Central Pollution Control Board has released guidelines on the design construction, O&M, and annual certification of coal ash ponds. The combustion of coal in Thermal Power Plant (TPP) produces Coal Combustion Residues (CCRs) which is a collective term referring to fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag, and fluidized bed combustion ash. After ignition at high…
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has been released new draft rule called as Agro Residue Utilization by Thermal Power Plants Rules, 2023. All thermal power plants located in the area under the jurisdiction of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas, established under “The Commission for…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on 31st December 2021 has notified the norms for fly ash utilization notification for coal fired power plants. Now, on 30th December 2022 new notification has been published with some new update. The ash generated from coal or lignite based thermal power plants shall be utilized only for the…
MOEFCC has released The Environment (Protection) Second Amendment Rules, 2022 for thermal power plant. According to The Environment (Protection) Second Amendment Rules, 2022, all thermal power plant has to comply with given SO2 emission & other parameters before 31st December 2022. In this rule, Thermal plants are categorized into 3 categories. Category 1 – Location…