# How does a garment factory in Kenya's Athi River EPZ report diesel backup alongside grid power?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/athi-river-epz-garment-factory-diesel-backup

Grid power is Scope 2 at Kenya's factor, which is low because most power comes from geothermal, hydro and wind. Diesel burnt in your own generators is Scope 1 at about 2.68 kg CO2 per litre. Report both separately so a brand can see how much outages cost in emissions.

## Two lines

- Grid kWh from bills times the Kenyan factor: Scope 2.
- Litres of diesel times 2.68 kg CO2 per litre: Scope 1.

## Why separate

On a clean grid, a week of diesel can outweigh a month of grid power. Showing it makes a case for a battery or solar backup.

## Records

Power bills, generator fuel receipts and run hour logs.

## Worked example: one month

- Grid: 60,000 kWh x 0.1 (assumed Kenyan factor) = 6,000 kg CO2, Scope 2
- Diesel: 4,000 L x 2.68 = 10,720 kg CO2, Scope 1
- Diesel is 64% of the month's total: 10,720 / 16,720

The grid factor here is an assumption for illustration. Use the official or IEA figure for the year.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads electricity, fuel and boiler invoices into a dated, fingerprinted record per factory, so the figures a brand asks for can be traced back to the bills.

- [Kenya grid factor](https://senseible.earth/answers/kenya-grid-emission-factor-for-factories)
- [Faisalabad gas generator](https://senseible.earth/answers/faisalabad-textile-mill-gas-generator-scope-1)
- [Garment stitching per piece](https://senseible.earth/answers/garment-stitching-emissions-per-piece)

Sources: [IPCC 2006 Guidelines, Volume 2: Energy](https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/vol2.html), [GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance](https://ghgprotocol.org/scope-2-guidance)

Last reviewed 2026-10-21.