IPCC sector
Industrial
processes
Key activity data gap identified
Estimates of woodfuel and charcoal
consumption have very high
uncertainty and are not based on
recent surveys. The values used in this
report have been adjusted from per
capita consumption statistics for East
Africa based on expert opinion.
Only the most basic information on
South Sudan's total oil and gas output
Sudan was collected. It is unclear how
much fuel is consumed nationally for
extraction and distribution, especially
in terms of self-consumption (e.g.
captive generation plants). It is also
unclear how much of this fuel may
only be refined for self-consumption.
Currently, nearly half of all national
energy emissions in the oil and gas
sector are estimated to be from self-
consumption.
Estimates of installed capacity of
grid electricity can be reported by the
Ministry of Finance and Economic
Planning, the Ministry of Electricity
and Dams and the SSEC. However,
not much is known about the capacity
factor and conversion efficiency of
these units.
There is no information available on
the amount of HFCs imported annually
in bulk and in products. Bulk imports
of HFCS could possibly be tracked by
customs, though better accounting of
products that typically contain HFC
materials would also be helpful. For
example, refrigerators are listed in the
customs tracking form, but no data
were collected before 2016.
Recommendation for addressing data gap
A nationwide bottom-up survey of producers
or a top-down survey of consumers should be
conducted (e.g. by the Ministry of Environment
and Forestry, Ministry of Energy and Dams,
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security) to
reduce the level of uncertainty associated
with woodfuel and charcoal production and
demand. These data will also advise the
formulation of South Sudan's energy policy
with regard to domestic biomass use.
Information should be collected from South
Sudan's national oil and gas company, the
Nile Petroleum Corporation (Nilepet), so
that proper estimates can be made of GHG
emissions related to the combustion of crude
oil and other refined products for extraction
and distribution. Knowledge of the difference
between gross production and total exports
would also be very useful,