RINL VSP has organized its 2nd Stakeholders meeting on clean development mechanism projects in Visakhapatnam Steel Plant at its centre for HRD.

The Projects undertaken under this scheme are Power Generation from Cooling of Coke in Coke Oven Battery 4, Waste Heat Recovery from Circular Cooler in Sinter Machine 3, Installation of Energy efficient Furnace in Sinter Machine 3, Recovery of LD Gas from Converter 4&5 in SMS II and Generation of Steam using BF Gas in Boiler 6. VSP is taking up these projects with the intention of reducing Green House Gases emissions by about 300,000 tonnes annually and mitigate adverse climatic changes and in the process claim CDM benefits.

The meeting was attended by officials of Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, representatives of Non Governmental Organizations, officials and employees of VSP and union leaders and members of Women in Public Sector Undertakings.

Mr KV Rao assistant environmental engineer of Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, who co chaired the meeting with Mr MV Rao GM of VSP, complimented RINL VSP for taking up these projects to reduce global warming and advised them to take up more such projects.

Participants have raised various questions with regard to CDM Cycle and RINL VSP's approach. They appreciated RINL VSP's concern for cleaner environment and requested to incorporate more energy efficient features in expansion and modernization of existing units and explore the possibility of utilizing renewable energy resources so as to reduce Green House Gases so that future generations could be benefited.

The stakeholders' comments will be incorporated in respective Project Design Documents of the above projects. The completed Project Design Documents will be submitted to Designated National Authority (Under Ministry of Environment & Forest) for approval.