Carbon calculator
| Publisher: | Department for Transport |
| Publication type: | Instructional |
| Published date: | 3 April 2012 |
| Mode/topic: | Roads, Sustainable travel |
The carbon calculator is a standalone programme that contains default values for the carbon emissions associated with various types of biofuels. It allows fuel suppliers to calculate the carbon saved on a batch of fuels, as an alternative to looking up values in the C&S guidance tables. It should reduce the potential for errors.
Carbon Calculator
Build: 102 (Ver 4.5), Release Date: April 2012
The calculator uses the RTFO lifecycle analysis methodology for Years 1 and 2 (2008/09 and 2009/10). From Year 3 (2010/11) the lifecycle analysis methodology laid out in the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED) is applied. The latest version aligns the LCA methodology further with that of the RED (from 15 Dec 2011 or Year 4.5 in the tool)..
Carbon calculator features
- Calculate the carbon intensity of your biofuel on a consignment basis as required by the administrator.
- Includes all the biofuels, feedstocks and biofuel production processes listed in RED Annex V and includes every default and input value within the calculations.
- Includes emissions from cultivation by NUTS2 region and biofuel feedstock.
- Generate monthly reports as a CSV file that can be uploaded to ROS to comply with C&S reporting requirements.
- Load a project file from, for example, a biofuel producer into the system and retain any information they provide such as data references, batch numbers etc.
- Can be run “offline” so that all of the users consignments will be stored on their own PC. Not all information (e.g. nitrogen inputs) has to be passed on to the next supplier in the supply chain (but can be if needed).
- System requirements: Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or Windows7
- Support carboncalculator@e4tech.com
