BALCO receives two CII Energy Conservation Awards 2021 for best energy management at its power plants

Bharat Aluminium Company Limited, India's leading aluminium producer, has recently bagged two CII Energy Conservation (ENCON) Awards 2021 for best energy management at its Power Plants. BALCO’s 1200MW Power Plant has become State Winner – Chattisgarh with a 4.75 Star rated certificate, and its 540MW Power Plant has won a 4.25 Star rated certificate in a large scale category. Both of these certificates stand testimony to BALCO’s operational excellence.

 On this important achievement, Abhijit Pati, CEO and Director BALCO, said: "At BALCO, we are committed to maximizing our efforts of energy conservation. With such efforts, we aim to achieve the larger goal of creating a sustainable future for the generations to come and contributing to the expeditious development of the nation. BALCO has been an early adopter of smart technologies for heightened operational efficiencies, which further bolsters energy optimization, safety, and productivity that we have meticulously fostered across the organization. We are dedicatedly driving the Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) dimensions of sustainability for building a greener tomorrow and, therefore, are actively exploring innovations that can help reduce our carbon footprint as early as possible in the creation process."

Congratulating BALCO on receiving this prestigious recognition, Sanjeev Duggal, Managing Director of NTPC GE Power Services Limited, said: "We are proud to be associated with BALCO and work in partnership to achieve business goals, keeping in mind the principles of zero harm, zero waste and zero discharge. Together we will strive for sustainable operations through effective practices of energy management, safety and productivity."

BALCO’s 1200 MW and 540 MW Power Plants are known for various innovative and improvement projects for energy conservation. The plants have ensured 100 per cent utilisation of ETP discharge water, and almost 8000Quality Circle and Kaizen projects have been implemented. In other energy-saving endeavours, BALCO has also reduced power consumption in Potline 1 of its aluminium smelter to become the best potline in India and Gulf countries in power consumption, significantly reducing its carbon footprint.

Earlier, BALCO achieved various other awards for its environmental conservation efforts. Some of those awards include recipient of various awards and accolades for its environmental conservation efforts. BALCO has won the Golden Peacock Award for Energy Efficiency'- 2021, 'CII Energy Efficiency Award', and 'Golden Peacock Sustainability Award'.