BIO-ENERGY GENERATION

Only a few very well known countries currently enjoy energy independence. Every single country throughout the world, however, has the inherent ability to achieve complete and lasting energy independence on a renewable and therefore sustainable basis. our natural climate in the West-African region has given us the resources to achieve this through sustainable farming at the lowest cost compared to many of the developed countries that can only effectively produce in a controlled environment. Despite huge benefits of bio-energy, we are also aware of the setbacks and effect it can have on the food production. It is our policy that we will never generate bio-energy from any of our food product, our bio-energy production biomass feedstock are generated only from two major sources – our farm by-products and algae Although our bio-energy production line can generate wide range of bio-energy, the primary ones that are considered to be produced in large commercial quantities are:

•   Bio-diesel      •   Bio-Gas       •   Ethanol       •   Electricity

Bio-energy Generation from Micro-Algae
We hope to pivot this revolutionary course with our Micro-algae farms, the algae produced will serve as one of the primary feed stocks for our bio-diesel and bio-ethanol plants.

Micro-algae
Micro-algae is actually a highly efficient unicellular biological production unit capable of taking carbon dioxide (CO2), a waste product, and converting it into a high-density natural oil through photosynthesis. Most of the world’s petroleum is actually made up of algae that decomposed over millions of years. The usage of this crude oil now means releasing the carbon dioxide that was absorbed long ago back to the atmosphere causing what is now regarded as global warming. Micro-algae cultivated today absorbs CO2 available presently and the usage releases only what it absorbed in the first place resulting in a balanced effect, making algae oil production process environment-friendly.

Advantages
Utilizing micro-algae for bio-fuel production is not a novel idea, having been first mentioned over 50 years ago. This concept has been explored through several experimental programs from the late 1970s. Several programs were ended at the time crude oil price was very low, making renewable energy generally, and micro-algae-derived fuels in particular uneconomical. Although these several programs gave clear indication that producing bio-fuels from micro-algae was feasible; however technology at that time did not allow for economic viability. Apart from its neutral carbon effect micro-Algae biomass has many other advantages:

• Naturally oily and grow very quickly
• Produce much more bio-oil per acre than traditional bio-diesel crops
• Can be grown on marginal land, so they do not compete with food crops
• Remove carbon dioxide (CO2)from the air as they grow