industrial development in vijayawada

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Sentini Bioproducts Private Limited, coastal Andhra’s first ethanol plant set up by the Hyderabad-based Sentini group of industries at Gandepalli in Kanchikacherla mandal at a cost of Rs.130 crores, will be formally inaugurated by Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday.

The plant seeks to manufacture ethanol mainly from corn and, if necessary, by using other coarse cereals like sorghum and foxtail millet too.

The ethanol produced in this method is used as an additive to petrol, as the Central government allows mixing of ethanol to petrol to the extent of 10 per cent as a policy of encouraging renewable energy sources and saving fossil fuels.

Sentini Bioproducts Private Limited chairman M. Gopalakrishna, a retired civil servant, and managing director T. Seshagiri Rao, who has successfully set up Sentini Ceramica, a tiles plant near Mudinepalli, said at a press conference on Monday that the plant had been set up with the capacity of producing 1.2 lakh litres of ethanol a day. This would require 300 tonnes of corn, which would be procured from farmers in the western parts of Krishna district, where maize cultivation was extensive, and a few other districts as well. Some quantity had already been procured from local farmers and those of Khammam, Warangal and Karimnagar districts by paying them a price of Rs.8 a kg.

Mr. Seshagiri Rao said his company, from the next Rabi season, would enter into agreements with maize farmers under contract farming to procure the produce directly from them. The Bank of Baroda had come forward to finance this arrangement in about 30,000 acres.

The plant, he said, was a state-of-the-art one with technology support and service from Corn Plus, a Minnesota-based plant that had extensive experience of operating corn-based ethanol and alcohol plants world over. The plant would also manufacture by-products like food grade carbon dioxide used in the bottling of soft drinks and for making dry ice, besides Dry Distilled Grain with Solubles (DDGS), a protein-rich and high-energy food used for poultry and cattle.

ciry · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:30 am Post subject:

Stone laid for nation’s first IGCC plant

IGCC technology being used for first time for high ash coal in India

Project has major implications for nation’s energy strategy: Ramesh

VIJAYAWADA: The nation on Tuesday made a beginning towards using clean coal technologies that can significantly reduce green house gases in thermal power plants when the foundation was laid for the 125 MW Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) plant at Dr. Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Station near here.

R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, and Union Minister of State for Commerce and Power Jairam Ramesh were present on the occasion.

The plant, a joint venture of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation (AP Genco), will come up at a cost of Rs.950 crore and is scheduled to be commissioned in mid-2011.

First time

Though IGCC technology is already in use in the case of low ash coal in several countries, this is the first time that it is being used for high ash coal available in India.

“The National Action Plan on Climate Change that the Prime Minister released on Monday makes a specific mention of this plant, and these kinds of technologies are necessary for our economic growth,” Dr. Chidambaram said. Mr. Ramesh said that the “project has major implications for India’s energy strategy that has to reckon seriously with international concerns on global warming arising out of expanded coal use. Some nations may be telling us not to use more of coal for power generation, but there is no way India can progress without using a lot more coal,” he made it clear.

As he explained, the current consumption of 417 million tonnes of coal was expected to double and reach 800 million tonnes in the next five years.

It would further go up to 1.2 billion tonnes in a decade.

Agreement soon

Mr. Ramesh said that the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and BHEL would sign an agreement in three months to use the IGCC technology to set up a 200-MW plant at Auria in Uttar Pradesh.

He said coal gasification creates the option to produce alternative transportation fuels such as diesel, naphtha and hydrogen.

“This is a significant advantage for India, given the high crude oil prices,” Mr. Ramesh observed.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/02/stories/2008070257080800.htm
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