Construction and road projects use fly ash
India’s largest integrated power producer NTPC Ltd, in its endeavour towards 100% utilization of fly ash, has invited Expression of Interest (EOI) for sale of fly ash from the designated ports of the Middle East and other regions.
The tender application commenced on 1 July 2021 and will conclude on 25 July 2021, Ministry of Power said in a release on 4 July 2021.
Fly ash is a by-product of power generation with coal. The fly ash generated at NTPC stations is ideal for use in the manufacture of Cement, Concrete, Concrete Products, Cellular Concrete products as well as for Bricks, Blocks and Tiles.
Sustainable ash utilization is one of the key concern areas at NTPC and it is ensuring sustainable solutions for complete utilisation for it.
NTPC has collaborated with Cement manufacturers around the country to supply fly ash. The power producer is leveraging Indian Railways’ sprawling network to transport fly ash in an economical and environment-friendly manner.
To promote the use of fly ash bricks in building construction, NTPC has set up brick manufacturing kilns at its coal-based power plants. These bricks are being used in plants as well as township construction activities exclusively. On average, 60 million fly ash bricks are being manufactured annually by NTPCs own fly ash brick kilns.
NTPC stations are keeping at least 20% of total fly ash produced in reserve which is supplied to brick, blocks and tiles manufacturers free of cost.
About 9% of the total fly ash produced in NTPCs stations is being used by bricks, blocks and tiles manufacturing units annually.
Further, during the year 2020-21, almost 15 NTPC station have supplied fly ash to various road projects. These projects have used nearly 20 million tonnes of fly ash.
The fly ash utilisation has grown to 80% in the country, said the Ministry, which owns NTPC as one of the state owned enterprises. #manufacturing #tenders #projects /fiinews.com
