What KIS Group does

KIS Group is a Singapore-headquartered sustainable technology company founded in 2006 that designs, builds, owns, and operates anaerobic digestion-based waste-to-energy plants converting organic waste streams — palm oil mill effluent (POME), agricultural residues, dairy manure, food waste, municipal solid waste, and industrial effluent — into biogas, BioCNG (>95% methane purity), BioLNG, BioHydrogen, renewable electricity, treated water, and certified carbon credits. Its core proprietary platform is the ZPHB® Reactor, a zero-pressure, high-rate anaerobic digester available in multiple configurations (CSTR, U, IC, CIGAR, Hybrid) supported by proprietary mixing systems (ZPHB-A/S/P/G), BioClean® H2S scrubbing, BioPower® CHP generation, and cryogenic BioLNG liquefaction. The company also markets a Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) module for industrial effluent and a Net Zero as a Service (NZaaS) turnkey decarbonization offering. The company is privately held and founder-controlled by K.R. Raghunath, with subsidiaries and offices in Singapore, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the USA, Spain, Oman, and Qatar, and operates a 182,952 sq.ft manufacturing facility in Bangalore with 10,500+ tonnes/year fabrication capacity.

KIS Group generates revenue through multiple streams: (1) Design-Build-Own-Operate (DBOO/BOOM) turnkey projects under 10–25 year off-take agreements that produce recurring revenue from sale of BioCNG, BioLNG, biogas, or electricity to industrial clients; (2) one-time EPC contracting and turnkey engineering fees; (3) sale of verified carbon credits (CERs, VCUs) under CDM, VCS, Gold Standard, and IREC frameworks; (4) sale of biomethane, BioCNG, and BioLNG through bulk and virtual pipeline supply; (5) technology licensing and consulting; and (6) minority investment capital from impact investors and strategic corporates (notably USD 23M from responsAbility in July 2025 and a minority stake taken by Mitsubishi Corporation in November 2025). The company reports 90+ delivered projects across 14 countries, 5 million tons of organic waste treated annually, 600 million m³ of biogas generated annually, 24 MW of biogas power generation completed, and 22 MW under construction.

Its primary customers are large industrial enterprises in palm oil (Sinarmas Group, SIPEF Group, multiple PT entities), FMCG/oleochemicals (Unilever in Indonesia and India), dairy (BANAS/Amul, Asia's largest dairy biogas project), pharmaceuticals (Torrent Pharma), and increasingly global energy majors (Shell Eastern Trading for BioLNG supply starting 2027). Go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting CxO and technical buyers at large industrial sites, supplemented by a channel partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation for Americas and Europe expansion. KIS Group's stated growth ambition is a $1 billion investment plan through 2030 to deploy 100 BioCNG/BOOM plants, with expansion from Southeast Asia and India into North America, South America, Europe, and the Middle East.

Name

KIS Group

Legal name

Knowledge Integration Services Singapore Pte Ltd

Website

https://kisgroup.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

KIS Group is a Singapore-headquartered sustainable technology company that designs, builds, owns, and operates anaerobic digestion plants converting organic waste into biogas, BioCNG, BioLNG, BioHydrogen, renewable electricity, and carbon credits for industrial clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Biogas & Renewable Energy Engineering

NAICS

Biomass Electric Power Generation (221117), Waste Collection (5621), Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Anaerobic Digestion (AD) & Biogas/RNG Production (Organics Feedstocks) (BPALAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organics-to-Energy & CHP from Biogas (On-site Power/Heat) (EUAIAEAG), Biomass & Waste-to-Energy Plant EPC (EUAEAAAI), Circular Economy & Waste/Materials Reporting (Zero waste, packaging) (EUAHAJAL)

Keywords

• Anaerobic digestion systems
• Biogas plant engineering
• Waste-to-energy solutions
• Renewable natural gas
• Carbon credit management

Headquarters

HQ city

Bangalore

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. DBOO/BOOM Project Model: KIS Group designs, builds, owns, and operates biogas/bio-CNG plants under long-term off-take agreements. Revenue is generated through sale of biogas, BioCNG, BioLNG, or electricity to industrial clients over 10-25 year contract periods. Clients benefit from green energy with minimal capital and operational risk while KIS earns stable, recurring revenue.
2. EPC Contracting & Turnkey Projects: Single-source EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) contracting with long-term O&M solutions. Revenue is recognized as one-time project fees for design, fabrication, installation, and commissioning of biogas and waste-to-energy plants.
3. Carbon Credits Origination & Trading: KIS Group creates and monetizes verified emission-reduction credits under CDM, VCS, Gold Standard, and IREC frameworks. Revenue is generated from the sale of carbon credits (CERs, VCUs) on voluntary and compliance markets. Provides end-to-end carbon asset origination including MRV compliance, monitoring, and trading.
4. Production & Supply of Biomethane, BioCNG & BioLNG: Certified renewable gas production, compression, and supply via bulk and virtual pipeline delivery. Revenue from sale of BioCNG, BioLNG, and biomethane to mobility, industrial, and utility-scale customers. Includes compliance with international fuel and emissions standards.
5. Technology Licensing: Licensing of BioCNG, BioLNG, and BioHydrogen technology packages to third parties. Technical consulting, audits, optimization, capacity enhancement, staff training, and knowledge transfer services provided under licensing agreements.
6. Investment & Strategic Capital Partnerships: KIS Group receives investment from impact investors and strategic partners (e.g., USD 23 million from responsAbility, minority stake from Mitsubishi Corporation) to fund project development and scale operations. This provides capital for BOOM model project deployment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

KIS Group designs, builds, owns, and operates turnkey biogas and waste-to-energy plants for industrial clients, converting organic waste streams (palm oil mill effluent, agricultural residues, food waste, municipal solid waste) into biogas, BioCNG, BioLNG, BioHydrogen, and treated water under DBOO/BOOM project models. The company also generates and trades verified carbon credits (CDM, VCS, Gold Standard, IREC) and offers Net Zero as a Service decarbonization solutions for large enterprises.

Product overview

KIS Group is a global leader in sustainable waste management and renewable energy solutions that offers a comprehensive portfolio of proprietary technologies and service offerings. The core technology platform centers on the ZPHB Reactor—a zero-pressure anaerobic digestion system—which feeds into multiple value-added product lines: BioCNG® for purified methane production, BioPower for power generation, BioLNG for liquefied fuel, and BioHydrogen™ for hydrogen production. Add-on modules like BioClean® Purification (H2S scrubbing) and Zero Liquid Discharge (water treatment) support the core systems. The company also provides integrated service offerings including Net Zero as a Service (NZaaS) for complete carbon neutrality journeys and Carbon Credit Management for CDM, VCS, Gold Standard, and IREC certification. The DBOO (Design, Build, Own, Operate) business model enables end-to-end project delivery from concept to commissioning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BioCNG®: Proprietary biogas upgrading technology for producing purified methane (>95%) for bottling and commercial applications using PSA, VPSA, membrane separation, and other methods.
• BioPower®
• BioHydrogen™
• ZPHB®
• BioClean®
• Net Zero as A Service (NZaaS)
• Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD)

Products and services

• ZPHB Reactor Zero-pressure, high-rate anaerobic digestion system that efficiently produces biogas from organic waste (POME, agricultural waste, food waste, MSW). Offered to industrial clients under DBOO/EPC engagements for renewable energy and waste management.
• BioCNG Production Turnkey BioCNG upgrading solutions that remove CO2 and impurities from raw biogas to produce purified methane (>95%) for bottling, piped supply, and industrial/transport applications.
• BioPower (Biogas-to-Power) Biogas-to-power generation systems for captive use, grid export, or combined heat and power (CHP) applications, achieving 85-90% total efficiency using gas engines from GE Jenbacher, Caterpillar, Guascor, and MWM.
• BioLNG Liquefied biomethane product (BioLNG) for use as fuel in transportation, shipping, and industrial applications; produced via liquefaction at 47.4 kg/cm2 and -82.1°C from purified biomethane.
• BioHydrogen Clean hydrogen produced from biomethane through steam methane reformation with carbon capture, marketed as a carbon-negative alternative to grey and green hydrogen for industrial and mobility applications.
• Net Zero as a Service (NZaaS) Turnkey carbon-neutrality service that helps industrial clients eliminate their carbon footprint through energy transition, emissions reduction, project execution, and carbon offsetting under zero CAPEX/OPEX terms for the client.
• BioClean Purification Proprietary H2S removal and biogas purification systems (water, chemical, biological, biochemical, and chelating scrubbers) sold to protect downstream equipment and meet gas quality standards for biogas upgrading.
• Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) Industrial wastewater treatment technology achieving 95% COD/BOD reduction and Zero Liquid Discharge through pre-treatment, secondary treatment (anaerobic and aerobic), tertiary filtration, and evaporation; enables liquid reuse and produces solid crystals for safe disposal.
• Carbon Credit Origination & Trading End-to-end carbon crediting services covering project screening, stakeholder consultation, documentation, validation, verification, and issuance of CERs, VCUs, and Gold Standard credits for client biogas and waste-to-energy projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5.9 million tons of CO₂ emissions reduced globally per year
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers23 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.

• SIPEF GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 March 2026SIPEF completed its first production run of bio-CNG at its Perlabian facility in North Sumatra, Indonesia in February 2026, marking the start of commercial operations at the plant commissioned in December 2025 in partnership with KIS Group. The facility converts methane from palm oil mill effluent into approximately 109,620 MMBtu of bio-CNG annually, reducing CO₂ emissions by more than 54,000 tonnes per year.
• Enel Green Power Germany GmbHminorOthers · 28 January 2026Osborne Clarke advised Foresight Group and KIS KB German Wind Energy Fund on the sale of two onshore wind farms (45 MW Krackow in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and 5 MW Seubersdorf in Bavaria, combined 51 MW) to Enel Green Power Germany GmbH. This represents a completed portfolio exit by the sellers in the German renewable energy market. This appears to be a historical transaction involving entities connected to KIS Group rather than an active strategic partnership.
• Shell Eastern Trading (Pte) LtdflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerKIS Group signed a BioLNG supply agreement with Shell Eastern Trading (Pte) Ltd. KIS will supply BioLNG starting in 2027 to Shell for regasification and distribution to customers in Singapore, supporting the country's transition to a lower-carbon energy future. This agreement marks the first phase of a strategic framework to meet rising demand for methane capture and renewable natural gas (RNG), reflecting both companies' commitment to scalable, sustainable energy solutions.
• SIPEF GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIPEF Group, a Belgian agro-industrial company, partnered with KIS Group to develop bio-CNG facilities at its palm oil operations in Indonesia. The Perlabian facility (commissioned December 2025) converts methane from POME into approximately 109,620 MMBtu of bio-CNG annually, reducing CO₂ emissions by more than 54,000 tonnes per year. SIPEF commissioned its first production run in February 2026. KIS Group developed multiple BioCNG projects under the BOOM model for SIPEF across multiple mills.
• Sinarmas GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership with Sinarmas Group for biogas projects at multiple palm oil mills in Indonesia. Projects include TBSM (PT. Tintin Bayok Sawit Makmur), PT. Ivo Mas Tunggal, PT. Ramajaya Paramukti, and others. Multiple Sinarmas biogas projects have been operating successfully for 8-10 years.
• UnilevercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnilever partnered with KIS Group to become the first company in Indonesia to use biomethane made from palm oil waste at its expanded oleochemicals facility in North Sumatra. KIS Group supplies BioCNG to Unilever under long-term agreements. KIS also provides Net Zero as a Service (NZaaS) to Unilever, reducing Scope 1 emissions by 44,876 tCO₂e/year, Scope 2 by 7,800 tCO₂e/year, and Scope 3 by 179,504 tCO₂e/year. Unilever India projects include wastewater treatment plants in Pondicherry, Lagos (Nigeria), and Dubai (UAE).
• UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKIS Group is a leading technology provider for implementing CDM-PoA (Clean Development Mechanism – Programme of Activities) in Indonesia for all biogas projects. CDM allows biogas projects commissioned after 2012 to continue generating and earning carbon credits. KIS Group's projects are registered and verified under CDM, VCS, Gold Standard, and IREC frameworks.
• KPMG Singapore (Corporate Finance Team)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerKPMG in Singapore served as Financial Advisor for KIS Group's partnership with responsAbility, providing corporate finance advisory support for the USD 23 million funding transaction.
• AEP GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAEP Group is mentioned as a key business partner present at the signing ceremony for KIS Group's responsAbility funding, indicating an ongoing business relationship in the bio-energy sector.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Anaergia Inc. Anaergia is a global anaerobic digestion and organic waste-to-energy platform, building, owning, and operating biogas and RNG plants. It is the closest pure-play AD peer to KIS, competing head-to-head on municipal and industrial feedstocks with a similar DBOO approach.
• Brightmark Energy: Brightmark develops, owns, and operates biogas-to-RNG projects from dairy, agricultural, and food waste in the US. It overlaps with KIS on AD-based RNG production and long-term offtake contracts, although its geographic focus is North America.
• Aemetis, Inc. Aemetis produces renewable natural gas from agricultural and forestry waste and renewable diesel from low-carbon feedstocks. It is comparable to KIS as a waste-to-RNG/renewable-fuel operator using proprietary upgrading and offtake-driven revenue.
• Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Clean Energy Fuels is the largest US RNG producer and a major offtaker/distributor of biomethane for transportation. It competes with KIS for the same renewable fuel customers and as a BioCNG/RNG counterpart in long-term supply agreements.
• EnviTec Biogas AG: EnviTec designs, builds, and operates biogas plants across Europe using anaerobic digestion of agricultural and organic waste. It is comparable to KIS on AD plant construction, EPC, and plant operations, though concentrated in Europe.
• Xergi (Nature Energy): Nature Energy (formerly Xergi) is one of Europe's largest operators of large-scale biogas and upgraded biomethane plants, processing organic waste into RNG under long-term offtake contracts. It mirrors KIS's DBOO operating model and AD-based RNG focus.
• HoSt Group: HoSt designs and supplies anaerobic digestion and biogas upgrading technology for industrial and agricultural applications globally. It competes with KIS on AD technology supply, EPC, and operation of biogas plants in the same industrial verticals.
• PlanET Biogas Group: PlanET is a German EPC and technology supplier for anaerobic digestion plants serving agriculture, food waste, and industrial feedstocks. Comparable to KIS on AD plant engineering, digester design, and biomethane upgrading.

Broad incumbents

• TotalEnergies (Biogas / OneTech): TotalEnergies operates an integrated biogas/RNG business including stake in Clean Energy Fuels-equivalent value chains and is acquiring AD project developers globally. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping capabilities to KIS in biogas production and BioLNG/RNG supply.
• Veolia Environnement: Veolia is a global waste management and environmental services operator with significant anaerobic digestion and biogas production capabilities across municipal and industrial waste streams. It competes with KIS on industrial waste-to-energy projects and biogas/RNG offtake at scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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