# A Bhilwara textile mill runs its own coal power plant: how does that change its footprint?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/bhilwara-textile-mill-captive-thermal-power

Coal burned in your captive plant is Scope 1, counted from tonnes and calorific value on your coal invoices. Power you then use is not Scope 2 again. Per kWh, an old small coal unit is often worse than the grid at 0.710 kg, so the comparison is worth making.

## Records

- Coal or lignite invoices with tonnes and GCV.
- Units generated and units used by the mill.
- Any power sold or wheeled to the grid.

## Per kWh check

1. Coal CO2 ÷ units generated = your own kg per kWh.
2. Compare with the grid factor, 0.710 on CEA v21.0.
3. Add open access solar or wind to see the mix.

## For buyers

Brands ask for footprint per kg of yarn or per metre of fabric. Captive coal often decides it, so show it separately.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads fuel, electricity and freight invoices into a dated, fingerprinted record per site, so each figure you send a buyer traces back to the documents behind it.

- [Spinning mill per kg of yarn](https://senseible.earth/answers/spinning-mill-carbon-footprint-per-kg-yarn)
- [Captive coal power and category 3](https://senseible.earth/answers/category-3-for-captive-coal-power-plant)
- [Coal vs gas vs biomass boilers](https://senseible.earth/answers/coal-vs-png-vs-biomass-boiler-emissions)

Sources: [CEA CO2 Baseline Database, v21.0](https://cea.nic.in/cdm-co2-baseline-database/?lang=en), [2006 IPCC Guidelines, Volume 2: Energy](https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/vol2.html), [GHG Protocol Corporate Standard](https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard)

Last reviewed 2026-10-21.