Does captive coal power at Renukoot count in the CBAM figure for its aluminium?
No. For aluminium, CBAM charges only direct emissions from the smelter: anode carbon, perfluorocarbons and casting fuel. Power from a captive coal plant is indirect and reported separately. It is still the biggest part of the metal's footprint, and buyers asking for a full figure will see it.
Charged
- Anode carbon consumed.
- Perfluorocarbons from anode effects.
- Fuel for casting and anode baking.
Reported, not charged
Electricity, including from your own coal plant. Report kWh per tonne and the plant's actual emissions per kWh, not the grid average.
Your own inventory
The captive power plant is your Scope 1. Do not count its emissions again as Scope 2 for the smelter.
What Senseible does here
Senseible keeps each site's fuel, power and production records together, so the embedded emissions you send an EU importer trace back to dated documents.
Sources: Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (CBAM Regulation), consolidated, European Commission, CBAM definitive regime, CEA CO2 Baseline Database, v21.0
Last reviewed 2026-10-21.