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CHLOR-ALKALI SECTOR
GACL hosts sectoral workshop on best practices

in energy effi ciency

Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals
Ltd. (GACL) hosted a sectoral work-
shop on ‘Best Practices in Energy
Effi ciency in Chlor-Alkali Sector: A
Path for Decarbonisation’ at its Dahej
Complex in Gujarat on February 27,
2024.

The event was organised under the
UK-India Technical Assistance Pro-
gramme on ‘Accelerating Smart Power
and Renewable Energy’ (ASPIRE),
by the Foreign Commonwealth and
Development Offi ce (FCDO), Govern-
ment of UK, in partnership with the
Bureau of Energy Effi ciency (BEE),
Ministry of Power, Government of
India.

The workshop covered various BEE. For years, GACL has remained a mechanism to enhance the cost effec-
aspects such as the Perform, Achieve trendsetter in the industry and is com- tiveness through certifi cation of excess
and Trade (PAT) scheme, Carbon mitted to remaining so in the future,” energy saving, which can be traded.
Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS), the he said. Under the National Mission for
Indian carbon market, new emerging Enhanced Energy Effi ciency (NMEEE),
technologies, etc. The event saw participation of BEE introduced the PAT Scheme in
about 100 attendees representing 2007-08 as a signifi cant step towards
During the workshop, stakeholders various government offi cials and rep- energy conservation. GACL, recog-
deliberated on best practices, tech- resentatives from chlor-alkali plants nised as one of the Designated Con-
nologies, and policy interventions across India. These included Head – sumers (DC) in the chlor-alkali sec-
required to accelerate the decarboni- Energy Sector Reforms, British High tor under the PAT Scheme, achieved
sation of the chlor-alkali sector, which Commission; representatives from top-ranking status in the chlor-alkali
is not only energy-intensive, but energy- the BEE; KPMG India; Idam Infra; sector for PAT Cycle-II (FY17 to
sensitive as well. IDEEKSHA Platform; Grasim Indus- FY19), which was honoured by BEE
tries; INEOS Group; HTFE (India on March 1, 2023, in an event held in
Addressing the participants virtu- partner of Centrica Plc, UK); LAT Delhi, where Union Cabinet Minister,
ally, Mr. Swaroop P., Managing Water Ltd., UK; and Carbon Clean, Mr. R. K. Singh launched the IDEEK-
Director, GACL, stated, his company UK. Additionally, about 50 individuals SHA platform.
had achieved the best SEC index ever had the opportunity for a plant visit,
recorded by any unit in the chlor- gaining practical insights into GACL’s The platform serves as a knowl-
alkali sector. “I am also proud to share efforts in energy effi ciency. edge-sharing hub for industrial decar-
that our commitment and efforts have bonisation and energy effi ciency. It
been truly acknowledged through the PAT is a regulatory instrument to covers eight energy-intensive sectors,
award of ‘The Top Performer Desig- reduce specifi c energy consumption including chlor-alkali, facilitating col-
nated Consumer for PAT Cycle-II’ (SEC) in energy-intensive industries, laboration and information exchange
under the chlor-alkali sector in 2023 by with an associated market-based among DCs and technology suppliers.

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