NALCO unit gets award for conserving energy

BHUBANESWAR: The Mines and Refinery Complex of the National Aluminium Company Limited ( NALCO) has been honoured with the National Energy Conservation Award.

This award has been given in appreciation of its laudable efforts in the arena of energy conservation, specific to the aluminium sector for 2012.

The Mines & Refinery Complex of NALCO, situated at Damanjodi, Koraput, Odisha, has emerged as the only unit to achieve this award in the aluminium sector in the year 2012, a company release said today.

On behalf of the company, V Balasubramanyam, Executive Director (Production) received the award from Neerja Mathur, Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority (CEA), during the National Energy Conservation Award Function held yesterday in New Delhi, it said.

The Mines & Refinery Complex has achieved a significant reduction of 9.78 per cent in specific electrical energy consumption and 2.34 per cent reduction in specific thermal energy consumption in 2011-12 as compared to 2010-11, the release added.