First Prize Indo Gulf Fertilizers Sector: Fertilizers Amethi () Unit Profile:

Indo Gulf Fertilizers (A Unit of Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited) manufactures UREA & enjoys leadership position in Indo-Gangetic plains due to its strong brand Birla Shaktiman - a most preferred choice of the farmers. IGF’s Ammonia/ Urea manufacturing facility is located at Jagdishpur Industrial Area (UP). The main Raw material is natural gas. The company was formed in 1983 and Indo Gulf Fertilizers (IGF) merged in Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. in Sept. 2005. IGF is the only fertilizer company in who won TPM Excellence from JIPM, Deming Application Prize etc. & 1st Fertilizer plant in India to register CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) project with UNFCCC.

Indo Gulf’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Jagdishpur in Uttar Pradesh is considered one of the most energy efficient plants in the country. The fertilizer complex started production in 1988 comprises of an Ammonia plant having an installed capacity of 1350 MTPD based on Haldor Topsoe A/S and two streams of Urea each having an installed capacity of 1100 TPD based on Snamprogetti SPA technology incorporating several low energy features.

Brief Description of the major Energy Conversation Actions:

1. Revamp of CO2 removal in Ammonia Plant. 2. Up-gradation of Synthesis Gas compressor and its turbine. 3. Replacement of 75 Nos. 250 watt HPSV lights with 90 Watt LED Light fittings in Plant area. 4. Replacement of 125 Nos. 2X40 watt Tube lights with 20 Watt LED Light fittings in Plant area. 5. Replacement of 28 Nos. 250 Watts HPSV Flood Light Fittings with LED Flood Light Fittings of 90 Watts in Township and Farm house. 6. New capacitor banks with detune filters to reduce the power loses in distribution system in phase manner by improving power factor from 0.82 to 0.95 in Urea Plant, Ammonia Storage & Power Plant sub-stations. 7. Installation of Power Factor improvement panel at 11KV, MSWG-1 UPPCL power to reduce UPPCL bill.

Official who may be contacted for more Information:

Shri Vikas Kumar, Deputy Manager (process Engineering), Indo Gulf Fertilizers, Jagdishpur industrial Area, District Amethi, U.P Pincode-227817 Email: [email protected]