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Coal use to be banned in NCR
Context
Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) recently said that the use of coal as a fuel will be banned across the National Capital Region (NCR) from January 1, 2023
About
- Once the ban is in force, coal can no longer be used for industrial or domestic purposes.
- However, thermal power plants will be exempted from the ban.
- From October 1, 2022 onward, a ban on coal use will be applicable in areas where PNG infrastructure and supply is already available.
Why has the use of coal been banned?
- Coal is currently the dominant industrial fuel in the NCR and it is important to have clean fuel across sectors, while looking for significant reduction in air pollution levels.
- Industries in the region consume around 1.7 million tonnes of coal annually.
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- With about 4 million tonnes being consumed in six major industrial districts of NCR alone
- The move is meant to phase out the use of coal as a fuel to deal with concerns of air pollution across the NCR.
- According to a study by The Energy and Resources Institute in 2018, within the 30 per cent contribution of the industrial sector in PM2.5 level in winter in Delhi:
- industries using coal, biomass, pet-coke and furnace oil contributed around 14 per cent,
- 8 per cent was contributed by the brick manufacturing sector,
- 6 per cent by power stations, and
- 2 per cent by stone crushers
Challenges in enforcing the ban:
- Compliance monitoring: The implementation will involve thousands of small point sources and compliance monitoring will be much more of a challenge, when compared to large sources.
- Pricing of gas: Natural gas is now more expensive than coal.
- If we can find the correct pricing policy, industries will be willing to shift.
- Expensive equipment: Switching over to operating on gas will involve changes in the equipment that can be expensive.
- The expenses for the equipment can be difficult to bear and subsidising it is important.
- Product costing: For the entities, product costing could be difficult when it comes to competing with manufacturers outside the NCR.
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