Is electricity from a Nigerian cement plant's own gas turbines Scope 1 or Scope 2?
If the plant owns or controls the turbines, the gas burnt is Scope 1, and there is no Scope 2 for that power. Only power bought from the grid or a third party is Scope 2. Report the gas by volume and heat content from the supply invoices or meters, with the factor and its source.
The test
Control decides it. A turbine you own and run is your Scope 1. An independent power producer on your site selling you electricity is Scope 2.
Diesel backup
Diesel generators you own are Scope 1 as well. Keep their fuel separate so the backup share is visible.
Records
Gas supply invoices or meter readings with heating value, generator fuel logs and any grid bills.
What Senseible does here
Senseible reads fuel, raw material and electricity invoices into a dated, fingerprinted record per plant, so the clinker and cement figures can be traced back to the documents behind them.
Sources: GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance, IPCC 2006 Guidelines, Volume 2: Energy
Last reviewed 2026-10-21.