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Largest bioenergy plants in India

198 bioenergy records for India carry a capacity figure: 4.1 GW in total, 3.7 GW of it operating across 184 records. Operating and announced are ranked separately. Every row links to its record and its public source; the country as a whole is on the India market page.

Largest operating bioenergy plants in India

#ProjectDeveloperCapacityStage
1DSCL Ajbapur Sugar power stationDCM Shriram Ltd77 MWOperational
2Dhampur power station 1.0Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd65 MWOperational
3Shri Sai Priya Sugars power station 1.0Nirani Sugars Ltd65 MWOperational
4Jaisalmer GodawariGodawari Energy ltd50 MWOperational
5Parbhani Gangakhed power station 1.0G7 Sugar Ltd50 MWOperational
6Jay Mahesh power station 3.0NSL Sugars Ltd49 MWOperational
7Daurala Sugar Works power station 1.0DCM Shriram Ltd45 MWOperational
8Warana Sugar power station 1.0Warana Sugar Ltd44 MWOperational
9Asmoli power station 1.0Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd40 MWOperational
10Shirol MillDatta Ssk ltd36 MWOperational
11Dwarikesh Dham Biomass power stationDwarikesh Sugar Industries Ltd36 MWOperational
12Shirol Cogen power station 1.0Urjankur Shree Datta Power Co Ltd36 MWOperational
13Hata Avadh Sugar power stationAvadh Sugar and Energy Ltd35 MWOperational
14Sakthi Mill power station 3.0Sakthi Sugars Ltd35 MWOperational
15Aland Sugar power station 1.0NSL Sugars Ltd34 MWOperational
16Baba Bakala Sugar power stationRana Sugars Ltd34 MWOperational
17Dwarikesh Puram power stationDwarikesh Sugar Industries Ltd33 MWOperational
18Kothari Sugar Mill power stationKothari Sugars & Chemicals Ltd33 MWOperational
19Lokmangal Sugar Ethanol power station 1.0Lokmangal Sugar Ethanol Co-Generation Industries Ltd32 MWOperational
20Sakthinagar Sugar Mill power station 1.0Sakthi Sugars Ltd32 MWOperational
21Seksaria Biswan power station 1.0The Seksaria Biswan Sugar Factory Ltd32 MWOperational
22Vijayanagar Sugar power stationVijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd32 MWOperational
23Gularia Mill power station 1.0Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd31 MWOperational
24Daund SugarDaund Sugar ltd30 MWOperational
25Parbhani GangakhedGangakhed Energy ltd30 MWOperational
26Dcm Hariawan Sugar power station 1.0DCM Shriram Ltd30 MWOperational
27Kolhapur Kumbhi power stationKumbhi Kasari Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd30 MWOperational
28Makavalli Sugar power stationCoromandel Sugars Ltd30 MWOperational
29Panchganga power station 1.0Shree Renuka Sugars30 MWOperational
30Pravara Nagar Mill power station 3.0Pravara Renewable Energy Ltd30 MWOperational

Watch India bioenergy. One email when a project on this ranking moves stage, is corrected, or a larger one is added.

Under construction or announced

#ProjectDeveloperCapacityStage
1Nandi Sahakari Sakkare Karkhane Niyamit power station 2.0Nandi Sahakari Sakkare Karkhane Niyamit62 MWConcept
2GM Sugars power station 2.0GM Sugars and Energy Ltd50 MWConcept
3Galand WtE power station40 MWConcept
4Okhla WtE power station 2.0Timarpur Okhla Waste Management Company Pvt Ltd40 MWDevelopment
5Coromandel Sugar power stationCoromandel Sugars Ltd30 MWConcept
6Jindal Waste-to-Energy power stationMunicipal Corporation of Delhi30 MWConcept
7Kodungaiyur power station 1.0Greater Chennai Corporation30 MWDevelopment
8Perungudi power station 1.0Greater Chennai Corporation30 MWDevelopment
9Bandhwari Waste-to-Energy power stationEcogreen Energy Pvt Ltd25 MWConstruction
10Jawaharnagar WtE power station 2.0Re Sustainability Ltd24 MWConstruction
11Yashwantrao Mohite Sugar power station 2.0Yashwantrao Mohite Krishna Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd22 MWDevelopment
12Tehkhand WtE power station 2.0Tehkhand Waste to Electricity Project Ltd20 MWDevelopment
13Pirana WtE power station14 MWConstruction
14Deonar 2 WtE power stationBrihanmumbai Municipal Corp7 MWDevelopment

The India bioenergy records as a file

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Questions about bioenergy in India

What is the largest bioenergy plant in India?+

The largest operating bioenergy plant on record in India is DSCL Ajbapur Sugar power station at 77 MW, developed by DCM Shriram Ltd. Ranked by the capacity figure in the public source named on the record, whole project rather than any partner's share.

What is the largest bioenergy plant planned in India?+

Nandi Sahakari Sakkare Karkhane Niyamit power station 2.0 at 62 MW, at concept stage. Of the 4.1 GW of bioenergy on record for India, 3.7 GW is operating; the rest is announced or being built.

How many bioenergy plants does India have?+

Solandor holds 198 bioenergy records for India with a stated capacity, 184 of them operating. That is the public record from the datasets named on each row, not a census: small plants below tracker thresholds are missing from the sources and so from here.