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It is submitted that the point-wise clarifications raised by the Chief Environmental Engineer (B) have been furnished by the industry, which are reproduced as under:
1. The renewed Boiler Licence pertains to a 75 TPH capacity boiler manufactured by M/s RIBO Industries Pvt. Ltd., Tamil Nadu (Maker’s No. RIBO-007) and issued by the Director of Boilers, Punjab. Earlier, a 70 TPH capacity boiler was originally installed in the year 2009 for firing cotton stalk biomass. However, due to a significant decline in cotton cultivation and a corresponding increase in paddy cultivation, the said boiler was subsequently replaced with a RIBO make vibrating grate boiler, designed for 100% direct paddy straw bale firing.
This change is duly supported by crop sowing data issued by the Agriculture Department, as paddy straw is presently the only biomass fuel available in sufficient quantity to meet the plant’s fuel requirement of 450 TPD. It is further submitted by the industry that there is no change in the plant’s power generation capacity, which remains 14.5 MW.
2. The installed generating capacity of the plant is 14.5 MW. As per the prevailing norms, Environmental Clearance (EC) is not required for biomass-based power plants having an installed capacity of less than 15 MW.
3. There has been an increase in fixed assets from ₹104 crore to ₹215 crore, which includes machinery capitalization amounting to ₹86 crore. This increase has not resulted in any enhancement in electricity generation capacity.
The net addition of ₹86 crore represents total machinery additions of ₹133 crore, offset by ₹47 crore worth of assets that were scrapped during the same period. The detailed break-up of machinery additions amounting to ₹133 crore has been enclosed as an attachment.
Submitted for kind information and further necessary action, please. |
