To integrate the farm economy with green energy, the Yogi Adityanath government 2.0 is drafting ‘Uttar Pradesh Sustainable Aviation Fuel Manufacturing Promotion Policy 2025’.
The state has already received 18 investment proposals to the tune of Rs 3,000 crore from companies looking to set up sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) units in UP under the proposed policy.
The roadmap aligns with UP’s vision of becoming a $trillion economy with a major focus on manufacturing and green energy on the back of ‘Make in UP’ and ‘Made in UP’ roadmap.
The proposed policy aims at providing impetus to rural income by using biomass and grain-based feedstock such as sugarcane bagasse, rice husk, wheat straw and surplus food grains for generating aviation fuel.
UP, which is India’s top agricultural producer, is working on a roadmap to augment its portfolio of clean energy such as compressed bigas (CBG) to pare consumption of fossil fuels amid growing energy demand.
Some of these firms are Greenko, AM Greens, Balrampur Chini Mills, E20 Greenfuels, New Era Clean Tech and the Malbros Group.
Meanwhile, the UP government is holding consultations with key stakeholders including investors and energy majors to finalise India’s first SAF promotion policy before it is approved by the Yogi cabinet.
The proposed policy will accelerate UP’s green energy transition, thus putting money into the hands of the farmers while fostering a green ecosystem, according to UP chief secretary Manoj Kumar Singh.
The policy will provide a host of incentives on land and capital investment to attract investment in the SAF domain.
Boasting India’s largest network of air, rail, road and expressway infrastructure, including five international airports, UP offers seamless logistics and market connectivity to investors.
Meanwhile, state industry interface ‘Invest UP’ has floated an Expression of Interest (EOI) inviting global SAF technology providers and clean energy innovators to join the ecosystem.
Moreover, the Yogi government is wooing investors with incentives, ‘Ease of Doing Business’ pitch and UP’s advantages as a production hub owing to its vast agri base, robust infra and proactive industrial policies.
By sourcing raw material directly from local agricultural regions, the green energy sector is poised to augment rural incomes and offer better price discovery.