Monitoring

Facility-Level GHG
Emissions

Chief Directorate: Monitoring and Evaluation

PMR Training on MRV

Turkey
September 2014
Outline of the Presentation
GHG Inventory Methodology: IPCC VS GHG Protocol
Methodology guidance for compilation of national GHG
inventories
Data Collection from Facilities
Example: Petrochemical Industry
Current Reporting Requirements for Industry
Challenges in the monitoring of facility level GHGs
Way Forward
GHG Inventory: Methodologies [IPCC vs. GHG Protocol]
2006 IPCC Inventory Guidelines
The 2006 Guidelines consists of 5
volumes based on cross-cutting issues
and individual sectors:

Overview
1. General Guidance and
Reporting
2. Energy
3. Industrial Processes and
Product Use (IPPU)
4. Agriculture, Forestry and
Other Land Use (AFOLU)
5. Waste
 Sectoral Guidance

IPPU

Waste
Energy

AFOLU
Data Collection

Uncertainties
GPG & Methodologies

Methodological Choice

Key Categories

Time Series Consistency

QA/QC

Verification
General Guidance & Reporting

Reporting
Emission
Inventory
 IPCC guidelines vs. GHG Protocol
IPCC Guidelines GHG Protocol

Energy
Scope 1

Industrial
Processes
Scope 2
Bunker Fuels
Agric, Forestry
& Land use

Waste Scope 3
Data Collection from Facilities
Data Collection from Facilities
The Department works closely with facilities to collect data for
the compilation of National GHG emissions inventory
The DEA collects activity and emissions data from facilities at
a company level for the compilation of GHG emissions
The sectors are divided according to the 2006 IPCC sector
mainly:
• Energy Sector: (this includes the main electricity generation,
petroleum refining, manufacture of solid fuels, manufacturing
industries and constriction, fugitive emissions etc.)
• IPPU Sector :(this includes mineral industry, metal industry, chemical
industry)
• Waste Sector: (includes waste water treatment plants, waste
incineration, solid waste disposal etc.)
Energy Sector Sources
 Energy Industry (Potential Sources)
Code Category Activity Data Example

Coal, Diesel, Natural Gas

1A1a: Main Activity Electricity Fuel Consumed
(Tonnes, Litres, M3)
Coal, Diesel, Natural Gas
1A1b Petroleum Refining Fuel Consumed (Tonnes, Litres, M3)

1A1c: Manufacture of Solid fuels Fuels consumed Charcoal production

Coal, Diesel, Natural Gas
Manufacturing industries and
1A2: Fuels Consumed (Tonnes, Litres, M3)
construction
Other kerosene, diesel
1A4a Commercial/Institution Fuels consumed
(Litres)
1A5: Non-specified (stationary, mobile) Fuels consumed

1B1 Fugitive Emissions(Solid) Coal Mining Coal

1B2 Fugitive Emissions(Oil and Natural gas) Oil and Natural gas Oil and natural gas

1B3 Other Emissions from Energy Industries

IPPU Sector Sources
 IPPU Industry (Potential Sources)
Code Category Activity Data Example

2A Mineral Industry Mineral Produced Cement, glass, lime

Ammonia, Nitric acid, adipic
acid, carbide, titanium
2B Chemical Industry Chemical Produced
dioxide

Iron and Steel, Ferroalloys,

2C Metal Industry Metal Produced Aluminium, Magnesium,
lead
Lubricant, paraffin waxes,
Non-Energy Products from Fuels and
2D Product uses solvents
Solvent Use

2E Electronics Industry Electronics Photovoltaics

Product uses
SF6 and PFCs, N2O from
2G Other Product Manufacture and use equipment,
product uses
applications
Pulp and paper, food and
2H Other Other
beverages
Waste Sector Sources
 Waste Sector from Industry (Potential Sources)
Code Category Activity Data Example

Managed waste,
4A Solid Waste Disposal Waste Disposal
uncategorised waste
Biological Treatment of
Biological Treatment of
Solid Waste
4B Biological Treatment of Solid Waste Solid Waste

4C Incineration and Open Burning of Waste Waste incinerated Waste incinerated

Industrial wastewater
4D Wastewater Treatment and Discharge Industrial Waste
Complex nature of facility data

Cases where a facility can have various emissions

pathways , hybrid of activities of fuel combustion,
fugitive emissions, industrial processes
An example of this is the petroleum industry
Example: Petrochemical Industry
 Exploration,
Oil +
Production,
Natural
Gas Venting,
Flaring Transmission +
Storage

Pipeline
Transport: 1A3e

Refining/gas
1A1b
processing

Combustion:
Elec + Heat

Venting Flaring

Chief Directorate: Monitoring and Evaluation

1B2

Pipeline
Transport: 1A3e Distribution of Fugitive emissions
from oil + Natural
Oil products 1B2 gas production: 1B2
 Petrochemical Industry (Potential Sources)

Code Category Code Category

2B1: Ammonia Production 2B8b: Ethylene
Ethylene Dichloride and
2B2: Nitric Acid Production 2B8c:
Vinyl Chloride Monomer
2B3: Adipic Acid Production 2B8d: Ethylene Oxide
Caprolactam, Glyoxal and
2B4: 2B8e: Acrylonitrile
Glyoxylic Acid Production
2B5: Carbide Production 2B8f: Carbon Black
2B6: Titanium Dioxide Production 2B9: Fluorochemical Production
2B7: Soda Ash Production 2B9a: By-product Emissions
Petrochemical and Carbon
2B8: 2B9b: Fugitive Emissions
Black Production
2B8a: Methanol 2B10: Other
Other potential sources from Petrochemical industry

Waste Incineration
On-site wastewater treatment
Refrigerants (Ozone Depleting Substance
replacements)
Chemical production
Non-energy use of fuels
Current Reporting Responsibility by Industry
Mandatory and Voluntary Reporting by Industry
Sustainability and/or Integrated reporting
 UN-Principles for Responsible Investment
 Code for Responsible Investing in SA
 Principles for Sustainable Insurance
 Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiatives
 National Capital Declaration
 Carbon Disclosure Project
Other programmes include:
• Global Reporting Initiative
• International Integrated Reporting Council
• ISO Standard Setting
Challenges in the Monitoring of Facility Level GHG Emissions
Challenges
Differences in the methodologies (GHG Protocol & IPCC)
Well-defined National System
• Institutional Arrangements
• Legal basis for reporting GHG emissions
• Reporting regulations
• Quality Management system
• Capacity of the National Inventory Unit
Coordination with other states of governments
Excessive reporting burden
Alignment of Voluntary and Mandatory Reporting
Way Forward:
Way Forward
National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory System
Development of Reporting Guidelines which will
include the methodologies
Implementation of the National System
Formalised co-ordination with other states of
governments
Way Forward: Centralized Web-based EI system
elements

Emission
Activity Data Summary
Sub-Module Tables

Emissions Public
Processing: the Emissions Interface for
heart of the EI Reporting emissions
inventory module results

Emission- Inventory
Factor results are
Sub-Module documented
and archived
Process used to define data collection and reporting guidelines
 THANK YOU

Jongikhaya Witi and Lungile Manzini

CD: Climate Change - Monitoring and Evaluation
jwiti@environment.gov.za
lmanzini@environment.gov.za