Milky Mist Dairy Food Limited commissioned a new 10 MW solar power plant at Arasanoor on September 30, 2026, raising its total renewable energy capacity to about 41 MW. The company said renewable sources now meet its total power requirements, according to its regulatory filing and press release.
The new plant adds to the 15 MW solar plant the company commissioned earlier at the same site. The company said its total investment in the 25 MW solar capacity at Arasanoor now stands at about Rs 109.60 crore.
Its renewable capacity is spread across several locations, the company said. These are 5 MW at Chithode, 9 MW at Kavilipalayam, 25 MW at Arasanoor and 2 MW of wind power at Kayathar. It said the solar installations were built on arid, open land unsuitable for effective farming.
According to the company, the 25 MW facility is expected to generate about 2.0 million units of renewable electricity a year. It will support the company’s integrated manufacturing facility at Perundurai and its milk chilling centres at several locations. The company expects the added capacity to reduce its reliance on conventional power and help avoid about 16,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually.
Milky Mist said it began investing in renewable energy in 2016 with its first 2 MW solar plant and has since invested close to Rs 197 crore in 41 MW of renewable generation. It said the plants have produced about 210 million units of power so far, worth around Rs 165 crore. The company said its solar plants are designed to operate for about 28 to 30 years and are expected to generate around 1,400 million units over their lifecycle. It estimated this would cut carbon dioxide emissions by about 13.5 lakh tonnes.
The company said it has also invested in steam turbine technology and a methane gas purification plant, which generates about 15,000 units of electricity daily. It said methane from its effluent treatment process is purified and converted into Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), and that it uses biomass for its boiler operations.
T Sathish Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, Milky Mist Dairy Food Limited, said sustainability must be built into how an enterprise is set up, run and scaled, rather than treated as a standalone initiative. He said the new plant takes renewable sources to over 100 per cent of the company’s total power requirements.
According to the company, its revenue grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 31.26 per cent between FY2024 and FY2026 to reach Rs 3,138.36 crore in FY2026. The company said it will continue to evaluate opportunities to improve energy efficiency, expand renewable power use across its operations and sustain power neutrality.
