The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Union Ministry of Power and Institute for Industrial Productivity (IIP) will be jointly organising the first workshop on “Best Practices in Energy Efficiency in Sponge Iron (Iron & Steel) Sector” under Knowledge Exchange Platform (KEP) initiative on Friday (March 4) in the city.
Notably, KEP was launched by Secretary (Power) Government of India on February 26, 2015 in New Delhi, officials stated.
The workshop will be an opportunity for delegates of Iron and Steel units for sharing experiences, where industry representatives and technology suppliers will share best practice case studies in the area of energy efficiency in Sponge Iron Sector.
This workshop will also facilitate interactions on PAT Scheme with BEE, officials stated.
Meanwhile, The Union Ministry of Power has notified all industrial units in the Pulp & Paper, Textiles, Fertilizers, Cement, Iron and Steel, Chlor-Alkali, Thermal Power Generation and Aluminium Sectors, consuming more than specified energy, as Designated Consumers (DCs) as per the provisions of Energy Conservation Act 2001.
The Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA) has prepared a list of probable DCs and the same industries have been requested to send in their Energy Consumption and Production Details to CREDA in a specified format.
Industrial units falling in any of the above sectors within Chhattisgarh State are requested to send in their Energy Consumption and Production Details to CREDA within 20 days from the date of the notice issued by the organization.
Industrial units who do not consider themselves to be DCs are requested to send their representations along with the details in the specified format, to the undersigned within 20 days from the date of the notice. In absence of representation in the specified format by the due date, the industry would be deemed to be a Designated Consumer, required to comply with the provisions of the Energy Conservation Act 2001, officials stated.
Notably, Chhattisgarh stood third in the country with the maximum number of sponge iron plants existing in the State during financial year 2014-15.
The first State with maximum number of sponge iron plants was Odisha with 122 units followed by Jharkhand at 64 and Chhattisgarh having 57 units during the last financial year.
Notably, the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) provides iron ore to some of the sponge iron units in the country.
NMDC recorded iron ore production (provisional ) of 5.91 million tonnes (MT) from its mines in Chhattisgarh as on August 31, 2015.
The company informed this to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in its filing while offering details on production and sales of iron ore (provisional) upto the month of August this year from its mines in Chhattisgarh and Karnataka.
NMDC from its mines in Karnataka recorded iron ore production of 4.61 million tonnes during the aforesaid period. The total iron ore production from the company’s mines in Chhattisgarh and Karnataka during the aforesaid period stood at 10.52 million tonnes, it informed the BSE.