What grid emission factor should a supplier in Kosovo use?
Kosovo's power comes overwhelmingly from two lignite plants, so its grid factor is among the highest in Europe, often above 1 kg CO2 per kWh. Use the official or IEA figure for the reporting year and name it.
Which figure
- Location based: the national grid average for the reporting year, from the official source or the IEA.
- Market based: a supplier specific figure or residual mix, only if one exists for Kosovo.
- Write down the figure, its source and its year.
Why it moves
Lignite plants supply most electricity, with small amounts of hydro and wind. Outages at the old units change the mix and imports.
Records
Monthly electricity bills with kWh, and meter readings for any power you make on site.
For CBAM
For cement and fertilisers, electricity counts toward the charge, so a lignite grid factor raises the figure noticeably.
What Senseible does here
Senseible reads electricity bills into dated, fingerprinted records and keeps location based and market based figures side by side, each with the factor and year used.
Sources: GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance, IEA, electricity and emissions data
Last reviewed 2026-10-21.