Sasan UMPP gets regulatory approvals for meeting new environmental norms

MoEFCC notified new environmental norms to minimise pollution in thermal power plants. All thermal power plants must comply with them by September 2022

Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) has received a specific regulatory recommendation from the Central Electricity Authority for implementation of the Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) system to meet the new environmental norms prescribed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. 

MoEFCC notified new environmental norms as per Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules 2015, to minimise pollution in thermal power plants. All thermal power plants are required to comply with new environmental norms by September 2022. 

Sasan UMPP, which has six generating units of 660 MW each, will implement the FGD system to control sulphur dioxide emissions, using innovative project execution techniques