Palani CBG cum Cryogenic Dry Ice Plant, Andipatti, Dindigul

Section 1 · The many firsts

Eight things no Indian CBG plant has done before

First in India to run completely on Giant King Napier Grass as 100% self-sufficient feedstock — no dependence on waste aggregation.
First with European-standard "State of Art Technology" — zero odour, zero emission across gas, liquid and solid streams.
First with absolute automation in all critical areas, at par with European and American plants.
First to close the digestate loop — the entire digestate liquid irrigates the Napier fields and is enhanced into Nano Urea liquid fertiliser, sold in India and abroad.

First cryogenic CO₂ capture at a CBG plant in India — converted into dry ice of a purity suitable even for nuclear power plants.
First to scrub sulphur to pharmaceutical I.P. grade and sell it as a product.
First 13.2 TPD methane + 24 TPD CO₂/dry ice configuration in the country.
First CBG project eligible for carbon credits on both methane and CO₂ capture in India.

Section 2 · Products, offtake & financials

Product	Capacity	Long-term offtaker
Compressed Biogas (CBG)	13.2 TPD	Megha Engineering — CGD IOCL partner, Dindigul district
Cryogenic Dry Ice	24 TPD	SICGIL Industrial Gases
FOM (FCO-compliant, TS@60%)	60 TPD	Prabhat Fertilizers
LFOM (FCO-compliant)	80 KLD	Prabhat Fertilizers

Financial structure	₹ Cr
Project cost	162
Debt expected (less ₹10 Cr MNRE subsidy on commissioning → effective ₹96 Cr)	106
Working capital	12
Equity — promoters ₹20–26 Cr + AIG Direct LLC US$3M (term sheet signed)	56
Land-lease equity — 400 acres leased 20 years, in lieu of equity	12
Effective equity	68

18%

Project IRR · 69-month payback

8 acres

Plant footprint · 20-year plant life

24,970

kWh/day power requirement

2 credits

Carbon-credit streams — methane + CO₂ capture

The 400-acre land-lease-for-equity structure at Palani is the template for our farmer partnership programme — read how landowners and FPOs become joint-venture partners →

Section 3 · Leadership

Shri Manoj Pava — Managing Director: former Executive Director of Petronet LNG Ltd, with deep oil & gas experience, driving the project.
Ms. Usha Natarajan — Promoter: a decade in the renewable energy business.
Mr. Anandapadmanabhan Prasad — Promoter: former banker who headed one of the largest commodity trading companies; 30+ years of experience.
Mr. T. Kumar — Promoter: founds and runs successful Farmer Producer Organizations — the FPO expertise behind our farmer partnership model.

Mr. Ganesan Natarajan — Mentor: three decades building and running industries across minerals, coal, metallurgical coke, renewable energy and biomass.
Star Projects Renewable Resources Pvt. Ltd. — EPCC: engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning partner.
Board expansion underway — additional experienced professionals joining to strengthen governance and professional management.

Full technical configuration, Napier cultivation plan, financial model and the AIG Direct LLC term-sheet structure.