Upstream emission
Upstream emissions are all greenhouse gas - emissions which arise before the refinery raw material (e.g., conventional, crude oil , natural bitumen , oil shale ) enters the refinery processing plant or can be prepared in certain fuels.
To determine their mitigation (UER), they are compared with the hypothetical amount of upstream emissions (the reference case emissions) that would have arisen without a mitigation project. The reduction is determined according to standardized principles.
From 2020, upstream emission reductions that have been achieved in one year can be taken into account in order to fulfill the legal obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Individual evidence
- ↑ § 2 of the Upstream Emissions Reduction Ordinance of January 22, 2018 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 169, 170 )
- ↑ DIN EN ISO 14064, May 2012 edition, DIN EN ISO 14065, July 2013 edition, and ISO 14066, April 2011 edition