Proposed 60 KLPD Grain-Based Ethanol Distillery & 2.5 MW Co-Generation Plant near Bellary, Karnataka — aligned with India's E20 mandate and the emerging E27 roadmap.
Transparent project tracking from concept to commissioning.
India achieved the E20 ethanol blending milestone in November 2025 — four months ahead of schedule. As of February 2026, the 20% blending level has been sustained continuously, with OMCs receiving 88.5 crore litres in February alone.
The national conversation has already moved to the post-E20 roadmap. ISMA formally approached the PMO in March 2026 urging a fast-tracked E22→E25→E27 roadmap. BIS has been directed to develop E27 fuel standards. For a plant commissioning in 2028, this trajectory is a direct demand tailwind.
Arjun is the founder of Ark Bioenergies, leading the company from concept through DPR completion to investment-ready stage. With a background bridging industrial engineering and AI-driven systems, he brings a rare combination of domain expertise in bioenergy economics and the technical sophistication to deploy modern monitoring, automation, and supply-chain analytics across plant operations.
Based in Bengaluru with deep regional ties to the Bellary–Raichur–Kurnool agricultural corridor, Arjun has spent the past 18 months developing end-to-end project documentation, feedstock supply mapping, and policy alignment for the 60 KLPD greenfield distillery.
Bellary, Karnataka — at the intersection of two states' agricultural surplus and industrial incentives.
25 TPH FBC Boiler running on rice husk (>85% fuel input) with backup coal capacity. Drives a back-pressure steam turbine generating 2.5 MW captive power. LP exhaust steam distributed to distillation, MEE evaporator, DDGS dryer, and MSDH regeneration — total energy self-sufficiency.
Whole stillage from the analyzer column is processed through a centrifugal decanter, separating wet cake from thin stillage. Thin stillage is concentrated via 5-7 effect MEE evaporator into syrup. Wet cake + syrup is dried in steam-tube DDGS dryer (~25-30 TPD output). MEE condensate + spent lees route to UASB anaerobic + aerobic MBR + RO polishing — 70% recycled to mashing.
Switch between four feedstocks by season to maximise margins and allocation.
Revised for ESY 2025-26 pricing. DFPD subvention reduces effective debt cost to 3.5%.
| Ethanol Revenue (Maize @ ₹71.86/L) | ₹142.28 Cr |
| DDGS Revenue (8K MT @ ₹25K) | ₹20.00 Cr |
| Total Revenue | ₹162.28 Cr |
| Total Operating Expenses | ₹115.00 Cr |
| EBITDA (29% margin) | ₹47.28 Cr |
| Interest (net of subvention) | ₹3.55 Cr |
| Depreciation | ₹10.00 Cr |
| PBT | ₹33.73 Cr |
| Tax @ 25% | ₹8.43 Cr |
| Net Profit (PAT) | ₹25.30 Cr |