How does a milk chilling centre near Anand work out electricity per litre?

Multiply the centre's billed kWh by 0.710 kg CO2 per kWh and divide by litres chilled in the same period. Generator diesel during power cuts is Scope 1 and should be added at 2.68 kg CO2 per litre.

Steps

kWh from the bill.

Multiply by 0.710.

Divide by litres chilled.

Refrigerant

Gas added when the chiller is serviced is Scope 1 leakage: kg added x the gas's GWP.

Worked example: one day (illustrative quantities)

• Electricity: 1,500 kWh x 0.710 = 1,065 kg CO2
• Milk chilled: 30,000 litres
• Per litre: 1,065 / 30,000 = 0.035 kg CO2

Quantities are illustrative; the factor is the CEA grid average.

What Senseible does here

Senseible reads electricity bills (CEA grid factor 0.710 kg CO2 per kWh, CO2 Baseline Database version 21.0) and diesel, LPG and gas invoices (IPCC 2006 defaults) into a dated, fingerprinted Scope 1 and 2 record for each site. Intensity per unit uses the activity count you enter, and estimates are labelled as estimates.

• Cold chain per kg of food
• Paneer per kg

Sources: CEA CO2 Baseline Database for the Indian Power Sector, GHG Protocol Corporate Standard

Last reviewed 2026-10-21.