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Grid transmission and distribution losses calculator
Scope 3 category 3. Enter the electricity or heat you consumed, as in Scope 2; the factor covers the share lost in transmission and distribution.
Enter an amount to see the emissions and the factor behind them.
Guides
- Purchased heat and steam: Scope 2 emissions from district heating
How to report heat, steam and cooling bought from a network: Scope 2 calculation, distribution losses and upstream emissions in Scope 3, with DESNZ 2026 factors.
- Scope 3 category 3: well-to-tank and grid losses explained
What Scope 3 category 3 covers, the four activities in the GHG Protocol guidance, and a worked UK example with gas and electricity using DESNZ 2026 factors.
- UK electricity emission factor (DESNZ 2026): what each number covers
The four UK government electricity factors for 2026, generation, grid losses and their upstream emissions, which scope each belongs to, and how they add up per kWh.
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