Why do the Balasore and Ramnagar plastics cluster profiles print the same energy table?

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) profiles of the Balasore and Ramnagar plastics clusters print the same energy table: 27.8 million kilowatt-hours (kWh), 452 kilolitres of diesel, 36 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and 2,860 tonnes of oil equivalent (toe). Unit counts and power-cut notes differ, and neither profile says why.

Identical in both profiles

• Energy: electricity 27.8 million kWh (2,389 toe, 84 percent), diesel 452 kilolitres (429 toe), LPG 36 tonnes (42 toe), total 2,860 toe.
• Sector split: pipes and fittings 1,755 toe, sacks and bags 450, household items 220, others 435. It adds to 2,860 in both.

Different in the same two documents

• Balasore: about 40 plastics units, and a production table of 39 units making 62,600 tonnes, of which 6 pipe and fittings units make 39,000. Power cuts are described as not very common and much improved.
• Ramnagar: about 52 units, listed as 22 sack and bag, 20 pipe and component and 10 masterbatch, with production printed as ranges (2500-7500, 950-1250, 5000-7000). Power failure is described as common.
• So the same 1,755 toe is shared by 6 pipe units in one profile and 20 in the other. And Ramnagar's own product table has no household items line, yet its energy split has one, with the same four sector names as Balasore's.
• Both show diesel at 452 kilolitres, 15 percent of the energy, although one profile says cuts are rare and the other says they are common.

What we can and cannot say

Four energy rows and four sector rows matching to the last digit in two states is unlikely to be chance. Our reading is that one table was reused. The profiles do not say which cluster the numbers describe, or whether either was measured. Only Ramnagar prints a carbon dioxide (CO2) column; Balasore prints energy and share only. Both profiles' text also names fuels missing from the table, furnace oil in Balasore and used engine oil in Ramnagar, which strengthens the point.

Treat the figures as a cluster estimate of unknown basis. Do not benchmark a Balasore unit and a Ramnagar unit against them as if they were two independent surveys.

What to use instead

• Your own twelve months of kWh, diesel litres and LPG kilograms, with your tonnes made.
• If a buyer cites either profile, quote it as printed and say your own bills are the basis for your figure.

Same energy, different cluster sizes (our calculation)

• Ties in both: 2,389 + 429 + 42 = 2,860 toe; 1,755 + 450 + 220 + 435 = 2,860 toe; electricity 2,389 / 2,860 = 83.5 percent
• Per unit if the table were Balasore's 39 units: 2,860 / 39 = 73.3 toe. If Ramnagar's 52 units: 2,860 / 52 = 55.0 toe
• Per tonne for Balasore only, where tonnes are printed: 2,860 / 62,600 = 0.046 toe a tonne
• CO2 at today's factors is the same either way: 27.8 million x 0.675 = 18,765 t; 452,000 litres x 2.645 = 1,196 t; 36 t x 2.98 = 107 t; total 20,068 t

The grid factor 0.675 is the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) figure for financial year (FY) 2025-26. Diesel 2.645 kg a litre and LPG 2.98 tonnes a tonne are the factors the two live cluster pages use, from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2006 guide.

What Senseible does here

Senseible reads fuel invoices and electricity bills into dated, fingerprinted records, so your kilowatt-hours and litres are on file by date. Your own months of kWh and litres are then on file, which is firmer than a cluster average.

• Balasore plastics: energy and carbon
• Ramnagar plastics cluster: energy and CO2
• Rajkot plastic cluster energy and CO2
• Ramnagar profile: 28,503 t CO2 against today
• Your MSME carbon number

Sources: TERI, Cluster profile: Balasore plastic industries (energy tables), TERI, Cluster profile: Ramnagar plastic industries (energy tables and product table), CEA, CO2 Baseline Database for the Indian Power Sector (0.675 kg CO2 per kWh, FY 2025-26), IPCC 2006 Guidelines, Volume 2, Chapter 1: Introduction (fuel emission factors, Tables 1.2 and 1.4)

Last reviewed 2026-11-06. The live Balasore and Ramnagar cluster pages quote their profile as printed and now link here. If TERI reissues either profile, update all of them.