Rajpura Plant: Lowest Emission Intensity

Chandigarh, Aug 13 (PTI) Nabha Power Limited (NPL) on Wednesday said its Rajpura thermal power plant has been named as the country's best-performing supercritical coal-based thermal power plant for emission intensity by think tank '? Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

It said it is in the below 800MW capacity unit category.

NPL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro. The thermal power plant is located in Punjab's Patiala district.

In its latest report titled 'Decarbonizing the Coal-based Thermal Power Sector in India: A Roadmap', released recently, CSE evaluated the emission intensity of all coal-based thermal power plants in India and identified Rajpura plant among the top performers, the company said in a statement.

According to CSE, Rajpura plant achieved an emission factor of 0.84 tonne/MWh, a benchmark among all supercritical power units in the country. This is significantly better than the national average emission factor of 0.97 tonne/MWh.

The CSE report also highlighted the plant's auxiliary power consumption rate of 4.62 per cent, the lowest in the sector, it said.