RINL-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant observed National Energy Conservation Day on Monday in the presence of Chairman and Managing Director A. K. Saxena, and other management staff.
Speaking on the occasion RINL-VSP general manager in-charge (E,E&U) K. Sudhakar said that RINL has been a pioneer in adopting energy-efficient technologies, including Coke Dry Quenching (CDQ), Top Pressure Recovery Turbine, LD Gas Recovery, Sinter Cooler Waste Heat Recovery, PCI in Blast Furnace, Billet Caster, and power generation from Blast Furnace gas.
Chairman and Managing Director A. K. Saxena urged employees to focus on reducing energy consumption across all operations to achieve cost reduction. He emphasized the need for the RINL collective to reduce fuel rates, particularly in the Blast Furnace, and to concentrate on improving techno-economic parameters. He congratulated RINL on winning the CII Energy Efficient Unit Award for the current year and appreciated the Energy and Environment Management Department for organising an extensive energy conservation awareness campaign across departments and schools through various programs conducted in this month.
About 3,500 people participated in various programmes under the energy conservation awareness campaign.
