Cement Energy and Environment

Editorial Board N.A. Viswanathan Dr. S.K. Handoo Ashwani Pahuja Executive Advisory Board S.K. Wali - Chairman L. Rajasekar Dr. K.C. Narang Dr. Subrato Chowdhury v.s. Bajaj M. Srinivasan P.L. Subramanian C.Sudhakar Naveen Kumar Sharma Kamal Kumar Assistant Editor K.K. Roy Chowdhury Secretarial Assistance Harish Papnai V. Premanand Anand Ballabh Contact Cement Manufacturers' Association, CMA Tower, A-2E, Sector 24, Noida -201301 (U.P.), India Tel: 91120 2411955/ 57/ 58 Fax: 91120 2411956 E-mail: cmand@cmaindia.org Website: www.cmaindia.org .. ., . : . "' Vol. 14, No.1 Jan-Mar, 2015 ·· .-. .. c -:. II .c- I ., ~~7~!~,:~fi JJ:-.. ~--~- ENVIRONMENT L ~ ~~ 1 • I rl.~ ~:· •• rt• '•LI, • • . _t. • ,,,r [ I h ' CONTENTS·- .._ - • ASSURED OF A STABLE & FUNCTIONAL GOVT By N. Srinivasan, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, The India Cements Ltd. 1-2 • MICROSTRUCTURE, MORPHOLOGY AND GRINDABILITY OF INDIAN CLINKERS AT A GLANCE 3-6 By S P Pandey and P K Tripathy, Dalmia Bharat Ltd, New Delhi • GREEN FIELD PLANTS & EXPANSION 7 • ORIENT CEMENT GULBARGA PLANT TO GO ON STREAM 7 Merger & Acquisition 7 • WAVE OF CEMENT M&AS SEEN AHEAD 7- 8 • ENERGY EFFICIENCY & CONSERVATION 8 • iMPLEMENTATION OF ISO 50001 ENERGY PLANNING PROCESS 8-16 • ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 17 Environment 17 • 'INDIA CEMENT FIRMS EMIT LESS C02THAN US PEERS' 17 • COAL-BASED POWER, TIME TO ADDRESS SUSTAINABILTIY CONCERNS TOO? 17 - 18 • COAL BASED POWER & MERCURY EMISSIONS 18 Climate Change & Global Warming 18 • OUTCOMES OF CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE 2014 AND EVALUATIONS RELATED TO TURKEY 18- 19 • UN OFFICIAL: PARIS MEET WILL BE A LAUNCHING PAD 19- 20 • FLY ASH GENERATION 20 - 23 NEWS BRIEF Energy • GO GREEN; GOVT TARGETS 175,000 MW CLEAN ENERGY BY 2022 • INDIA CANNOT SURVIVE WITHOUT COAL • MERCHANT POWER PLANTS Renewable energy • INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY IN RENEWABLE ENERGY 24 24 24 24- 27 27 -29 29 SECTOR IN INDIA 29 -31