Capital Costs for Biodiesel Plants in India – For Standalone and Integrated Plants

By Narsi Santhanam • Dec 26th, 2009 • Category: Uncategorized

What are the capital costs for setting up a biodiesel plant in India?

The answer depends on whether you are setting up an integrated biodiesel plant in which you start with crushing of the oilseed or whether the starting point for your biodiesel plant is the vegetable oil.

For the case where the starting point is the vegetable oil, biodiesel plants cost about Rs 30-35 lakhs per T per day capacity. This plant comprises primarily refining and transesterification equipments.

For integrated biodiesel plants that also comprise equipments such as expellers and filter presses, the capital cost of setting up a biodiesel plant will be in the range of Rs 50 lakhs per T per day of capacity.

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Narasimhan (Narsi) has extensive experience in understanding renewable energy markets and strategic levers for success in these markets. His special focus has been his work on the Indian renewable energy industry. His work in the previous 15 years have spanned market and industry research, product management and international sales, and strategic consulting. see more http://www.eai.in/ref/team/ns.html

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Erratic Bastard on December 27th, 2009 at 11:25 am:
is there no CAPEX benefit in in setting up larger plants? Normally I'de expect the cost to be more of a ax +b function where x is the capacity of the plant? The size of the plant would also obviously depend on the availability of raw materials in the zone…since raw material seems to be a big problem for the bio fuels industry in India.
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C.R.MURALIDHARA on February 4th, 2011 at 9:23 am:
I am an ex Air Force officer and industrial project consultant to an infrastructure company. This company is interested in setting up a biodiesel plant in Karnataka or Andhra. If you have details on this project or a profile including cost, can you kindly share it with me.

Regards,
Muralidhara