Power industry seeks relaxation of fly ash disposal norms

“The requirement of 100% fly ash utilisation could also be waived for FY21 and FY22 and no monetary penalties ought to be imposed on thermal energy crops throughout this era,” APP requested.

With demand for fly ash coming down from cement and brick manufacturing models, energy crops have requested the Union ministry of setting, forest and local weather change to not impose monetary penalties if they’re unable to utilise all of the fly ash produced from energy era.

Thermal crops are speculated to utilise 100% of fly ash from the fourth yr of operation. Over 25% of fly ash produced from energy crops is utilized by the cement business. Bricks and tile makers eat about 10% and one other 10% is utilised for making roads and flyovers. Greater than 5% of the fly ash is used for the reclamation of low mendacity areas.

“From March 2020 onwards, the demand for fly ash from cement crops, brick manufacturing models and street development companies had come to an entire cease throughout the lockdown interval,” the Affiliation of Energy Producers mentioned in a letter to the setting ministry. “Whereas demand was exhibiting some indicators of restoration within the intervening interval, it crashed once more throughout the second wave of the pandemic and its associated lockdown/curfew measures imposed throughout the nation,” the letter, reviewed by FE, added.

The 101 energy crops monitored in FY20 generated 226 million tonnes of fly ash within the fiscal, of which, 83% may very well be utilised. Of those, 47 crops had achieved 100% utilisation whereas the utilisation of one other 14 models ranged between 90% and 100%. “The requirement of 100% fly ash utilisation could also be waived for FY21 and FY22 and no monetary penalties ought to be imposed on thermal energy crops throughout this era,” APP requested.