A Bhilwara textile mill runs its own coal power plant: how does that change its footprint?

Coal burned in your captive plant is Scope 1, counted from tonnes and calorific value on your coal invoices. Power you then use is not Scope 2 again. Per kWh, an old small coal unit is often worse than the grid at 0.710 kg, so the comparison is worth making.

Records

• Coal or lignite invoices with tonnes and GCV.
• Units generated and units used by the mill.
• Any power sold or wheeled to the grid.

Per kWh check

1. Coal CO2 ÷ units generated = your own kg per kWh.
2. Compare with the grid factor, 0.710 on CEA v21.0.
3. Add open access solar or wind to see the mix.

For buyers

Brands ask for footprint per kg of yarn or per metre of fabric. Captive coal often decides it, so show it separately.

What Senseible does here

Senseible reads fuel, electricity and freight invoices into a dated, fingerprinted record per site, so each figure you send a buyer traces back to the documents behind it.

• Spinning mill per kg of yarn
• Captive coal power and category 3
• Coal vs gas vs biomass boilers

Sources: CEA CO2 Baseline Database, v21.0, 2006 IPCC Guidelines, Volume 2: Energy, GHG Protocol Corporate Standard

Last reviewed 2026-10-21.