Aluminium industries to focus on reducing energy use

Deliberating on processes to reduce energy consumption by aluminium industries will be the focus of the national conference organized by the Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC) in the city from Monday.

A part of silver jubilee celebrations of JNARDDC, the conference titled 'Energy Efficiency Opportunities and Challenges in Aluminium Industries' will be held in association with Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Maharashtra Energy Development Authority (MEDA), SESA Sterlite Industry, GIZ, Indo-German Energy Program (IGEN) and National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO).

Convener of the conference Mukesh Laddha on Saturday said JNARDDC has been closely associated with BEE since last three years as sector expert for providing technical knowledge and expertise to manage the aluminium sector within Perform, Achieve & Trade (PAT) scheme implemented by National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency. In aluminium industry, energy consumption is a major constituent of the production cost.

RJ Sharma, organizing committee member said the conference will help in identifying most of the areas, right from bauxite processing to downstream areas including captive power plant, where there is a scope for further energy reduction. "It will be beneficial for the participants, primary as well as secondary aluminium manufacturers in the country, particularly for implementation of the PAT scheme," added Sharma.

Scientist Upendra Singh informed that Ajay Mathur, director general of BEE, will inaugurate the conference on the JNARDDC premises. Abhijith Patil, President and CEO, SESA Sterlite, Jens Burgotorf, programme director, IGEN (GIZ), and V Balasubramaniyam from NALCO will be the other guests on the occasion.

Anupam Agnihotri, chairman of the organizing committee and JNARDDC director, said at present the economic slowdown and London Metal Exchange price not supporting the primary producers has left them with no choice but to improve the energy performance for optimizing cost of production and also to reduce impact on environment and depleting natural resources.

Government of India enacted the Energy Conservation Act, 2001, and established BEE in March, 2002. The Act provides for institutionalizing and strengthening delivery mechanism for energy efficiency services in the country and provides the much-needed coordination between various entities.

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