# How much electricity does a Guntur chilli cold storage use per tonne stored?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/guntur-chilli-cold-storage-electricity-per-tonne

Divide monthly kWh by the tonne-months stored. A store using 60,000 kWh while holding 5,000 tonnes uses 12 kWh per tonne-month, about 8.5 kg CO2. Refrigerant top-ups are Scope 1 and can add more than people expect.

## What drives it

- Ambient heat: summer months use more.
- Door opening and loading practice.
- Set point and compressor efficiency.

## Refrigerant

Kg topped up × the refrigerant's GWP gives Scope 1. Ammonia has no GWP; HFCs have high ones.

## Example: one summer month

- 60,000 kWh ÷ 5,000 tonne-months = 12 kWh
- 12 × 0.710 = 8.5 kg CO2 per tonne-month

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads electricity bills, including kVAh, demand and solar export lines, into dated records with the units, factor and year behind every Scope 2 figure.

- [Cold storage energy per tonne](https://senseible.earth/answers/cold-storage-energy-per-tonne)
- [Refrigerant top-ups in a cold store](https://senseible.earth/answers/agra-cold-store-hfc-top-up-emissions)
- [Cold store set point savings](https://senseible.earth/answers/cold-store-temperature-setpoint-energy-measurement)

Sources: [CEA CO2 Baseline Database, version 21.0](https://cea.nic.in/cdm-co2-baseline-database/?lang=en), [GHG Protocol Corporate Standard](https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard)

Last reviewed 2026-10-22.