Electricity and market vs. location-based emissions
Implementation by Carbon+Alt+Delete
For the AiB, the implementation on the market and location based mixes looks like:
Mix | Market-based | Location-based |
---|---|---|
Country average mix | Supplier Mix | Production Mix |
Residual mix (no green electricity contract) | Residual Mix | Production Mix |
Green electricity contract | Set to 0 | Production Mix |
Production mix is the only data in the AIB source that does not use Guarantees of Origin (GOs); and therefore the only one that does not use market mechanism (=good for location-based).
Supplier Mix considers the average mix in a country taking into account GO trades, so that is a good reference for Country Average - Market based.
Residual Mix is per definition the energy left in a country after GO's are taken into account (after Green electricity is sold off). So that is Grey - Market based per definition.
Green electricity is set to 0 per definition.