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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CELEBRATING ACHIEVEMENTS
‘Renewables to fulfi l for 65% of India’s energy Entries invited for IChemE’s 30th Global Awards

needs by 2030’ Entries have opened for the Institu- organisations both well-represented Gas, Process Automation & Digitali-
tion of Chemical Engineers’ (IChemE) among the 2023 fi nalists and winners. sation, Process Safety, Research Pro-
About 44% of India’s energy loped, and supported his Global Awards, championing talent Entries are expertly evaluated by a ject, Renewable Energy (new for 2024),
requirements at present come from argument by saying that the and innovation by people, projects and judging panel of senior IChemE mem- Sustainability, Training & Develop-
non-fossil sources and are likely to developed countries’ per organisations across all sectors. The bers and industry experts, with societal ment, Water and Young Researcher.
touch as high as 65% by 2030, much capita emission is perhaps awards are free to enter and open to benefi t, sustainability, and environmen-
higher than what the country pledged at four times the global aver- both IChemE members and non-mem- tal impact, coupled to engineering and The best entry across all categories
the COP Summit in 2021, said Union age. “Developed countries bers around the world. professional excellence, rated highly in will receive the coveted top prize of the
Minister for Power, New & Renewable must realise that no coun- the judging criteria. programme, the ‘Outstanding Achieve-
Energy, Mr. R.K. Singh, while speaking try in the world is going to Covering the breadth of the chemi- ment in Chemical and Process Engineer-
at The Energy and Resources Institute’s compromise on their deve- cal and process industries, 2024 marks For 2024 the awards will be given ing Award.’ The deadline to enter the
(TERI’s) ‘World Sustainable Develop- lopment no matter how the Global Awards’ 30th year of in the categories of Consultancy, Bio- IChemE Global Awards is July 5, 2024.
ment Summit 2024’ on February 9 in many speeches you give. celebrating outstanding professional pharma (new for 2024), Business Start Winners will be announced at the IChemE
New Delhi. You need to vacate carbon achievement. The awards have tradi- Up, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Global Awards Dinner on November 28.
against the world average of 6.8 tonnes, space so that the developing countries can tionally received a diverse array of Industry Project, Innovative Product, For more information and to enter visit
At COP26 held in 2021 in Glasgow, he asserted. develop,” he added. entries, with small teams and multinational Innovative Process (new for 2024), Oil & www.icheme.org/globalawards.
India had committed to an ambitious INVERTED DUTY STRUCTURE
fi ve-part “Panchamrit” pledge. They “Developed countries have become Further, he said that developed
included reaching 500-GW of non- developed by using fossil fuels. 77% of countries must be assisted with fi nance SEA calls for import restrictions on fi nished products
fossil electricity capacity; generating half the legacy carbon dioxide load on our and access to technology. “We need to
of all energy requirements from renew- planet earth was caused directly by them, bring down the price of energy transi- to protect oleochemicals industry
ables; to reducing emissions by 1-bil- which has led to the rise in global tem- tion, otherwise it won’t come down,”
lion tonnes by 2030. India also aims to perature. Whereas India with 17% of the the minister said. Later, the minister The Solvent Extractors Association domestic oleochemicals industry is facing “Imports of finished products
reduce the emissions intensity of GDP global population contributes to just 3% also announced the setting up of a Cen- (SEA) of India has urged the govern- “severe existential threat” due to “large should be placed under restricted items
by 45 %. Finally, India commits to of the legacy carbon dioxide load,” he tre for Energy Transition in Hyderabad, ment to protect the domestic oleochemi- scale import” of fi nished products like list or the government should impose
net-zero emissions by 2070. said. He suggested that developing coun- as a collaborative initiative between the cals industry by curbing import of stearic acid and refi ned glycerine at 5% import duty on these products with
tries need carbon space to become deve- Government of India and TERI. fi nished products, including stearic acid duty and soap noodles and oleic acid at additional duty of 25 percent on imported
“At COP26 we pledged that by and refi ned glycerine, or by imposing ‘nil’ duty from countries in South-East raw material like refi ned palm stearin,”
2030 we will have 50% of our capacity Styrenix Performance Materials import duties. Asia – mainly Malaysia, Indonesia and it said. The industry body has urged the
which will be non-fossils, mostly re- Thailand. SEA has requested the gov- government to allow duty-free imports
newables. In fact, it would be actually awards contract to Mott MacDonald In a representation made to ernment to take immediate steps to of all required raw materials to oleo-
60-65%. We will be way beyond what Union Food and Commerce Minister, safeguard the interests of the domestic chemical players having splitting,
we pledged,” the minister said. for ABS expansion project Mr. Piyush Goyal, SEA noted that the industry. distillation and hydrogenation plants.

He said that 103-GW of renewable Styrenix Performance Materials GREEN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
capacity is under construction in India, (formerly Ineos Styrolution India
and 71-GW is under bid, which accord- Ltd.) has awarded an engineering con- BPCL unveils India’s fi rst indigenous alkaline electrolyser
ing to him was unmatched. sultancy contract to Mott MacDonald Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. prototype, developed in collaboration to produce 5-mtpa of green hydrogen
for its brownfi eld expansion project to
“Our rate and speed and scale of the increase the capacity of its ABS plant (BPCL) has introduced the fi rst indi- with the Bhabha Atomic Research Cen- by 2030. In pursuit of this goal, BPCL
energy transition is perhaps unmatched. from 85-ktpa to 210-ktpa. The con- genous alkaline electrolyser in India, tre (BARC). The prototype was show- has outlined plans to establish a 5-MW
marking a significant technological cased by Mr. G. Krishnakumar, Chair-
green hydrogen plant at the Bina Refi -
We are the only one issuing bids for tract is expected to be executed in six advancement in the energy sector. man & Managing Director, BPCL. nery and a 500-KW capacity integra
round-the-clock renewable energy. We months from the date of letter of intent ted hydrogen refuelling station at
are the only country adding storage as (LoI). nitrile-Butadiene-Styrene) and SAN The unveiling took place at the Alkaline electrolyser technology is Cochin International Airport Ltd. (CIAL),
a mission to bring the price of storage (Styrene-Acrylonitrile) engineering ‘India Energy Week 2024’ held recently in crucial for achieving high cell effi ciency which will operate hydrogen-fuelled
down,” he said. India’s per capita emis- Styrenix Performance Materials is thermoplastics and operates four Quitol, Goa, with Prime Minister Narendra and durability in an alkaline environ- buses at the airport in partnership with
sion is one of lowest at 2.0-2.6 tonnes, a leading producer of ABS (Acrylo- production facilities in Gujarat
Modi reviewing the operation of this ment, and align with India’s ambition bus manufacturer, Ashok Leyland.

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