Can a Turkish supplier use YEK-G certificates to show renewable electricity to European buyers?
Yes, in market based Scope 2, if the certificates are retired in your name for the year's consumption and meet the GHG Protocol Scope 2 Quality Criteria. YEK-G is Turkey's own guarantee of origin system. Report the location based figure with the grid factor beside it.
What to keep
- The retirement statement in your company name, with generation period and plant.
- Your metered consumption for the same period.
- Proof the same certificates were not sold or claimed elsewhere.
What buyers check
That the certificates are from the Turkish market where you consume, match the year, and cover the amount claimed. Many car makers also accept a direct supply contract from a renewable plant.
Report both
Give location based and market based figures, clearly labelled, so the buyer can use the one its own reporting requires.
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, IRENA, renewable capacity and power statistics
Last reviewed 2026-10-21.