How does Voltfox help exporters under CBAM?

Voltfox calculates the indirect emissions associated with electricity consumed during the production processes of CBAM-covered manufacturers in a traceable way aligned with international regulations. It matches the electricity consumed for the production of CBAM-covered goods with procured renewable energy on an hourly basis and provides reporting fully aligned with CBAM requirements. This helps companies optimize and reduce potential CBAM certificate costs and carbon-related financial liabilities.

What does “default value” mean in CBAM processes?

Default values are standard reference values applied by the EU when actual and verifiable emissions data for a facility or product cannot be provided. When companies cannot substantiate their actual low-carbon performance with data, these high default values may lead to significant financial exposure and loss of competitiveness.

What do “actual emissions” mean?

Actual emissions refer to emissions calculated directly from a facility’s own real operational data, rather than from regional or sector-level assumptions. In the CBAM context, this means a transparent data model that uses specific production processes, real-time electricity consumption, and verifiable emission factors.

How are indirect emissions calculated under CBAM?

Under CBAM, indirect emissions are calculated by multiplying the amount of electricity consumed during the production of the covered good by the relevant electricity emission factor. Whether a national grid factor or a facility-specific actual electricity emission factor can be used depends on the specific conditions defined by the regulation.

When can an actual electricity emission factor be used?

The use of an actual electricity emission factor is subject to conditions such as a direct physical or technical connection between the electricity generation source and the production facility, or a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between the producer and the consumer that complies with regulatory requirements. Product type, reporting period, and contractual structure must be carefully assessed in this context.

Are Guarantees of Origin (GoO) or green certificates such as I-REC sufficient on their own for CBAM?

Generally, no. Guarantees of Origin, I-REC certificates, or similar energy attribute certificates may not, on their own, guarantee the use of an actual electricity emission factor. In CBAM processes, PPAs, direct technical connections, contractual conditions, and the hourly relationship between generation and consumption are assessed together.

Why is hourly generation and consumption matching critical?

Companies must be able to formally demonstrate which production period, renewable source, and emission factor the consumed electricity is associated with. Hourly matching provides a technical basis accepted by the regulation for answering questions such as: “How much electricity was consumed at a given hour, and which real-time carbon intensity of the grid or source was that consumption matched with?”

Does the actual emissions approach always create an advantage for companies?

No. The actual emissions approach creates a strategic advantage only if your facility’s actual carbon performance is better than the high default values defined under CBAM. Voltfox does not assume this advantage upfront. It measures and analyzes it precisely using your existing raw data and makes it reportable where such an advantage exists.

CBAM Actual Emissions Reporting Software

CBAM Actual Emissions Management: Reduce Costs with Data.

Synchronize electricity consumption from your production processes with renewable energy supply on an hourly basis. Voltfox helps eliminate the financial burden caused by high default values by delivering CBAM-compliant, verifiable actual emissions reports.

Indirect Emissions Management from Electricity Consumption Hourly Matching Aligned with Production Timing Verification-Ready Calculations and Data History

Why It Matters

CBAM is opening a new growth phase for manufacturers that can substantiate their actual carbon performance with data.

Default values may be practical, but they often fail to accurately reflect how a specific facility consumes electricity and produces its goods. Voltfox helps companies move beyond broad assumptions by using facility-level, time-based, and traceable emissions data.

Turn Facility Reality into Data

Instead of relying on broad and generic default values, clearly demonstrate how electricity is actually consumed across your facilities, reporting periods, and specific production activities.

Build Verifiable Emissions Evidence

Combine electricity consumption, production volumes, dynamic emission factors, and source data into a single transparent and robust audit trail aligned with international standards.

Generate Audit-Ready Transparent Outputs

Establish a verifiable calculation basis that your sustainability, finance, export, and corporate assurance teams can review, explain to competent authorities, and confidently use in CBAM declarations.

A Reliable and Verifiable CBAM Calculation Infrastructure.

Voltfox transforms your electricity consumption, production volume, and emissions data scattered across different operational sources into a structured CBAM reporting workflow fully aligned with EU regulatory requirements. It enables companies to calculate their actual electricity-related indirect emissions with high granularity, while making all digital evidence supporting those results fully visible and traceable for both corporate teams and independent auditors.

From Assumptions to Evidence

A stronger way to prepare CBAM electricity emissions data.

Traditional Reporting Based on Default Values

Dependence on High Default Values When facility-level verifiable digital evidence cannot be provided, companies may be forced to rely on the high default values defined under EU CBAM rules.
Limited Visibility into Consumption Profiles This provides only limited visibility into your company’s actual electricity consumption profile and clean energy investments, potentially obscuring your true low-carbon performance.
Operational Achievements That Are Hard to Prove It makes it harder to support your sustainability and energy efficiency achievements with detailed data, leaving your declarations more exposed in front of global customers and independent auditors.

Actual Emissions Reporting with Voltfox

Data-Driven, High-Granularity Calculation Infrastructure Moves beyond broad and risky assumptions by placing your facilities’ actual electricity consumption and real production data at the center of the calculation process.
Multi-Dimensional Data Synchronization Automatically links time, geographic location, real-time consumption profiles, and dynamic emission factors within a structured digital workflow aligned with EU regulatory requirements.
A Defensible CBAM Reporting Foundation Builds a stronger, transparent, auditable, and fully defensible CBAM reporting infrastructure that protects your corporate declarations in front of global customers, international trade partners, and independent auditors.

Voltfox helps companies move from broad assumptions to evidence-based CBAM reporting grounded in their own operational data.

A transparent calculation trail for your CBAM processes and corporate teams.

Voltfox does more than generate a final emissions score. It brings together the relevant facilities, reporting periods, real-time consumption profiles, production integrations, and emission factor methodologies used, while preserving the complete technical data trail behind each result.

This level of transparency gives your sustainability, finance, export, and independent assurance teams a verifiable and defensible common evidence base for CBAM declaration preparation, official audits, and strategic reporting discussions with international customers.

Build a stronger foundation for CBAM actual emissions reporting.

Voltfox rapidly processes your existing electricity consumption, actual production volume, and emission factor data without requiring complex integration processes. It helps transform scattered operational data into transparent, enterprise-ready outputs fully aligned with EU regulatory requirements and prepared for CBAM reporting.