A Katanga copper mine runs on hydro power and diesel: how does it count each?
Grid power in the DRC is almost all hydro, so its Scope 2 is low. Diesel for gensets, haul trucks and processing is Scope 1 at about 2.68 kg CO2 per litre. When the grid falls short and gensets run, diesel quickly becomes the largest number.
Records
- Utility bills or meter readings for grid power.
- Diesel invoices split by gensets and mobile fleet.
- Tonnes of copper and cobalt produced.
Imported power
Power bought across the border from Zambia or elsewhere follows that grid's factor. Keep the contract and invoices.
For buyers
Cable makers and battery buyers want per tonne figures. Show diesel and power separately so they see what drives the number.
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.
Sources: 2006 IPCC Guidelines, Volume 2: Energy, GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance, GHG Protocol Corporate Standard
Last reviewed 2026-10-21.