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To answer this question properly, we would need to know the efficiency of the plant used to burn the heavy fuel oil.

Carbon Dioxide emissions are normally expressed as Carbon Intensity, in tonnes per Megawatt Hour (t/MWh).

In general, gas fired plants have much lower Carbon Intensity than coal fired and oil fired plants.

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