Triveni Engineering, TruAlt Lead Push for SAF Plants, Await Policy Clarity.

The plan to make India a global producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has yet to gain momentum due to the absence of a formal policy guaranteeing the purchase of locally produced biofuel. Despite this, several sugar companies, including Triveni Engineering & Industries, TruAlt Bioenergy, and Godavari Biorefineries, are actively exploring the possibility of setting up SAF facilities in India, following recent developments in the US.

Triveni CEO Sameer Sinha confirmed the company’s interest and expressed hope that a SAF policy would be rolled out before the end of the current fiscal year. Sources at TruAlt Bioenergy, part of the Nirani Sugars group, said the company is exploring options in the sector but did not provide further details. Godavari Biorefineries stated, “We have no such plans as of now. However, we are not closed to the idea and we keep eyes on the development in this area.”

The move comes as US-based LanzaJet, a subsidiary of LanzaTech Global and a leader in industrial carbon recycling, recently began commercial SAF production at its Georgia facility, using ethanol as feedstock. This marks the world’s first commercial-scale production of jet fuel from ethanol, a shift from the previously dominant but less successful use of used cooking oil as feedstock.