MoP - Ministry of Power

ET is being set up at 75 Acres of land at Greater Noida.
The construction of the building has started and is likely to
be completed by October 2008.
ET has already started its research activities in-house and
through networking with established research institutes in
India. In this direction ET has networked with 9 institutes
for 13 research projects in the areas like carbon
sequestration, power plant efficiency improvement, waste
heat utilization, flue gas conditioning etc. These projects
are in the different stages of development.
NTPC has recently signed a MoU with BARC, Mumbai for
the Development of Automated Boiler Tube Inspection
System for Coal Based Thermal Power Plants.
NTPC has also entered into a MoU with Heavy Water Board,
Mumbai for the transfer of Ammonia Based Flue Gas
Conditioning technology to NTPC, on non-exclusive basis,
for its use in NTPC power stations.
18.0 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
NTPC with the goal of achieving sustainable development
of the power sector in the country has taken a number of
dedicated and growth oriented measures for improvements
in the areas of Environment Management in its various
business units. A number of measures have since been
taken for improving environment of NTPC stations.
Emissions of pollutants through air/ water/ soil routes from
any industry are obvious points of concern from environment
protection point of view and therefore such emissions are
to be further controlled through proper technology and
management. From thermal power plants using coal as fuel,
emissions and management of Suspended Particulate
Matter (SPM) is very important. Although NTPC has been
complying with all statutory requirements for SPM
emissions, but to maintain SPM emission below statutory
limits on sustained basis, the organization has signed an
MOU with Heavy Water Board, Government of India for
use of Ammonia based Flue Gas Conditioning (AFGC)
technology in its plants. The system is under implementation
at 5 stations of NTPC to assess its effectiveness in bringing
down SPM emission.
NTPC has taken several initiatives for water management
through water conservation and wastewater recirculation
and re-use in its plants. Advanced treatment facilities,
recycling plants and closed cycle cooling water systems
have been installed in a number of stations to conserve
water to the maximum extent. To recycle and re-use waste
water, NTPC has installed recycling systems for ash pond
effluent called Ash Water Recirculation System – AWRS
and for main plant effluent called Liquid Waste Treatment
Plants – LWTP at a number of stations. Further, NTPC has
installed Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at all stations.
These plants have helped not only in complying with
statutory norms but also to conserve precious fresh water.
In order to continuously monitor environmental parameters
of emissions, ambient air and effluents on sustained basis,
adoption of automation in monitoring techniques has been
taken up in NTPC. Award has been placed for installation of
continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System (AAQMS)
in all NTPC stations and the system is presently under
execution stage. It is also proposed to install continuous
Stack Emission Monitors (SEM) for SPM, NOX, SOX, CO2
etc at all NTPC plants. Further, it is also proposed
to procure portable systems for monitoring of key
environment parameters.
NTPC has been taking up a number of scientific studies
proactively through reputed Institutes/ Consultants.
The following studies were taken up during the year 2007-08 :
Water balance and conservation studies were
conducted at a number of stations to study overall
water management of the stations and to deduce
further potential for water conservation through
recycle and reuse to achieve near zero discharge.
Fly ash leachate study was conducted at NTPC
Badarpur which reveals that there is no
contamination of ground water due to leaching of
heavy metals from ash dykes.
As a result of pursuing sound environment management
systems and practices, all NTPC stations have been certified
with ISO 14001 by reputed accredited and certifying agencies.
19.0 SAFETY
The protection of workers against injury and disease has
always been a key issue for the NTPC and Occupational
Safety at workplace is one of the concerns & utmost
importance is given to provide the safe working environment
and create Safety awareness among the employees. Safe
methods are practiced in all areas of Operations &
Maintenance (O&M) and Construction & Erection (C&E)
activities. Safety clauses in general conditions of contracts
for C&E and O&M activities are revised and being
implemented. Regular plant inspections, internal
and external safety audits are carried out at each Project/
Station. Safety training to employees and contract workers
is our culture.
Workers Participation in Safety Management is promoted
through Safety Committees, Safety Circles, Safety
Taskforces and Safety Stewards Schemes. Disasters
Management Plans are reviewed and regular mock drills
are conducted at all the projects/ stations to familiarize the
employees and to meet any emergency. Workplace
monitoring and medical examination of the employees are
being carried out to create safe working conditions at
work place.
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