Sweet 'Sustainability'

Ecotech Agro Mills near Guwahati in Assam is unlocking nearly $500 billion worth green hydrocarbon market from sugarcane biomass through its unique and innovative agro-industrial platform.

- By Sujatha Vishnuraj

Tucked away in the lush landscape of Bamungaon near Guwahati, Assam, lies a quiet revolution in the making—one that could potentially redefine not just sugarcane processing but the very future of renewable energy. A visit to Spray Engineering Devices Limited’s (SEDL) boiler-less sugarcane processing facility, developed in partnership with Ecotech Agro Mills, offered a first-hand glimpse into the transformative potential of sustainable agro-industrial technology that can revolunise the segment.

From outside this may seem like just another sugar factory which lies in the outskirts of the city. If you think so, then you are mistaken—because, it’s the world’s only boiler-less, zero-emission jaggery production unit powered by SEDL's patented Mechanical Vapour Recompression (MVR) based Low-Temperature Evaporation (LTE) technology.

The system shuns traditional combustion methods and reimagines sugarcane processing as a closed-loop, energy-efficient operation. It signals a new era of eco-conscious food production and presents a viable model for tapping into the $500 billion global green hydrocarbon market—all from humble sugarcane biomass.

Engineering a sustainable breakthrough