Energy Management – one of the key levers of carbon negative roadmap
Effective Energy Management for a Better Tomorrow
We’re building a better future by optimising our current energy usage, transitioning towards adopting better solutions and collaborating with our stakeholders to further our energy-specific goals. This is significant to us from an enterprise sustainability perspective as energy productivity involves generating more economic value per unit of energy consumption. Since cement production is an energy-intensive process, responsible use of energy is essential.
We have put into effect our effective energy management strategy to map our commitment of doubling energy productivity by 2030. We have meticulously planned our interventions to remain competitive in our energy management practices that include reducing our energy usage and greenhouse emissions as well as scaling up our utilisation of renewable energy sources.
Our Strategic Energy Management Approach
We are accelerating our sustainable energy adoption drive by making consistent efforts to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels and better manage energy usage across the production value chain. Our energy productivity, as compared to FY11 baseline, has advanced by 57% (FY 24) within 60% time-lapse since target was taken in 2016.
Our cement manufacturing units follow a Plan-Do-Check-Act based Energy Management System (ISO 50001) for baseline determination, energy management targets, internal and third-party audits, and continual improvement to remain focused on energy management.
Our investments in state-of-the-art technologies in energy efficiency measures include dry kilns, pre-calciners and multi-stage suspension preheaters or cyclones to make energy use more efficient.
We’re Encouraging Renewable Energy Innovation:
Use of low pressure drop and high efficiency cyclones instead of conventional cyclones in Preheaters
Pressure drop reduction through additional parallel cyclone at the top stage
High efficiency pollution control devices
Use of Vertical Roller Mills for raw material and cement grinding
VFDs in major energy consuming motors and fans
High efficiency boilers and condensers in the Captive Power Plants
Latest generation Clinker Coolers for high recuperation efficiency
Waste Heat Recovery power generation systems to capture exit gases
Use of waste heat for raw material and fuel drying, thereby eliminating the usage of Hot Air Generators (HAGs) in some plants
Optimisation of Clinker usage in cement
Increasing Alternative fuels and raw materials in cement production process
Focusing on a Carbon Negative Roadmap
At Dalmia Bharat, energy efficiency is a continuous journey and with each innovation and technological solution we are raising the bar not just within the cement sector but also across the nation and globe. In addition, effective energy consumption is directly linked to reducing GHG emissions. By resorting to cleaner and more sustainable methods of producing cement, including energy efficiency and management measures, we are steadily progressing towards meeting our carbon negative goal.
Our cement manufacturing units are covered under the Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme of Bureau of Energy Efficiency and exceeded the PAT targets while earning the energy saving certificates under the scheme.
What Is RCF?
RCF stands for Roof, Column, and Foundation and is the core structural system of any building, responsible for overall stability and load-bearing capacity. Therefore, RCF Strong. Toh Ghar Strong.
