TATA TATA POWER BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ‘Awards 2017 Lighting up Lives! Co, Capture and Conversion to Value Added Product Tata Power has coal-based thermal power plants located at the following places in India:- 1. Coastal Gujarat Power Limited: Capacity 4000 MW, located at Munda, Gujarat. 2. Maithon Power Limited: Capacity 1050 MW, located at Maithon near Dhanbad in Jharkhand 3, Jojobera Thermal Power Station: Capacity 547 MW, located at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand 4, Trombay Thermal Power Station: Capacity 750 MW, located at Mumbai in Maharashtra Coalis burnt as a uel in these power plants. CO, is generatedin the burning process which is emitted into the atmosphere through a chimney, The quantity of CO, emitted per kilogram of coal burntis dependent on the carbon content of the coal. Generally, in thermal power plants, CO, emission is equivalent to 900 gm/kwh of electricity generated. CO, emission is dependent on the carbon content in coal andis one of the principal pollutants causing the Greenhouse Gas effect, which is the source of climate change. CO, has a GHG Potential of 1 and is emitted in millions of tonnes by industry and automotive combustion, Although, there are no regulatory standards on CO, for industrial emissions in India, this waste pollutant has a large impact on global issues and needs to be addressed.TATA POWER Lighting up Lives! KL * BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ‘Awards 2017 C. WASTE - Current status as of last FY 17. Quantity of CO, emitted into the atmosphere at individual thermal power stations of Tata Power is given inthe table below. Et Cu ee CO, emission (Tonnes) FY 17 1 Trombay 5,443,736 2 CGPL 20,464,076 3 Jojobera 3,807,820 4 Maithon 7.037.648 Waste due to lower value extraction from finished products and services As stated in the earlier section, currently there are no standards or incentives for CO, emission reduction in India Opportunity for business challenges (indicative companies and corresponding cases) To find cost-effective ways of CO, capture & reuse, Capture of CO, is an industrial process that is well-established and being researched further for better resource optimisation and efficiency improvement. The reuse of this captured CO,, to make a standalone techno-economically viable industry, is the challenge. D. Outline and inputs required for the case study/challenge + Regulatory context: There is no regulation or incentive for CO, emission reduction in India for individual industries. * Societaland environmental context: CO, is identified as one of the greenhouse gases which is responsible for global warming. Thermal power plants are the second largest emitters of CO,, followed by cement plants. CO, emission intensity of thermal power plantsis in the range of 900-1000 gm/Kwh. Globally, due to the problem of global warming and climate change, there is tremendous pressure on thermal power plants to reduce CO, emission by way of adoption of clean technologies for power generation. The UNFCCC came into force on March 21, 1994. Today, it has near-universal membership. The 197 countries that have ratified the Convention are called Parties to the Convention. ‘The UNFCCC is a ‘Rio Convention’, one of three adopted at the ‘Rio Earth Summit’ in 1992. Its sister Rio Conventions are the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention to Combat Desertification. The ultimate objective of the Conventionis, to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations “ata level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic (human induced) interference with the climate system” It states that “such a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened, and to enable economic development to proceed ina sustainable manner”TATA POWER Lighting up Lives! * BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ‘Awards 2017 * Industrialised nations agree under the convention to support climate change activities in developing countries by providing financial support for action on climate change - above and beyond any financial assistance they already provide to these countries. A system of grants and loans has been set up through the Convention, and is managed by the Global Environment Facility, Industrialised countries also agree to share technology with lesser advanced nations. + Business challenge and opportunity cost: AAs stated above, the challenge is making the entire package of Carbon Capture & Reuse (to form a value added product) into a viable and sustainable business model. + Strategic intent of the organisation on waste: ‘The strategic intent of the organisation is to be aresponsible corporate citizen and to help mitigate the impact of climate change in a sustainable manner, + Challenges to meet the strategic intent: The challenge lies in making the entire CCR as a sustainable and techno-economically viable business model, E. Expectations from the participants The expectations from the participants would be to do a comparative assessment of the overall economic viability of all the Carbon Capture Processes and arrive at the least cost of CO, capture. Further, determine the various avenues where the CO, can be utilised or converted into other value added products, such that there is an overall technical and economic viability. Put both the packages together and determine the complete techno-economic viability for a standalone sustainable business model. 1. What could the infrastructure/technology development model (Strategic Alliance, JV, Licensing, Outsourcing, etc.) be? Please suggest. 2. What could the execution challenges be? Please suggest. 3. What factors will (or should) influence the staffing, pricing, marketing & distribution model? Please suggest. 4, How sustainable is the new business proposition in the longer run? Please suggest. OOO0e