The 1200 MW Angul (Odisha) thermal power plant of National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) has been certified under the Energy Management System. The captive power plant, located near the company’s aluminium smelter, has been certified to the ISO 50001:2011 by Det Norske Veritas (DNV), a Nalco release said.
The public sector company has installed various systems at its power generation plant under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), including installation of a continuous blow down heat recovery system and a pilot-cum-demonstration project for carbon sequestration by algae for managing and storing carbon dioxide.