UNDP, Australian Aid helping Indian small steel firms in energy efficiency
Updated: Apr 16, 2014 12:07:57pm
New Delhi, Apr 16 (KNN) The UNDP and Australian Aid are moving forward with a key programme for India to support energy efficient production in small scale steel industry in India.
In this context, the two organisations are now engaged in the process of selecting cluster level agencies for the programme which will support implementation of energy efficient production in small scale steel industry in India.
Currently, UNDP is implementing a project titled “Up-scaling energy efficient production in small scale steel industry in India”. Initiated in July 2013, it aims to scale-up adoption of energy efficient technologies in small scale steel industry in India.
It seeks to facilitate the diffusion of energy efficient low carbon technologies in the secondary “Steel re-rolling Mill” and “Electric Induction Furnace (EIF)” sector to bring down end-use energy level, improve productivity and cost competitiveness, and to reduce associated emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) and related pollutant levels.
The project will provide technical assistance and financial incentive to the 300 shortlisted units from the SRRM / EIF sector towards implementation of energy efficient (EE) technologies.
The targeted clusters and the estimated number of units targeted in the cluster are MandiGobindgarh (80) Ludhiana and Kalamb (40), Raipur (60), Nagpur, Hyderabad and Indore (30) Coimbatore, Palakkad (20), Wada, Nashik, Goa, Silvasa (20), Bhavanagar, Ahmedabad, Sihor, Kutch (50), Jalna, Aurangabad (10), Durgapur, Giridh, Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Kolkata (20) Chennai, Hosur, Salem (20), Guwahati, Shillong (10), Jaipur, Bhiwadi, Ajmer, Muzzfarnagar, Haridwar, Lucknow,Kanpur, Ghaziabad (20), making a total of 380 clusters.
Small-scale steel re-rolling mills produce 65 per cent of long steel products in India which is the world’s fourth largest producer of steel. Typically associated with high levels of pollution and inefficient resource use, these units consume one percent of energy consumed in India.
The partnership between the Ministry of Steel and UNDP has demonstrated that units which have adopted a series of measures to improve energy efficiency can save energy costs by 25-30 per cent and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 per cent, reports have said. (KNN/ES)
In this context, the two organisations are now engaged in the process of selecting cluster level agencies for the programme which will support implementation of energy efficient production in small scale steel industry in India.
Currently, UNDP is implementing a project titled “Up-scaling energy efficient production in small scale steel industry in India”. Initiated in July 2013, it aims to scale-up adoption of energy efficient technologies in small scale steel industry in India.
It seeks to facilitate the diffusion of energy efficient low carbon technologies in the secondary “Steel re-rolling Mill” and “Electric Induction Furnace (EIF)” sector to bring down end-use energy level, improve productivity and cost competitiveness, and to reduce associated emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) and related pollutant levels.
The project will provide technical assistance and financial incentive to the 300 shortlisted units from the SRRM / EIF sector towards implementation of energy efficient (EE) technologies.
The targeted clusters and the estimated number of units targeted in the cluster are MandiGobindgarh (80) Ludhiana and Kalamb (40), Raipur (60), Nagpur, Hyderabad and Indore (30) Coimbatore, Palakkad (20), Wada, Nashik, Goa, Silvasa (20), Bhavanagar, Ahmedabad, Sihor, Kutch (50), Jalna, Aurangabad (10), Durgapur, Giridh, Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Kolkata (20) Chennai, Hosur, Salem (20), Guwahati, Shillong (10), Jaipur, Bhiwadi, Ajmer, Muzzfarnagar, Haridwar, Lucknow,Kanpur, Ghaziabad (20), making a total of 380 clusters.
Small-scale steel re-rolling mills produce 65 per cent of long steel products in India which is the world’s fourth largest producer of steel. Typically associated with high levels of pollution and inefficient resource use, these units consume one percent of energy consumed in India.
The partnership between the Ministry of Steel and UNDP has demonstrated that units which have adopted a series of measures to improve energy efficiency can save energy costs by 25-30 per cent and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 per cent, reports have said. (KNN/ES)
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