Is power from a captive coal plant in an Indonesian industrial park Scope 1 or Scope 2?
It depends on who owns or controls the plant. If your company owns or operates it, the coal burnt is Scope 1. If a park operator or another company runs it and sells you power, it is Scope 2, calculated with that plant's own emission rate rather than the national grid average.
Owned or controlled
Report the coal combustion in Scope 1 using the coal's own carbon content or the IPCC default for its type. Do not count the same power again in Scope 2.
Bought from the park
Report it in Scope 2. Because the park is not on the public grid, a location based figure should use the supplying plant's emission rate, from its fuel use and output. The Java and Bali grid average does not describe it.
Ask the park for
- Annual coal use and its heating value or carbon content.
- Net electricity sent out.
- Emissions per MWh sold, with the year.
What Senseible does here
Senseible reads each site's monthly electricity bills into a dated, fingerprinted Scope 2 record. Grid factors outside India are entered from the official source for the country and year, and are labelled with that source.
Sources: GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance, GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, IPCC 2006 Guidelines, Volume 2 Energy
Last reviewed 2026-10-21.