How should a Pakistani cement plant report electricity from its waste heat recovery plant?
Power from waste heat recovery uses kiln exhaust heat, so it adds no extra fuel combustion and no new CO2. Report the kWh generated, and the grid or captive fuel power it replaced. It lowers Scope 2 or captive fuel use; it is not an offset to subtract from the total.
How it shows up
- Less grid electricity bought, so lower Scope 2.
- Or less fuel in captive power plants, so lower Scope 1.
What not to do
Do not subtract a credit for the waste heat power on top of the lower purchases. The benefit is already in the smaller numbers.
Records
Generation meter readings, grid bills and captive plant fuel logs.
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
Last reviewed 2026-10-21.