French Carbon Emission Factors (ADEME Base Carbone)

What it does

French Carbon Emission Factors searches the ADEME Base Carbone® — France's official reference database of CO2e emission factors used for carbon accounting (bilan carbone, GHG protocol, CSRD). Search by activity, material, fuel or keyword (voiture, électricité, acier, boeuf…) and get each factor with its value, unit (e.g. kgCO2e/km, kgCO2e/kWh), category, geographic scope, uncertainty and source. English names and units are included where available. No API key, no scraping. This actor is free — you only pay for your own Apify platform usage.

Input

Field	Type	Description
queries	array of strings	One full-text search per entry: activity, material, fuel or keyword.
maxResults	integer	Max emission-factor records across all searches (default 200).

{
  "queries": ["voiture", "électricité"],
  "maxResults": 40
}

Output

One dataset item per emission factor. Example:

{
  "query": "voiture",
  "status": "found",
  "id": "27969",
  "type": "Facteur d'émission",
  "name_fr": "Voiture",
  "name_en": "Passenger car",
  "attribute_fr": "Motorisation E85",
  "category": "Transport de personnes > Routier > Voiture particulière",
  "emission_factor": 0.162,
  "unit_fr": "kgCO2e/km",
  "unit_en": "kgCO2e/km",
  "uncertainty_pct": 60,
  "location": "France continentale",
  "source": "HBEFA, Comptes des transports",
  "element_status": "Valide"
}

Searches with no hits return {"status": "not_found"}; errors return {"status": "error"} with a message — the actor never crashes on a bad entry.

Use cases

• Automate a bilan carbone / GHG inventory with official ADEME factors.
• Feed a carbon-accounting or ESG/CSRD tool with up-to-date factors and units.
• Compare emission factors across activities, motorisations or materials.
• Build a searchable internal emission-factor library keyed by activity.

Limitations & fair use

• Data comes from the ADEME Base Carbone® (open licence); always check the factor's validity period and scope before use.
• Some archived elements are included; use element_status to filter.
• The actor paginates politely and caps at 10,000 hits per search term.

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Part of a family of French open-data actors (ADEME DPE energy, electricity mix, fuel prices, and more). See all actors by vigilant_jasmine.