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Table 2 Scenario “wood fuel”: emission savings (kg CO2)

From: Harvested wood products and REDD+: looking beyond the forest border

Logging residues

None

1 m3

Wood density

500 kg/m3

750 kg/m3

1000 kg/m3

500 kg/m3

750 kg/m3

1000 kg/m3

Effective CO2 emissions

 Lignite

−130

−194

−259

−1048

−1570

−2094

 Residual fuel oil

−314

−470

−628

−1232

−1846

−2463

 Natural gas

−480

−720

−960

−1398

−2096

−2795

Lifecycle CO2 emissions

 Lignite

−21

−30

−41

−939

−1406

−1876

 Residual fuel oil

−238

−355

−474

−1156

−1731

−2309

 Natural gas

−426

−638

−851

−1344

−2014

−2686