Gruner Renewable Energy is working on an order for 11 compressed biogas (CBG) plants from Reliance Industries. The company is set to deliver the first CBG plant to Reliance, as part of this. The Rs 220-crore plant at Navsari, near Surat in Gujarat can produce 44 tonne of biogas per day from biomass feedstock such as paddy straw, and municipal solid waste.

The company has orders worth Rs 1,500 crore and expects to have many more in the coming months. Gruner bagged 11 of the first fifty plants that Reliance tendered for. Reliance will blend the CBG with the compressed natural gas it supplies automobiles through its outlets. In addition, it is near to closing a deal with 'a large public sector company' to set up a joint venture which would manufacture CBG plants for the PSU. 

Gruner is headquartered in Noida, and sets up CBG plants using technology from BioEnergy of Germany. The company, through a special-purpose vehicle (SPV), would also get into the manufacture of biogas purification machinery.