(a) whether in view of shortage of energy, any scheme has been formulated for conservation
of energy in steel production;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the quantum of energy saved on average per tonne production of steel and annual details
thereof for the last three years;
(d) whether any incentive plan has been formulated for energy conservation by the companies
engaged in steel production; and
(e) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STEEL (SHRI A. SAI PRATHAP)
(a)&(b): Under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), eight National Missions have
been identified for achieving key goals in the context of climate change. The second National
Mission namely, the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE) aims to significantly
scale up implementation of energy efficiency in industrial sector including iron & steel industry
in India. The flagship programme of NMEEE is “Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT)â€, which is a market,
based mechanism to enhance cost effectiveness of improvements in energy efficiency in energy-intensive,
through certification of energy savings that could be traded.
The steel companies like Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) and
Tata Steel Ltd. have also undertaken massive modernization/expansion programme which inter-alia includes
schemes for energy conservation also.
(c): The quantum of specific energy consumption (in giga calorie including savings thereof,
if any, per tonne of crude steel) in the steel companies stated above are given below:-
S.No. COMPANY 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
1. SAIL 6.95 6.74 6.72
2. RINL 5.95 6.11 6.09
3. Tata Steel 6.56 6.587 6.125 Ltd.