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SME Times News Bureau | 28 Sep, 2020
State-run NTPC Ltd has invited
bids for procurement of biomass pellets for its various thermal plants
on domestic competitive basis (DCB) as part of its endeavour to reduce
burning of crop residue on farmlands that cause air pollution.
The
power producer has envisaged consumption of five million tonnes of
pellets in the current year at its 17 its power plants including NTPC
Korba (Chhattisgarh), NTPC Farakka (West Bengal), NTPC Dadri (Uttar
Pradesh), NTPC Kudgi (Karnataka), NTPC Sipat (Chhattisgarh), and NTPC
Rihand (Uttar Pradesh).
NTPC had first undertaken this initiative
on pilot basis in 2017 for biomass co-firing by replacing some of the
coal with pellet-based fuel at NTPC Dadri, Uttar Pradesh. Post
successful implementation, it now plans to replicate the model in 17 of
its plants.
The invitation for bids would be done through
e-tendering at SRM Portal. The bidding process will be followed by the
'Single Stage - Two Envelope' Bidding System.
"NTPC is confident
that co-firing will help create large scale rural employment
opportunities in processing as well as supply chain for biomass," the
company said in a statement on Sunday.
The power producer will give preference to bids from suppliers from Punjab and Haryana.
NTPC
had fired 100 tonnes of agro residue-based pellets at Dadri, Uttar
Pradesh in 2017. The test-firing was carried out in four phases, with
gradual increase in percentage of firing from 2.5 per cent to 10 per
cent along with coal. Till date, the company has fired more than 7,000
tonnes of agro residue pellets.
As per estimates, about 145 MMTPA
of crop residue remains unutilised and most of it is burnt in India in
the open fields, creating severe air pollution that leads to health
issues. Open burning of agro residue is considered a major contributor
to the surge in PM 2.5 in northern India in the post-harvesting season.
"With
its gross calorific value comparable to the bituminous coal, the power
generation potential of the entire 145 MMTPA biomass burnt through
co-firing in coal-based power plants is equivalent to 28,000-30,000 MW
of round-the-clock generation of renewable power which can produce the
same amount of electrical energy as can be produced from solar capacity
of 125,000-150,000 MW," the NTPC statement said.
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