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- True Green Bio Energy Limited, formerly CIL Nova Petrochemicals Limited, manufactures grain-based ethanol and related biofuels as part of India's push toward renewable energy blending programs; it produces ethanol for petroleum blending, Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS) as a by-product, and supports a 6.42 MW captive power generation plant at its facility. The company, originally incorporated in 2003 as Nova Polyyarn Limited and demerged from Nova Petrochemicals Limited in 2009, previously focused on polyester yarns including partially oriented yarn (POY), fully drawn yarn (FDY), draw twisted yarn, texturized yarn, micro-filament yarn, processed fabrics, knitted fabrics, polar fleece, and flock; it exported these products to markets such as Turkey, Spain, Italy, Germany, Peru, Tanzania, Brazil, Israel, France, Portugal, and the Middle East. Headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, with manufacturing facilities at Survey No. 396(P), 395/4(P), Moriya Village, Sarkhej-Bavla Highway, the company operates as part of the family-owned Chiripal Group founded by Ved Prakash Chiripal and targets oil marketing companies like BPCL, IOCL, and HPCL, as well as private sector clients including Reliance Industries and Nayara Energy. In recent developments, the company initiated the sale or disposal of its polyester yarn unit via slump sale in March 2023 to pivot fully toward biofuels; it received a government license in September 2023 for a 300 KLPD grain-based ethanol distillery with zero liquid discharge, invested approximately INR 350 crore in this greenfield project near Ahmedabad, secured long-term offtake agreements with major oil firms in June 2024, changed its name to True Green Bio Energy Limited effective around September-December 2024 with a fresh certificate issued on December 4, 2024, and commenced commercial operations of the ethanol plant by mid-2025 to capitalize on the 20% ethanol blending target. Its equity shares trade on the Bombay Stock Exchange under the ticker TRUEGREEN.BO (formerly CNOVAPETRO.BO and 533407).