annex 5. Participants .................................................................................................................................... 129 Annex 6. References ..................................................................................................................................... 134
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