Sustainable Initiatives towards Environment

‘Better Environment for a better tomorrow’ is the ideology we believe in. UPRVUNL, beyond power generation is committed to protect the environment for a greener future. Clean and sustained power generation are the thoughts which reflect in our actions.

We aim to grow with a sense of responsibility towards environment and future generations. UPRVUNL is committed to protect the ecology through implementation of various state-of-the-art pollution mitigation measures and conserve water resources.

UPRVUNL has adopted a concept of sustainable efforts to minimize wastage of resources and maximize utilization of plant by-product. As a part of our commitment, a dedicated Environment monitoring cell has been setup at corporate and plant level to comply with environment norms and statutory requirements.

Since inception of UPRVUNL plants, pollution control measures have always been a part of their basic framework. UPRVUNL has also firmed its approach with adoption of best practices in the industry , new pollution control technologies and up gradation of old pollution control equipments , to ensure cleaner air and water in and around it’s power stations. Following state of art technologies are installed / being installed to achieve the objective:

• Up-gradation & Retrofitting of Electro-static Precipitators.
• Flue Gas Desulphurization System.
• Low-NOX Burners/SCR/SNCR
• Cooling Towers.
• Ash Dykes & Ash Disposal Systems.
• Ash Water Recycling System.
• Dry Fly Ash Extraction System.
• Liquid Waste Treatment Plants & Management System to ensure Zero Discharge.
• Sewage Treatment Plants & Facilities.

Following are the additional measures take-up by UPRVUNL in the area of Environment Management in its existing and upcoming thermal power plants:

• Environment Management during Operation Phase.
• Monitoring of Environmental Parameters.
• On-Line Data Base Management.
• Environment Review.
• Resources Conservation.
• Hazardous Waste Management.
• Reclamation of Abandoned Ash ponds.
• Green Belt development and Afforestation .
• Municipal waste water usage for power generation.