Peabody, the largest private sector coal mining company globally, bestowed two awards of Advanced Energy for Life – Clean Coal Awards to Essar Power Gujarat. These awards were for the lowest Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) emission for all coal fired power plants in India, and for lowest Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) emission amongst all coal fired power plants in the country. Essar Power Gujarat, which operates the 1,200 MW coal fired power plant in Salaya, Devbhumi Dwarka district, Gujarat, achieved SO2 emission of 0.87gms/kWh and NOx emission of 0.19 gms/kWh. Using low NOx, tangential fired burners and low sulphur coal with high moisture helped them bag the award. “We are very happy to receive the awards as it is a validation of our commitment of running a thermal power plant in the most environment friendly way possible. Our Salaya plant’s emission levels compare with the some of the best power plants in USA, especially on the NOx levels,” said Ramesh Kumar, MD, Essar Power Gujarat.