Minimising Carbon Intensity and Adopting A Low Carbon Growth Path
 We have consistently consolidated our ‘Carbon Positive’ status over the years by adopting a strategy of reducing specific energy consumption, increasing our renewable energy portfolio and increasing carbon sequestration by expanding the area of degraded wastelands covered by our forestry programme.
Sources of Energy
In 2009-2010, ITC Units consumed 21,455 Terra Joules (TJ) of energy, which is 11.2% higher than the energy utilised in the previous year. (19,284 TJ in 2008- 2009). This is due to significant growth in almost all businesses.
Substantially improved utilisation of carbon neutral fuels, such as black liquor and deoiled bran in the Paperboards and Specialty Papers business, and the commissioning of a 6MW wind power plant (commissioned September 2009) in Maharashtra for the Hotels business & a 90 TPH biomass fired boiler (commissioned February 2010) at the Bhadrachalam Paperboards and Specialty Papers Unit, have contributed to the increased utilisation of renewable energy, despite being in operation for only a part of the year. |
