India’s largest power giant NTPC has begun collaboration with cement manufacturers across the country to supply fly ash as part of its effort to achieve 100 per cent utilisation of the by-product produced during power generation. Utilisation of by-product is one of the key focus areas at NTPC. The power producer is leveraging Indian Railways’ extensive network to transport fly ash in an economical and environment-friendly manner.

As per a statement issued by NTPC Ltd, NTPC Rihand is the first power plant in UP to send conditioned fly ash to cement manufacturers.

The plant recently transported 3,834 Metric tonnes (MT) of conditioned fly ash in 59 BOXN wagons to Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd.’s plant at Nagaon, Assam. Earlier, the rail rakes of conditioned fly ash were dispatched to ACC plants in Tikaria (UP), Kymore (MP) and Ropar (Punjab).

During the financial year 2019-20, almost 44.33 million tonnes of fly ash was utilised for various productive purposes. NTPC produces approximately 65 million tonnes of ash annually, out of which 80 per cent (approximately 52 Million MT) is fly ash.

Presently, about 73 per cent of total ash is being utilized for production of cement and fly ash bricks, road embankment construction, mine filling, low-lying land development, and ash dyke raising.

With a total installed capacity of 62.9 GW, NTPC Group has 70 power stations comprising 24 coal, seven combined cycle gas/liquid fuel, 1 hydro, 13 renewables along with 25 subsidiary and JV power stations. The group has over 20 GW of capacity under construction, including 5 GW of renewable energy projects.

This initiative will help NTPC in achieving 100 per cent utilisation of the by-product generated during power production and transporting fly ashes to cement manufacturers across the country.

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