Decarbonisation that starts at the farm gate.
Crop residue is burned in India for a simple reason. The field has to be clear for the next sowing, and there is rarely a buyer within economic distance. Burning is fast and free. Everything else costs money and time the household does not have.
A fuel plant changes that arithmetic, because it needs the residue. It turns a disposal problem into a purchase order. That mechanism sits behind every claim on this page — not a campaign asking farmers to stop burning, but a contract making it worth their while not to.
Rural participation
Structured as contracts, not charity.
Community benefit that depends on goodwill does not survive a difficult financial year. The social value therefore sits inside the commercial architecture, where it is contractual and auditable.
Long-term residue contracts
Multi-season agreements with farmers and farmer producer organisations, with agreed specification, price mechanism and payment terms.
Local collection enterprise
Baling, densification, storage and transport operated through local contractors and enterprises within the catchment.
Training with local institutions
Structured skill development with ITIs, polytechnics and engineering institutions in the region, aimed at plant and supply chain roles.
Local hiring first
Recruitment and vendor development weighted toward the district, with targets tracked through construction and operations.
Environment
Measured, verified, disclosed.
A SAF asset's commercial value is inseparable from its environmental performance, because airlines can only claim what has been independently verified. Environmental rigour here is not a reporting exercise; it is the product specification.
Lifecycle
CORSIA methodology
Emissions assessed under ICAO's framework, covering residue allocation, collection, transport, conversion and distribution.4
Traceability
ISCC / RSB
Origin records, mass-balance accounting and third-party audit from field to fuel.4
Resources
Water, ash, air
Water balance, process residue and ash management, and air emissions controls designed into the plant and monitored in operation.
Assurance
Lender-grade E&S
Environmental and social management aligned toward IFC Performance Standards and Equator Principles expectations.
Sustainable Development Goals
Where this contributes.
SDG 7 · Affordable and clean energy
Domestic production of a low-carbon liquid fuel for a sector with no electrified alternative.
SDG 8 · Decent work and economic growth
Formal employment and enterprise creation in a district outside the state's established industrial corridors.
SDG 12 · Responsible consumption and production
A waste stream converted into a certified product, with verified traceability along the chain of custody.
SDG 13 · Climate action
Lifecycle emissions reduction in aviation, plus avoided open-field burning across the catchment.
If you farm in the catchment, we want your residue.
We are building the procurement network now, ahead of construction. Farmer producer organisations, cooperatives, sugar mills, ginning units and aggregation contractors across Jalgaon, Dhule, Nashik and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar are invited to register interest.
- 1.Employment of over 3,000 direct and indirect roles is an indicative estimate across construction, operations, logistics and the residue supply chain over the project life.
- 2.The ₹15,000 crore figure is the investment quantum stated in the memorandum of understanding signed in January 2026. Deployment is phased and subject to a final investment decision.
- 3.The 2029 commissioning target is indicative and gated on approvals, land, technology selection, feedstock contracting, offtake and financing.
- 4.CORSIA eligibility and ISCC or RSB certification are design objectives to be pursued through accredited bodies. No certification is held at present.