{"id":11232,"date":"2021-01-15T06:20:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T06:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/?p=11232"},"modified":"2021-01-15T06:20:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T06:20:07","slug":"vedanta-aluminium-scripts-a-double-win-at-the-national-energy-conservation-awards-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/01\/15\/vedanta-aluminium-scripts-a-double-win-at-the-national-energy-conservation-awards-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Vedanta Aluminium scripts a double win at the National Energy Conservation Awards 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>New Delhi, January 15<sup>th<\/sup>, 2021 ( Odisha Samachar )- <\/strong>: Vedanta Aluminium, India\u2019s largest producer of aluminium and value-added products, won two first prizes at the prestigious National Energy Conservation Awards 2020 (NECA 2020), for exemplary efforts in energy conservation through best-in-class practices, technology adoption and innovative solutions.Instituted by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Government of India, the NECA Awards witness participation by the best in business from various critical industry sectors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a virtual award ceremony held on 11<sup>th<\/sup> January 2021, Vedanta Ltd\u2019s Jharsuguda (Odisha) Smelter-I bagged \u2018First Prize\u2019 in Aluminium (Large) Sector while Vedanta Ltd., Lanjigarh (Odisha), was conferred with the \u2018First Prize\u2019 in Aluminium (Small) Sector. Both units have rolled out nearly 80 impactful initiatives over the past three years to scale-up energy efficiency at respective locations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Speaking about the awards, Mr. Ajay Kapur, <\/strong><strong>CEO \u2013 Aluminium&amp; Power and MD \u2013 Commercial, Vedanta Ltd., said, <\/strong>\u201cAt Vedanta, we are cognizant of our responsibilities towards ensuring a responsible and sustainable business footprint as we rapidly adapt to an energy-conscious world. We regularly benchmark our energy consumption with the industry\u2019s best and strive towards improving our specific energy consumption. Towards this, we not only improve our process energy efficiencies but also evaluate and incorporate new technologies that have the potential to provide a step change improvement in energy efficiencies. Winning the coveted National Energy Conservation Awards has bolstered our commitment to emerge as the world\u2019s best, lowest cost, most energy efficient and sustainable aluminium producer.\u201d<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-11233 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Vedanta-2-2-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Vedanta-2-2-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Vedanta-2-2-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Vedanta-2-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vedanta Aluminium&amp; Power\u2019s business units have always been forerunners in the field of energy efficiency and sustainability. Some notable initiatives and major highlights are:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Vedanta\u2019s aluminium smelter at Jharsuguda is India\u2019s first, and the world\u2019s third smelter to deploy Digital Smelter Solution, which uses digital twin technology, predictive and prescriptive analytics to enhance energy efficiency, reduceraw material consumption and arrest wastage of material through remote advisory system.<\/li>\n<li>The Jharsuguda smelter is also the firstaluminium smelter in Asia to receive ISO 50001 certificate for Energy Management System since 2013.<\/li>\n<li>Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), the iconic subsidiary of Vedanta Limited, achieved lowest specific power consumption in potlines in 2020, setting a benchmark in India.<\/li>\n<li>Reduction in indirect energy consumption by 8 million Giga Joules between FY19 and FY20 for the business.<\/li>\n<li>Vedanta\u2019s operations have SCADA-based energy monitoring system wherein energy meters are connected to one server and reports are generated automatically. Portable flow meter and power meters have been installed to analyse load deviations.<\/li>\n<li>100% graphitized cathode installation in Jharsuguda\u2019s potline, resulting inenergy conservation of over 49000 MWh per annum.<\/li>\n<li>Initiatives to enhance operational excellence have resulted in reduction of thermal and electrical specific energy by 20% and 24% respectively, and overall specific energy consumption by 22% over the last five years at the Lanjigarh alumina refinery.<\/li>\n<li>All business units have adopted Business Excellence models such as Six Sigma, Quality Circles, Kaizen, etc. to carry out energy conservation projects.<\/li>\n<li>The business is actively exploring renewable energy sources like solar power, biomass and biogas to potentially reduce dependence on thermal power as the primary source of energy. In FY 20, more than 115 million units of renewable power was purchased by the business for consumption.<\/li>\n<li>Against Vedanta\u2019s commitment to reduce the GHG intensity by 16% by 2020 from a 2012 baseline, on completion of the year 2019-20, the Aluminium Business was able to reduce its GHG intensity by 20%.<\/li>\n<li>Vedanta\u2019s \u2018Carbon Forum\u2019, comprising representatives from each of our businesses, is actively working on implementing of the company\u2019s carbon mitigation approach.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vedanta Aluminium&amp; Power, a part of Vedanta Limited, is India\u2019s largest producer of aluminium, producing almost half of India\u2019s aluminium or 1.9 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) in FY20, and is also one of the largest private power producers in the country. It is a leader in value-added aluminium products that find critical applications in core industries. With its world-class smelters, alumina refinery and power plants spread across India, the company fulfills its mission of spurring emerging applications of aluminium as the \u2018Metal of the Future\u2019 for a greener tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, January 15th, 2021 ( Odisha Samachar )- : Vedanta Aluminium, India\u2019s largest producer of aluminium and value-added products, won two first prizes at the prestigious National Energy Conservation Awards 2020 (NECA 2020), for exemplary efforts in energy conservation through best-in-class practices, technology adoption and innovative solutions.Instituted by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[42],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11235,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11232\/revisions\/11235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}