List of Biodiesel Plants in India

The below list includes Biodiesel plants in India:

Year	Company Name	Biodiesel Plant Location
2007	Southern Biotech Ltd	Andhra Pradesh
2008	Kaleesuwari Refinery Private Limited	Andhra Pradesh
2008	Universal Biofuels	Andhra Pradesh
2008	Nova Biofuels P Ltd	Haryana
2008	CREDA	Raipur
2008	Costal Energy	West Bengal
2009	Bio Max	Andhra Pradesh
2009	Emami Biotech Pvt Ltd	West Bengal
2009	Yantra Fintech Ltd	Chennai
2009	RIL(pilot plant)	Andhra Pradesh
2010	Southern Biotech Ltd	Andhra Pradesh
2011	Khanda Biofuels Pvt Ltd	Hyderabad
2012	Eco Green Fuels Pvt. Ltd	Bangalore
2012	Kissan Agro Industries Ltd	Noida
2012	Ruchi(Pilot Plant)	Gujarat
2015	Yamuna Bio Industries Ltd	Varoda
2015	Unicon Fibro Chem Ltd	Silvassa
2015	Wash well	Bhilwara
2015	Global	Panvel
2015	Al Noor	Muzaffarnagar
2018	Rajputana Biofuels Ltd	Jaipur, Rajasthan
2018	Monopoly Industries Ltd	Khopoli
2018	Elite Oil Ltd	Kakinada
2019	Kotiar Biofuels Ltd	Abu Road, rajashtan
2019	BioD Industries Ltd	Bawal, Haryana
2019	Munzer Bharat	New Mumbai

What is Biodiesel ?

Biodiesel is a clean & green fuel derived from trans-esterification or acid esterification of vegetable oils or fats.
Its properties are very similar to diesel fuels.

Biodiesel is produced from which plants ?

In India, there is a vast potential for the production of biodiesel from Jatropha curcas (called Jangli arandi in Hindi and Kattukkotai in Tamil) and Pongamia pinnata (The Indian Beech called Karanj in Hindi and Pungai in Tamil) as they occur in plenty in forests and wastelands.
In the West, biodiesel is produced mostly from field crops like rapeseed and sun flower in Europe and soyabean in the US. While, Malaysia utilises palm oil while Nicaragua uses Jatropha curcas (The Physic Nut) for bio diesel production.