Telangana secures Rs 1,500 crore investments for world class biogas projects

As India looks to bolster its biofuel sector in the era of sustainable development, the Telangana government has secured over Rs 1,500 crore towards the establishment of world-class biogas plants across the state. These investments have come through a collaboration signed between South Africa’s Biovest Holdings and India’s Spantech Engineers and EcoMax Energy Pvt. Ltd.

As part of the scheme concerning biogas, there is a strategic technology transfer agreement between Biovest and Spantech Engineers. Under this, Spantech will locally manufacture Biovest’s cutting-edge Herba system in Hyderabad. This modular, containerized anaerobic digestion technology is designed to produce up to three times more biomethane than conventional systems. The manufacturing will leverage Spantech’s existing capabilities in gas purification, particularly through its patented BioGenie systems.

EcoMax Energy is a Hyderabad-based company that has been appointed the exclusive deployment partner for the Herba technology in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. EcoMax has planned to develop 20 Compressed Biogas (CBG) plants across Telangana. The broader goal is to establish at least one plant in each district of Telangana.

A formal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) solidifying this collaboration was signed in the presence of senior Telangana government officials.

M Rithvik Rao, Managing Director and CEO at EcoMax Energy. “Our vision is to make Telangana a green energy hub, completely independent in compressed natural gas, creating thousands of green jobs and elevating rural economies. We are also in advanced talks with European green funds and development banks to raise funds, affirming the global impact of this project”.

The Herba system’s modular, scalable design is particularly suited for decentralized energy production—aligning well with India’s emphasis on sustainable rural development. By utilizing agricultural waste as a key input, the system not only supports energy generation but also provides additional income opportunities for farmers.

The South African Consulate General in India played a pivotal role in facilitating this trilateral partnership. South Africa’s Consul General Gideon Labane expressed strong support for the initiative calling it “a bold step toward a cleaner, greener future.”

Recently, GPSR Arya Pvt Ltd announced an investment Rs 2,000 crore in Telangana to develop 15 compressed biogas plants, each with a capacity of 15 tonnes per day, in joint ventures with public sector OMCs, including Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL).