GEA is supporting the sustainability strategy of Asahi India Glass Limited (AIS) with the supply of two waste heat recovery (WHR) systems. Asahi India Glass is India’s major end-to-end glass and window solutions company in both the automotive and construction sectors. AIS implementing an advanced waste heat recovery system from GEA at its two glass manufacturing units – at the greenfield float glass plant in Soniyana, Rajasthan, and at the existing installation in Roorkee, Uttarakhand to have 1.8 MWel capacity for each plant. By utilizing the waste gases from the furnace and converting the heat transferred from the waste gases into electrical energy, each plant will generate approximately 15,500 MWel per year, resulting in an annual reduction in carbon emissions of approximately 13,000 tons per plant. Another highlight of the greenfield project in the Rajasthan is, it will be utilizing 94% of required power through WHR.
GEA waste heat recovery plants are state-of-the-art systems that utilize the waste heat generated during glass production and convert it into clean and green energy. This results in a lower environmental impact as well as greater operational efficiency and energy independence for AIS plant operations.