Compliance with the revised emission norms issued by the environment ministry in December 2015 remains tardy, and […]
In December 2015, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) notified emission norms for coal-based […]
The coal-based thermal power industry is responsible for a significant share of emissions by the country’s industrial […]
In order to minimise the harmful impact of emissions, the thermal power industry is now increasingly using […]
Thermal power plants (TPPs) are among the largest industrial consumers of water. Among TPPs, coal-based power plants […]
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEF&CC) notified new emission norms for thermal power plants […]
India is the largest emitter of sulphur dioxide (SO2) in the world. SO2 emissions are a significant […]
The environmental norms notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in December 2015 have […]
Thermal power stations emit significant amounts of fly ash and ultra-fine particles into the atmosphere. Electrostatic precipitators […]
With nearly 87.8 per cent of the total industrial water being used in thermal power plants (TPPs) […]
Apart from being the largest source of electricity supply in the country, with over 75 per cent […]
Flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) is one of the key technology solutions used at thermal power plants (TPPs) […]
The emission control norms notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in December 2015 […]
Emissions from coal combustion include particulates, sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and high levels of CO2. […]
Water is one of the key input requirements for thermal power generation. It is required for various […]
Before the new environment norms were put in place in December 2015, there were no rules to […]
Indian coal has a high ash content of 35-45 per cent, and its combustion causes significant air […]