Bangkok--27 Jun--Bureau Veritas
Bureau Veritas Certification is pleased to announce that the Thermal Power Station of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. in Dahanu in India is the first company and power plant certified to ISO 50001:2011 in the world.
ISO 50001:2011 is the new standard for energy Management developed by the ISO (International Standard Organization), and published officially today, June 15th 2011.
Part of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd., India's largest private sector enterprise in power utility, Dahanu Thermal Power Station has a production capacity of 2 x 250 MW and mainly uses coal as primary fuel. The plant is in operations since 1996 and is the landmark facility of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. in terms of energy conservation.
Amongst the benefits of the implementation of the standard, the most remarkable achievements are :
- A complete review of the consumption of all major auxiliaries/ equipments/ areas including buildings
- Improvement in the monitoring of the consumption over all operations
- The definition of energy use & consumption limits for the most important energy uses and the implementation of deviation control by operation/maintenance operations
On top of operational improvement, Dahanu Thermal Power Station has conducted a series of targeted investments since March 2010. Estimated savings will account for about 96,4 million Indian Rupees yearly after an investment of 18,5 million Indian Rupees, and an average breakeven time of 27 months.
Already recognised for its best-in-class energy practice by many awards, such as the Energy Management Award of the Confederation of the Indian Industry, Dahanu Thermal Power Station is the first company in the world to receive an ISO 50001:2011 certificate. This certification can be awarded for all types of organization and activities, but shows their greatest proficiency of the staff considering the complexity of a power generating facility.
Certification audits were conducted by Energy Efficiency and Carbon team the Mumbai office of Bureau Veritas Certification who originally audited Dahanu Thermal Power Station to EN/BS 16001:2009 in January 2011.
For more information on Reliance Infrastructure Ltd and Dahanu Power station, please visit:
http://www.rinfra.com/kar_energy_generation.html
For more information on ISO 50001:2011 and Bureau Veritas services, please visit:
http://www.bureauveritas.co.th
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