Prayagraj Power Generation Company Ltd (PPGCL) has signed an MoU with ZaaK Technologies GmbH to jointly establish India’s first Lypors® pilot manufacturing plant at PPGCL.
The partnership between the PPGCL and ZaaK would create a whole new industry of sustainable construction material by reducing the consumption of precious natural sand resources. This will enable PPGCL to move rapidly towards its goal of adopting sustainable practices in thermal power generation, a release from Tata Power said.
Lypors® is a sustainable sand material manufactured through a patented process by upcycling a wide range of mineral wastes, including fly ash, pond ash, old-deposited ash, bauxite residue and is used to produce lightweight concrete, mortar, plaster, and other building products.
The partnership of PPGCL with ZaaK is in alignment with the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change’s draft notification, mandating 100 per cent ash utilization. The technology will enable the country to manage the gainful utilization of fly ash, the release said.
ZaaK is a German innovation company in the Greentech space, founded by Dr. Abbas Khan, an alumnus of IIT Bombay. With its state-of-the-art technology, ZaaK intends to revolutionize the construction sector through energy efficiency, lightweight construction products extending the life of buildings.
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PPGCL in the Tata Group fold
PPGCL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Renascent Power Ventures Pvt Ltd incorporated in India which is in turn a wholly owned subsidiary of Resurgent Power Ventures Pte Ltd — a joint venture between Tata Power International Pte. Ltd, ICICI Bank and other reputed global investors. Tata Power International Pte Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power Company Ltd.
In late 2019, Resurgent Power Ventures Pte Ltd, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Renascent Power Ventures Pvt Ltd, had acquired 75.01 per cent equity stake and Rs.270 crore worth of preference share capital of Prayagraj Power Generation Company Ltd. PPGCL (earlier owned by the Jaiprakash Group) owns and operates a 1,980-mw supercritical power plant in Uttar Pradesh.
Featured illustration illustrates the conversion of power plant wastes like flyash into Lypors® — a sustainable construction material. (Source: ZaaK Technologies)
