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Option A Build in-house High capex
Slow ramp

Option B Partner BOO Zero capex
Fastest payback

Option C Sell feedstock No upside
Capped revenue

Decisions you
won't
regret in year three.

Strategic advice for owners, sponsors, and policymakers planning waste-to-energy projects. Bankable feasibility, feedstock strategy, financial structuring, GOBARdhan and SATAT alignment. Advice grounded in 12 commissioned plants and 23 in operation.

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The signature surface

Six lenses. One decision.

Every BioSarthi consulting engagement examines the project through six lenses. We do not hand you six reports. We hand you one decision document with the trade-offs explicit.

Engagements range from 4-week feasibility scans to 16-week bankable DPRs.

Feedstock strategy

Availability, contracts, seasonality, pricing

Process selection

AD vs gasification vs pyrolysis. Yield economics.

Site & permits

Land, NOCs, environmental, factory licence pathway

Financial structuring

Equity, debt, viability gap funding, IREDA / SBI

Offtake & pricing

SATAT, IGL, retail, captive use. Tariff economics.

Risk & sensitivity

Feedstock, tariff, capex, operating risk modelled

How it works

Question to decision, in four stages.

Every consulting engagement starts with a question and ends with a decision. The four stages exist to make sure the decision is the right one, supported by evidence the owner's lender will accept.

C.01

Scoping

What's the question? Who decides? When? Output: agreed scope, 1 week.

C.02

Field work

Site, feedstock, market, finance. 3–8 weeks. Primary research, not desk.

C.03

Modelling

Financial, feedstock, sensitivity. 2 weeks. Cross-checked by senior partner.

C.04

Decision document

One report, one decision. With the trade-offs visible. 2 weeks.

What's covered

A complete view, one tile each.

Each tile is a chapter of the decision document. Boards read the cover; sponsors read the chapters; lenders read the appendices.

D.01

Feedstock map

12-month

Availability, contracts, seasonality, transport. Primary survey, not estimates.

D.02

Process choice

with rationale

AD vs gasification vs pyrolysis. Yield, capex, operability scored.

D.03

Financial model

10-year

Three scenarios. P50/P10/P90 IRR. Lender-grade DCF.

D.04

Permit pathway

month-by-month

NOCs, environmental clearance, pollution-control consent. Filing dates.

D.05

Offtake structure

tariff economics

SATAT, IGL, captive, retail compared. Margin per Nm³ in each.

D.06

Risk register

ranked

Top 12 risks, mitigation cost, residual exposure. Insurable items flagged.

Sizer · interactive

How big is the decision ?

Drag to set the project capex. We size the consulting engagement, deliverables, and the decision-grade artefacts your board and lender will need.

Project capex

50₹ Cr

5500

Engagement length

12 weeks

Deliverables

DPR + 4 packs

Senior partner days

Lender meetings

3 facilitated

Bankable, not theoretical.

Every BioSarthi consulting deliverable is built to be accepted by a lender, a board, or a regulator. We do not write reports for the shelf. Sources are primary, models are reviewable, recommendations are signed.

✓

Primary feedstock surveys

We talk to the actual farmers, mills, mandis. Not desk research.

✓

Lender-grade DPR

SBI, IREDA, NABFINS, NBFC formats. Acceptance track record.

✓

GOBARdhan / SATAT alignment

Eligibility checked, tariff structure modelled, application pathway mapped.

✓

Independent peer review

Every model and DPR cross-checked by a senior partner not on the engagement.

✓

Decision document, not report

One page sets out the recommendation. The rest is evidence.

✓

Sponsor + lender meetings

We are in the room when the decision is made. Up to 4 meetings included.

vs. the alternatives

Big-firm strategy. Generic consultants.
Or this.

Dimension

BioSarthi

DIY / In-house

Generic vendor

No system

Industry focus

Waste-to-energy only

All sectors

Mixed

n/a

Field work

Primary, India

Often desk-based

Mixed

n/a

Bankable DPR

Lender-accepted

Adapted

Yes

n/a

GOBARdhan / SATAT depth

Native

Light

Generic

n/a

Senior partner involvement

32 days typical

8 days typical

16 days typical

n/a

Engagement length

4–16 weeks

12–24 weeks

8–12 weeks

n/a

Cost

₹15–60 L

₹50L–2Cr

₹25–80 L

n/a

From decision to dispatch

A consulting engagement, end to end.

Five phases from first scoping call to decision document signed. Real engagements range 4 to 16 weeks depending on depth.

01 / Scoping

Week 1

Question, decision-makers, deliverables, agreed scope.

02 / Field work

Week 2–9

Site visits, feedstock survey, market research, finance.

03 / Modelling

Week 10–11

Financial, feedstock, sensitivity. Senior partner review.

04 / Drafting

Week 12–13

Decision document. Board and lender packs.

05 / Decision support

Week 14–16

Sponsor and lender meetings. Up to 4 included.

Snapshots

What it looks like, in the deck.

Visual landmarks of a BioSarthi consulting deliverable. Decision documents your board, sponsor, and lender will recognise.

Decision page

One-page recommendation, trade-offs explicit

Feedstock map

12-month availability by district

Financial model

P50/P10/P90 IRR sensitivity

Permit pathway

Filing dates by month

In their words

Voices from decided projects.

"The decision document was 14 pages. The board approved in 90 minutes. We had been deliberating for 18 months."

Sponsor

MSW project, Karnataka, 2024

"BioSarthi's feedstock survey caught a contract risk our DPR consultant had missed. Saved us from stranded capex."

Project director

Press-mud plant, UP, 2023

"The DPR was accepted by SBI without revision. The model was so cleanly built the credit team called us to congratulate us."

CFO

CBG project, MP, 2024

Frequently asked

Things owners ask first.

Project sponsors, owner-operators, infrastructure funds, state nodal agencies, central ministries. Not lenders directly (we'd be conflicted).

Anaerobic digestion (biogas, CBG), gasification, pyrolysis, MSW, agri-residue. We do not work outside waste-to-energy.

Yes, for state and central agencies. Recent work includes feedstock-pricing frameworks and SATAT contract-design reviews.

Strategy and structuring, yes. Introductions to lenders and equity partners, yes. We do not arrange or place capital.

4 weeks for a feasibility scan. 8–12 weeks for a bankable DPR. 16 weeks for a complex multi-feedstock or policy engagement.

Engagements are signed with explicit option-to-build clauses or no-build clauses. The owner chooses. About half of consulting clients later engage us for EPC; half do not.

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