Dear Friend, Can coal thermal plants ever be clean? What is the track record of Indian thermal plants in terms of efficiency, pollution, fly ash and water management? What must be done to make sure that thermal power plants in India meet energy requirements but do not cost us the environment. These are the questions my colleagues at CSE's Green Rating Project (GRP) have spent the last two years looking at. Our study covers the top power companies of India, most of which have participated voluntarily in the exercise and based on this we have rated who is best and who is not.
We are now ready to release the environmental rating of the coal and lignite based thermal power sector and would like to invite you to the release function. We hope you will come. As you may know, the green rating is an independent study, which is based on extensive surveys of plant sites and analysis of data under the guidance of a panel of industry and academic experts. It, therefore, has the credibility to drive performance change. In the past, we have rated India’s major industrial sectors including steel, cement, automobile, chlor-alkali and pulp and paper. We have found these ratings to be an effective tool to drive environmental improvement in industry. We hope we will make a similar contribution through this study. The release is scheduled for February 21st at 4.30-6.30 pm at Jacaranda Hall, 1st Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003. Followed by HIGH TEA. We look forward to seeing you. Please send your confirmation at vi...@cseindia.org. With warm regards Sunita Narain
