GE’s Powering Efficiency COE helps Hindalco reduce Power Generation Cost

GE has announced that it has signed an agreement with Hindalco Industries Ltd. to upgrade upgrade generation equipment at its Renusagar Captive Power Plant located in Uttar Pradesh, India with its Powering Efficiency Center of Excellence (COE).

GE’s Powering Efficiency COE brings together cross-business experts in its energy businesses to apply a total plant hardware and software solution approach to boost the efficiency of the world’s new and existing coal-fired power plants and to significantly reduce their emissions.

The steam turbine modernization’s provided by GE will help increase the plant’s efficiency by up to 6 percent and reduce the cost of power generation by $15 million over five years and will also increase turbine output up to 4 MW each—improving the efficiency of the plant and extending the life of the units by 20 years.

Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Renusagar, Renukoot and Mahan) CEO, S.N. Jajoo said that they are pleased to collaborate with GE on this project to demonstrate the feasibility of upgrading their existing steam turbines, which will allow them to increase the output, efficiency and performance of their existing fleet of plants. Power is among the largest cost components in the manufacturing of aluminium—approximately 33 to 35 percent of the total cost per ton of aluminium manufacturing is attributed to power expenses.

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