LAHORE: Lucky Cement Limited has inaugurated its fif th Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) Plant in Pezu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Under this project, two cement production lines with a daily output of 2,400 tonnes havebeenusedwhichwillofferaninstalled capacity of 10MW power generation.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by Lucky Cement Limited CEO Muhammad Ali Tabba and other senior management of ficials of the company.

According to a spokesperson for the company, previously Lucky Cement had four WHR Plants two each in Pezu and Karachi.

The fifth plant became operational in collaboration with Sinoma Energy Conservation Ltd, China.

The design of WHR plants hinges around the idea of encapsulating waste heat from the production system and using it to generate steam for boilers which eventually run the turbine engines, thus producing electricity.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Tabba said, `Being one of the leading cement manufacturers in Pakistan, we have the responsibility to reduce energy consumption and improve the environment. With the launch of our fif th WHR plant, we aim to do just that.

`Our WHR plant has not only significantly reduced cost by co-generating electricity, but also helps lower dust emissions and environmental effluents thus having a positive impact on the atmosphere,` he added.