Spray Engineering Devices Secures Contract to Build India’s First Boilerless Greenfield Sugar Refinery in Kandla, Gujarat

Spray Engineering Devices (SED), a sustainable industrial engineering company, has secured a turnkey contract to build India’s first boilerless greenfield sugar refinery project at Kandla, Gujarat. In addition to project execution, SED will also enter a long-term Operations and Maintenance (O&M) contract, ensuring sustained performance and efficiency.

Strategically located near India’s export corridors, the refinery will process 1,000–1,500 tonnes per day (TPD) and is targeted for completion by March 31, 2027. The facility introduces breakthrough sustainability features including Zero Water Consumption, achieved through closed-loop moisture recovery from raw sugar, and Lime Recalcination, enabling internal recovery and reuse of lime to minimise waste solids. Together with its boilerless design powered entirely by solar and wind energy, the project sets a new benchmark for circular engineering. The company reports this as the world’s first boilerless sugar refinery operating with zero water consumption and zero emissions.

Vivek Verma, Managing Director, SED, commented “This project is the culmination of SED’s mission to decouple industrial growth from environmental depletion. By achieving 99 percent sugar recovery and zero water consumption, we are proving that sugar refining can be a circular process.”

The refinery will operate with a Zero CO₂ (Carbon Di-oxide) Emission Target, aligning with global ESG mandates and reinforcing India’s position as a hub for green manufacturing technology. Designed for efficiency, it will deliver elite export-quality sugar (less than 15 ICUMSA) while handling high-colour raw sugar inputs up to 1200 ICUMSA. Energy consumption is limited to approximately 70 kWh per tonne, and lime consumption will be approximately 1 kg per tonne of sugar, supported by recalcination.

Pravin Kumar Shishodiya, Managing Director at Fullon Sugar, added “We are proud to collaborate with SED on this landmark project. By combining our expertise with SED’s engineering leadership, we are setting a new global benchmark for sustainable sugar refining and reinforcing India’s position as a hub for green manufacturing.”

By locating the plant at Kandla, the project is positioned to serve both domestic demand and international export markets with sugar produced under the clean industrial conditions.