# What grid emission factor should a supplier in Azerbaijan use?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/azerbaijan-grid-emission-factor-for-suppliers

Azerbaijan's power comes mostly from gas, with some hydro, so the grid factor sits roughly around 0.4 to 0.5 kg CO2 per kWh. Use the official or IEA figure for the reporting year and name it; new solar and wind will lower it.

## Which figure

- Location based: the national grid average for the reporting year, from the official source or the IEA.
- Market based: a supplier specific figure or residual mix, only if one exists for Azerbaijan.
- Write down the figure, its source and its year.

## Why it moves

Gas plants supply most electricity. Hydro adds a share that varies with rainfall, and large solar and wind projects are being added.

## Records

Monthly electricity bills with kWh, and meter readings for any power you make on site.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads electricity bills into dated, fingerprinted records and keeps location based and market based figures side by side, each with the factor and year used.

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Sources: [GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance](https://ghgprotocol.org/scope-2-guidance), [IEA, electricity and emissions data](https://www.iea.org)

Last reviewed 2026-10-21.