New Delhi: Public sector Coal India Ltd. (CIL) has decided to make its operations energy efficient and has committed to reducing carbon emissions by more than 60,000 tonnes this year. According to the statement of the Ministry of Coal, Coal India, which accounts for more than 80 percent of coal production in the country, has prepared a five-year plan apart from immediate steps to reduce carbon emissions.
Coal India is committed to achieving the target of carbon emission reduction of over 60,000 tonnes by the end of this year, which will be a huge success, the statement said. Coal India has laid special emphasis on energy efficiency measures to reduce carbon emissions in its areas of operation and the company is moving in this direction with various measures to reduce carbon emissions in the mining operations of all its coal-producing companies. has been
Coal companies are implementing energy efficiency measures in many areas like their residential areas, buildings, offices, industrial establishments, etc. apart from efficient management of power supply. However, the biggest reductions in carbon emissions are associated with various activities related to mining such as the use of heavy machines (HEMM), transportation, ventilation, pumping, etc.
CIL’s emphasis is on converting the vast fleet of HEMM equipment operating at departmental level or on contract basis to LNG instead of diesel. This will not only be a major breakthrough towards cutting costs, but will also lead to reduction in carbon emissions.
CIL has taken initiative to take up pilot projects in collaboration with GAIL in some of CIL’s mines before commencing bulk use of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas). Apart from this, Coal India has decided to use electric vehicles to reduce carbon emissions. Under this, around 1,500 e-vehicles will be used in all mining areas of CIL over the next five years. Around 200 e-vehicles are expected to be operational by the end of this year.
According to the statement, CIL will replace about 5,000 conventional ACs and other equipment with energy-efficient equipment in its various installations. Similarly, to save energy, about 2.5 lakh LED lights will be installed in place of conventional lights. The old fans in offices will be replaced with more than one lakh low power consumption fans. Through these energy-efficient measures, Coal India plans to reduce carbon emissions by about 2.5 lakh tonnes in the next five years.
