Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP) Bangalore released a report, “A Study of Energy Efficiency in the Indian Cement Industry” on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. The report has been prepared in the context of National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency(NMEEE) which is one of the eight missions under the Indian Government initiative – National Action Plan on Climate Change.
Specific Energy Consumption (SEC): The Indian cement industry is the second largest producer of cement in the world after China’s. In 2011, the installed capacity of Indian cement Industry was 244.4 Million Tonnes (Mt), while cement production was 174.29 Mt. The final energy consumed by the Indian cement industry was 607 Peta Joules (PJ) in 2007. This accounted for 9% of the total energy consumed by the industrial sector…
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