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SAIL’s Bhilai Steel Plant wins National Energy Conservation Award

December 15: Bhilai Steel Plant, the flagship unit of Maharatna SAIL, has won the National Energy Conservation Award 2014 in the Integrated Steel sector on the basis of the improvement in its energy performance over the previous year, an official release said.

Energy conservation initiatives at SAIL’s Bhilai Steel Plant have led to a saving of Rs. 364 crore during the financial year 2013-14, the release added.

Bhilai Steel Plant has won this award for achieving 5% saving in thermal energy consumption and savings of 2% in electrical energy consumption over the previous year.

Instituted by the Government of India, the National Energy Conservation Award is a prestigious award given every year to give national recognition to the selected Industrial units who have made systematic and serious efforts for efficient utilization and conservation of energy and reduction in energy consumption on year to year basis.

The award is given to industries of various sectors like Iron & Steel, Textiles, Aluminium, Paper & Pulp, Hospitality, Health Care, Tourism, etc.