IMFA increases its Solar Power capacity to 4.5 MW at Therubali
Bhubaneswar, (INS) : Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA) commissioned an additional 1.5 MW Solar power plant at its Therubali plant in Rayagada district today,which is inaugurated by Mr Ashok Kumar Behera,Vice President ,Corporate Affairs & Legal, IMFA in presence of GM, OPTCL and othersenior/officials/from/Wesco and CEI.
With the installation of this additional 1.5 MW Solar Power Plant, IMFA’s total solar power generation capacity has now increased to 4.5 MW, which will help in reducing CO2 emission by about 4500 tonnes per/annum. Earlier, the company had installed its first solar power plant of 3MW at its Therubali plant site on 21st June 2017 as an initiative towards reducing carbon footprint. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Behera expressed happiness, calling it as another milestone for IMFA. The entire 4.5 MW solar plant is spread over an area of about 21 acres of land, set up at a cost of Rs 27 crore, the initiative is aimed at addressing REC compliance & the company`s/captive/use.
The company’s operations are benchmarked to global standards through an ‘Integrated Management System’ comprising of quality, environment and occupational health & safety certification.To highlight some of these initiatives at Therubali; we have two water harvesting structures of capacity 1,13,766.97 Cubic meter and 1,18,099.50 Cubic meter respectively to conserve rain water and use it on various plant activities such as road sprinkling ,plantation, & dust suppression etc. Recently, we have constructed two impervious ponds separated by a partition wall having capacity of 2,000 cubic meter each to collect surface run off water with drainage network covering the entire plant area.
About/IMFA
IMFA, founded in 1961 is India’s leading fully integrated producer of ferro chrome with an installed furnace capacity of 187 MVA capable of producing 275,000 tonnes per annum is backed up by 262.5 MW captive power generation capacity (including 4.5 MW solar) and own chrome ore mines. Using state-of-the-art technology and straddling the value chain from mining to smelting, we provide livelihood to more than 6500 families.
IMFA has been featured in Fortune India’s prestigious list of India’s largest midsize companies ‘The Next 500’ for 2018. Some of the other notable recognitions in 2018 were: Corporate Excellence Award 2018, Annual Mines Environment & Mineral Conservation (MEMC) Week awards in various categories for Sukinda & Mahagiri Mines, Kalinga Safety Award 2018 and Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Export Performance (2016-17).