Ankleshwar chemical cluster (Gujarat)

Introduction

India's largest chemical industry cluster is located in Ankleshwar, in Bharuch district of Gujarat in Gujarat. This cluster hosts over 700 MSMEs manufacturing various kinds of chemicals: about 67% of the units produce dyes and pigments; 27% produce pharma and pharma intermediates; and the remaining 6% produce pesticides and chlor-alkalis. The production capacity of the units ranges from 100 tonnes to 1000 tonnes per annum (tpa).

Products manufactured

Dyes and pigments, pharma and pharma intermediates, pesticides and chlor-alkalis

Number of MSMEs

730

Main fuels

Natural gas, electricity and fire wood

Total energy consumption (toe)

408423

Leading industry association(s)

• Ankleshwar Industries Association http://www.aiaindia.co.in/
• Panoli Industries Association http://www.piapanoli.com/

Energy efficiency initiatives

World Bank –GEF project: Financing energy efficiency at MSMEs http://sameeeksha.org/index.php?option=com_projects&task=level&title=&id=39

Cluster profile

http://sameeeksha.org/pdf/clusterprofile/Ankleshwar_chemical_cluster.pdf

Case studies

Replacement of Low Efficiency, Manually Controlled NG Burner by Energy Efficient Automatic Burner in Boiler http://sameeeksha.org/index.php?option=com_casestudy&task=level&title=&id=17

Other resources

http://sameeeksha.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21

Source: Data for 2011-12, collected by TERI under the World Bank–GEF–SIDBI project 'Financing Energy Efficiency at MSMEs'