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Industry & Economy
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Cement Cement cos’ energy consumption seen falling Phalguna Jandhyala Hyderabad, April 20 The domestic cement industry’s average thermal energy consumption is likely to come down to 710 kcal/kg of clinker in the next two years, according to a report released by the CII-Green Business Centre. The report also states that in the next two years the average electricity consumption will fall to around 78 kWh for a tonne of cement. This is in comparison to the average electricity consumption of 82 kWh/tonne and thermal energy consumption of 725 kcal/kg in 2005-06. “The improvements in energy performance in the recent past have been possible largely due to retrofitting and adoption of energy efficient equipment, better operational control and optimisation,” Mr G. Jayaraman, Chairman of Cementech 2008 and Executive President of Birla Cement Corporation, told Business Line on the sidelines of a two-day conference here. He added that companies have also upgraded the process control and instrumentation facilities, which have helped them in energy performance. According to estimates, the energy requirement of the cement industry is likely to go up by over 50 per cent in the next two years and that is why companies are looking at adopting more efficient and eco-friendly fuels. The total capacity of the industry is likely to touch 350 million tonnes (mt) by the end of the current five year Plan from 185 mt at present. “If the current trend of energy consumption is maintained then in the next five to six years the electrical energy consumption is likely to be between 56-62 kWh a tonne and the thermal energy consumption will be around 650 kcal a kg of clinker,” Mr Jayaraman said. He also said that during the current fiscal there is likely to be a capacity addition of around 40 mt and most of the new plants which are coming up have adopted better energy practices. Mr Jayaraman said that some of the cement plants in India were operating with specific energy consumption numbers, which are the best in world. “The cost of energy has been the predominant driving factor for such advancement in energy efficiency. However, we cannot do a like-to-like comparison with factories in the Western countries as the operational time of the plants here is much more than in Western countries. Also, the plants there have superior quality of coal, power situation is better and also may of them use oil and gas. So the situations are totally different,” he said. More Stories on : Cement | Power
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