NACE Macro-Sector: C - Manufacturing
Level 2: C22
Level 3: C20.3
Level 4: C20.1.5
Description:
• Manufacture of carbon black
• Manufacture of disodium carbonate (soda ash)
• Manufacture of chlorine
CPA codes:
• Carbon black: 20.13.21.30
• Disodium carbonate (soda ash): 20.13.43.10
• Chlorine: 20.13.21.13
Metric and threshold:
Manufacturing of carbon black and soda ash are eligible if the GHG emissions (calculated according to the methodology used for EU-ETS benchmarks) associated to the production processes are lower than the values of the related EU-ETS benchmarks.
As of February 2020, the EU-ETS benchmarks values are:
• For carbon black: 1.954 tCO2e/t
• For soda ash: 0.843 tCO2e/t
Manufacturing of chlorine is eligible if the two following thresholds are met:
• Electricity use for chlorine manufacturing is at or lower than 2.45 MWh/t Chlorine (includes both electrolysis and chlorine treatment, threshold subject to periodical update)
• Average carbon intensity of the electricity that is used for chlorine manufacturing is at or below 100 gCO2e/kWh (Taxonomy threshold for electricity production, subject to periodical update).