National emissions inventory process data

Data for the reference system—coal-fired electricity—are adapted from Loi et al. s study [46], the Ecoinvent database for rest of world (RoW) [47], technical reports of PECCI [42], and GIZ-GDE/MOIT s report [48], in combination with calculation results following the guidelines of the AustraHan National Greenhouse Accounts and the National Pollutant Inventory Emission estimation technique manual for Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation [49,50]. Fig. 14.3 illustrates different processes of generating coal-fired electricity. 

In addition to NATES, Environment Canada also maintains a national database called the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI). It is designed to collect and make available to the public, on a yearly basis, comprehensive national data on releases to air, water, and land, transfers in waste, and ongoing emissions of specified substances. Under the authority of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), owners or operators of facilities that manufacture, process, or otherwise use one or more of the 176 specified substances under prescribed conditions are required to report to the NPRI. The NPRI reports for the years 1994 and 1995 can be found on the Environment Canada website (http //www.ec.gc.ca/pdb/npri/). 

The inventory analysis gathers the necessary data regarding the extraction of resources and emissions for all processes involved in the product life cyde. For this purpose, databases have been developed, such as Ecoinvent, the Chinese National Database, Spine (www.globalspine.com), JEMAI, and the European Reference life Cycle Data System, which give estimates about resource extraction and emissions... 

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