Renewable Energy
(non-fossil)
Floating Solar, Rohtas Cement Plant, Bihar
We’re Consciously Building a Sustainable Energy Future
Cement has always been an energy-intensive sector. But we believe in the possibility for the production process to rectify power fluctuations by effectively managing energy supply with renewable sources. At Dalmia Bharat, we’re doing exactly that! We’re consciously building a sustainable energy future by investing in green and clean energy initiatives. We see this as key to helping, not just India’s cement sector, but the world’s concrete industry as well realise their positive implications to become progressive and sustainable.
Through our consistent efforts, we’re leading the cause for renewable energy adoption and reducing the overall carbon footprint. We are optimistic that these measures will eventually change the world for better by optimising fuel costs, lowering Greenhouse Gas emissions and encouraging sustainability.
We’re unlocking the true potential of Renewable Energy
Our rapid role in adopting clean energy and other fossil-free technologies in our journey to decarbonise our operations is propelling the percentage of renewable energy in the overall energy mix at our cement plants. Being a RE 100-member company, we are committed to a long term transition to 100% renewable electricity as a RE 100 target. Our voluntary carbon negative intent aims to reach 100% RE consumption by 2030 itself.
We are aggressively growing our renewable energy capacity, and are expanding capacities for solar power and WHRS. We are sourcing renewable electricity as part of the total electricity we consume, and to fulfil our commitment, we have also started purchasing hydel power. We are the first Commercial and Industrial (C&I) customer to buy renewable power on the Green Term Ahead Market (GTAM) platform of the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX).
As of FY 2024, our solar capacity is 113MW and WHRS power generation capacity is 72MW through cumulative WHRS capacity within a couple of years. We are working to further ramp up both solar and WHRS power capacities.
We’re Encouraging Renewable Energy Innovation:
Accelerating our drive towards green mobility
We’re spearheading the industry’s transition towards a circular economy with our electric vehicle (EV) fleets to accelerate our sustainability goals of lowering carbon emissions. We were the first in the industry in one of the first industry players. These Heavy-Duty vehicles combined with renewable electricity supply to ensure renewable energy integration will consolidate our position as leaders in sustainability.
Our concrete efforts to introduce innovative solutions that promote sustainable transport as well as increase the decarbonisation of our fleet is in line with our commitment to pave the way for smarter transport that optimises energy use.
Transiting towards sustainable fuel consuming entity
We have targeted to replace 100% fossil based primary energy mix in our cement plants by 2035 through alternative means of sustainable biomass. We expect to do this by using wastelands to further improve the Thermal Substitution Rate (TSR) of biomass fuels in cement kilns.
Similarly, we are progressing to increase sustainable biomass’ fuel share in the primary energy mix at pyro-processing.
By transitioning to clean energy, we want to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions and save energy costs thereby realising our business philosophy of ‘Clean and Green is Profitable and Sustainable’.
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.
