Accelerating India’s clean energy and efficiency transition

This National Energy Conservation Day, UltraTech Cement Limited, the second-largest cement company globally by capacity and the largest by sales volume (excluding China), reaffirms its commitment to accelerating energy transition for a sustainable future.

Guided by the Aditya Birla Group’s sustainability framework, UltraTech’s sustainability strategy integrates energy conservation and use of clean energy into its operations. The Company is reducing the environmental impact of its operations by driving innovative initiatives to minimise energy use as well as by increasing the use of green energy in its operations.

Driving Efficiency Through Technology and Upgrades

Reducing energy use and improving operational efficiency remain central to UltraTech’s climate action roadmap.  Manufacturing units across the Company are implementing multiple initiatives that enhance clean power utilisation, expand clean/renewable energy capacity.

The Company has also taken proactive steps to upgrade its operational equipment, including enhancing coolers, modifying the calciner, and installing variable frequency drives (VFDs), and burners across its manufacturing facilities. In FY25, UltraTech invested over INR 680 crores on equipment and capital schemes dedicated to conserving energy resources and improving long-term operational reliability.

Accelerating Clean Power Utilisation and Renewable Energy

Energy transition is central to UltraTech’s long-term sustainability vision. The Company has committed to meeting 100% of its electricity requirement through renewable sources by 2050, aligned with its RE100 pledge.

In FY25, UltraTech became one of the first industrial enterprises in India to commission and operationalise 1 GW of renewable energy (RE) capacity for captive use. During the same period, the Company also operationalised India’s first hybrid round-the-clock renewable energy project, integrating solar, wind, and battery power storage for uninterrupted power without fossil-fuel backups at its integrated unit, Sewagram Cement Works in Kutchh, Gujarat.

The Company added over 480 MW of renewable energy across its integrated units in FY25, with Dhar Cement Works, Rawan Cement Works, Rajashree Cement Works, Kukurdih Cement Works and Maihar Cement Works notably being the integrated units with the largest capacity additions for renewable energy across the Company. UltraTech also aims to upgrade its newly acquired units, and has initiated capacity additions of over 100 MW green energy at the erstwhile Kesoram units, expanding its green energy capacity to further strengthen operational efficiencies.

In line with aim to increase its share of green energy to 85% by 2030, UltraTech, as of H1FY26, has a renewable energy capacity of 1.19GW and a Waste Heat Recovery System (WHRS) capacity of 369 MW, representing around 40.5% of its total energy mix.