A proposed plan to encourage ‘clean’ power plants

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Coal-based power is one of the most resource-intensive and polluting industries. In a long-overdue action, on December 7, 2015, the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) introduced stricter environmental standards for coal-based thermal power plants (TPPs) under the Environment Protection Act, 1986. The first deadline to meet the norms was 2017; this was extended to 2022 in 2017 by the Supreme Court.

That, unfortunately, was not the end. There has been constant tweaking of the standards in between: The water and nitrogen oxide (NOx) norms were diluted under pressure from the industry. Later, an effort was made by the industry to delay the installation of sulphur dioxide (SO 2 ) control equipment, the excuses being work was hampered due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the industry does not want to import equipment from China.

What did the MoEFCC do in response to the constant nudging from industry and the Union ministry of power? It extended the deadline – once again — for meeting the norms.

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A proposed plan to encourage ‘clean’ power plants

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