Sustainability Impact to My Customers

Short Company Description

NPCL stands for leadership. and reliability. Throughout our journey, we have built a strong brand identity, centred around our core values. We continue to attach immense importance to sustainability which is deeply rooted in our business practices

Location:

India

I am a

Large Corporation End User

Segment Type

Power and Grid

Company Size

0-50M euro

Is there someone in your organization who is most responsible for these results? If so, please share their name and email address.

Krishna Chandra Kumar, kckumar@noidapower.com

I have been supported by a Schneider Electric contact. If "Yes", please indicate the name of your Schneider Electric contact.

Nisha Sharma , 9625215740

1. Do you Strategize?

No

A. Does your customer have a decarbonization plan with milestones? If so, please share your roadmap/plan.

B. Have you or your customer completed Sustainability School? If so, please share the Sustainability School completion certificate

2. Do you Digitize?

Yes

A. Are you helping a customer deploy centralized utility data management and monitoring software for energy and carbon analysis and reporting?

1. NPCL has implemented Building Mangement System (Honeywell) in KP4 office to optimise the energy consumption in the building. VRF system-based HVAC system is also incorporated with BMS system for optimum use of energy guzzlers (HVAC). 2. SAP and GIS (GE small World)integrated system is implemented to digitalize the business operation 3. SCADA (ETAP), OMS and DMS are implemented for effective and efficient operation of grid from state-of-the-art 24x7 control room.

B. With your help, is a customer metering major energy loads to uncover opportunities to reduce energy consumption and emissions?

C. Are you helping a customer monitor energy efficiency and equipment performance to gain actionable insights?

D. Are you enabling a customer to use power management and monitoring solutions to assess power quality and increase business resiliency and continuity?

E. On behalf of a customer, have you deployed innovations to maximize the efficiency and digitalization of their operations?

F. Have you implemented asset upgrades and modernization programs for a customer to optimize and increase the longevity of their plant equipment and avoid emissions ?

G. Have you embraced the digital integration of power and process for a customer as a way to minimize energy consumption while optimizing their process?

3. Do you Decarbonize?

Yes

A. Are you enabling a customer to use automation and energy management systems to control their equipment and systems?

B. With your help, has a customer implemented practices that have increased their energy efficiency?

C. Are you enabling a customer to use renewables (PPAs, EACs, or onsite generation) for at least a portion of their energy needs? What percentage of their electricity is covered by renewables?

30% energy is from RE including PPA and Open access.

D. To minimize Scope 2 emissions, have you helped a customer source energy through offsite renewable energy power purchase agreements or Energy Attribute Certificates?

27MW capacity of Net metering connection in released to promote Rooftop solar.

E. With your help, is a customer using electricity from onsite renewable energy generation to reduce Scope 2 emissions?

10% total captive energy consumption is generated. by Rooftop solar

F. Have you implemented energy storage for a customer?  Elaborate.

G. Have you equipped a customer to aggregate distributed generation assets to maximize economic value and grid impact?

H. Are you helping a customer reduce carbon emissions by focusing on energy efficiency and decarbonization in their operations?

Following are the strategies NPCL is following to reduce energy use ,carbon emission and improve energy efficency 1. All new substations should be constructed on the basis of Green building code . 2. Green Building certification of all existing substation and office Buildng by retrofitting 3. BEE Star rating program implementation in all office appliances including Distribution transformer 4. Office automation to reduce HVAC load 5.Rooftop solar development on all substation and office buildings to reduce scope 2 emission 6. Electric vehicle adoption for business operation to reduce scope 1 emission 7.Digitralisation of business process to reduce scope 3 emission

I. With your help, has a customer reduced their carbon footprint through modernization projects that focus on energy efficiency and decarbonization?

J. Have you helped a customer implement practices to increase energy efficiency in their operations?

K. Have you helped a customer create a commitment program with their suppliers to reduce Scope 3 emissions?

L. With your help, has a customer adopted a commitment program with their upstream suppliers and downstream distribution partners to track and reduce Scope 3 emissions?

M. Have you enabled a customer to use digital modeling to capture embodied carbon data from materials and equipment?

We are planning phase to implement software to capture embodied carbon data from material and equipment's. Software implementation is expected to complete by March 2025.

N. Have you helped a customer incorporate electric vehicle charging infrastructure for fleets, employees, and/or customers into their operations? 

NPCL has partnered with statiq to setup the EV charging station in greater noida housing society to promote faster adoption of Electric vehicle. As on Nov 23 more than 10 charging stations are already commissioned and operational.

O. With your guidance, has a customer converted some of their fleet to electric vehicles?

1. NPCL has procured 4 number of Electric vehicle (2 four-wheeler and 2 no two-wheeler) and committed to purchase New vehicle as Electric vehicle only for business operations. 2. 10 % of total company owned vehicle already converted to EV . NPCL has committed to replace all conventional vehicle to EV by 2030

P. Have you enabled a customer to electrify some of their operations to reduce Scope 1 emissions and enable use of renewables to shrink their carbon footprint? What percentage of your customer's operations have been electrified?

1. Approximately 99 % energy consumption in NPCL substation is from electricity 2. 10% of total energy consumption in NPCL substation is met by rooftop solar installed over substation and office building. 3. Approximately 30% of total electricity that we distribute in our licensed area is from Renewable energy.

Q. Have you advised a customer to purchase low-embodied carbon materials and equipment?

NPCL has published the Sustainable procurement policy to promote the supply channel partner to align their processes as per best practices order to reduce the carbon footprint of product.

R. With your help, is a customer using condition-based maintenance to extend equipment life, delay the purchase of new equipment, and reduce the associated embodied carbon?

S. Based on your advice, is a customer purchasing carbon offsets to balance any residual Scope 1 and 3 emissions?

T. Are you helping a customer reduce water usage through improved operations and a focus on efficiency? 

We have reduced 28% water consumption from FY 22-23 baseline. In NPCL Water is used as drinking or home usage, purpose only.

U. Have you enabled a customer to monitor and adjust water usage based on water availability risks and forecasts? 

NPCL all 65-substation including corporate and customer office are equipped with Water flow meter to monitor the water consumption.

V. Have you helped a customer create optimization programs for clean-in-place operations, e.g., water and wastewater treatment and recovery programs, focused on efficiency? 

1.NPCL has installed two phytoremediation technique-based Sewage treatment plant in KP4 and KP1 office of capacity 30 KL and 20 KL respectively. We are using the recycled and treated water in flossing and irrigation for landscaping purpose. 2. 14 office building are equipped with Rain water harvesting system to collect the storm water and recharge the ground water.

W. With your help, is a customer procuring circular materials and minimizing waste in their operations?

1. 100% Recycling of Paper waste generated by business operation and repurposing it in form of various stationery item 2.100% recycling of electronic waste through MoEFCC approved vendor 3. 100% recycling of used transformer oil through MoEFCC approved Vendor 4. Collection and Recyling of plastic waste from office and community in which we operate by installing reverse vending machine at strategic location.

X. Have you helped a customer develop a plan to move their fossil energy-based processes to electrification?

Facilitating the consumers to switch towards clean energy by : 1. Providing separate green energy tariff for large and medium scale C&I consumers 2. Rooftop solar Net metering for LMV1 and LMV 5 category consumers 3. Rooftop solar Gross metering for all categories consumers except LMV1 and LMV 4 categories 4. Open access mechanism for large scale C&I consumers

Y(i). Have you helped a customer deploy innovations or circularity business models? Please select all that apply:

• Deployed innovations to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions of your operations
• Deployed innovations to maximize electrification of your operations
• Deployed innovations to replace energy sources with renewables
• Deployed innovations to reduce water usage
• Deployed innovations or circularity business models

Y(ii). What are the results of these innovations?

1. Green Building and Green Substation building which reduce 30-40% energy consumption compared to normal building. 2.Replacement of conventional company owned fleet by EV (so far 4 vehicle deployed on ground) 3. 400Kwp rooftop solar commissioned on substation and office building for RE generation 4. All office building and substation is equipped with water flow meter for their consumption monitoring. Two STP of rating 50KL is installed to recycle the grey water and usage of treated water in flush and irrigation. 5. Reverse Vending Machine is installed at 7 locations to collect and recycle the plastic waste.

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