The case
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 SAF plant changes that arithmetic, because it needs the residue. It turns a disposal problem into a purchase order. That is the mechanism behind every claim on this page: not a campaign asking farmers to stop burning, but a contract making it worth their while not to.
The project's impact case rests on four outcomes, each of which is measurable and each of which will be reported against as the asset develops.
Farm income
Long-term procurement contracts create a formal, priced market for residue — a recurring income line for farming households in the catchment, paid for material that today has no buyer.
Air & soil
Every tonne collected is a tonne not burned in the open. Removal rates are planned against agronomic guidance so that soil organic matter is protected.
Jobs & skills
Over 3,000 direct and indirect roles across construction, plant operations, logistics and residue aggregation, supported by structured skilling with local institutions.
Energy security
Domestically produced jet fuel substitutes imported crude, supporting national objectives on energy security and aviation decarbonisation.
Rural participation
Structured as contracts, not charity.
Community benefit that depends on goodwill does not survive a difficult financial year. The project therefore locates its social value inside its commercial architecture, where it is contractual and auditable.
- ProcurementLong-term residue contracts
Multi-season agreements with farmers and farmer producer organisations, with agreed specification, price mechanism and payment terms.
- AggregationLocal collection enterprise
Baling, densification, storage and transport operated through local contractors and self-help enterprises within the catchment.
- SkillingTraining with local institutions
Structured skill development in partnership with ITIs, polytechnics and engineering institutions in the region, aimed at plant and supply-chain roles.
- HiringLocal first
Recruitment and vendor development weighted toward the district, with defined 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.
- LifecycleCORSIA methodology
Lifecycle emissions assessed under ICAO's framework, covering cultivation residue allocation, collection, transport, conversion and distribution.
- Chain of custodyISCC / RSB certification
Origin records, mass-balance accounting and third-party audit from field to fuel.
- ResourcesWater, ash and emissions
Water balance, process residue and ash management, and air emissions controls designed into the plant and monitored in operation.
- AssuranceLender-grade E&S
Environmental and social management aligned toward IFC Performance Standards and Equator Principles expectations for project finance.
Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
Affordable & clean energy
Domestic production of a low-carbon liquid fuel for a sector with no electrified alternative.
Decent work & growth
Formal employment and enterprise creation in a district outside the state's established industrial corridors.
Responsible production
A waste stream converted into a certified product, with verified traceability along the chain of custody.
Climate action
Lifecycle emissions reduction in aviation, plus avoided open-field burning in the catchment.
Farmers & FPOs
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.