Food, Water, Energy

Sowing Prosperity, Harvesting Sustainability in burundi

A trailblazing initiative of joint venture partners Facet Power, Jeni Eco, and Jitmat, the Sweet Sorghum Biorefinery Project in Muyinga Province, Burundi, is as a beacon of bioeconomy innovation, poised to transform local livelihoods and stimulate economic growth across the region.

This cutting-edge initiative harnesses the potential of sweet sorghum—a highly nutritious, drought-resilient, ideal food-water-energy nexus crop that holds tremendous potential for socio-economic development—to enhance agricultural resilience, food security, energy security, and financial well-being.

By invigorating local agriculture and supporting smallholders, the project produces sugar, ethanol, biochar, electricity, and animal feeds from sweet sorghum, creating new opportunities and pathways to prosperity. It serves as a catalyst for a circular economy, promoting trade and cooperation among East African states and fostering regional unity and collaboration.

Aligned with Burundi's Vision 2040, the domestic production of bioethanol will reduce reliance on foreign currency for fuel imports, meet domestic energy needs, and strengthen Burundi's economic sovereignty.

Through this visionary project, Burundi not only addresses immediate challenges, but paves the way for a sustainable and thriving future.

Facet Jeni Eco Jitmat Sweet Sorghum Biorefinery 1, Burundi, is the first project in the joint venture's Food Water Energy Nexus Sweet Sorghum Bioeconomy EcoSystem Phase 1. Additional projects are planned in Democratic Republic of Congo and anticipated in Tanzania.

Sustainable Battery Nanocarbon Advanced Materials Manufacturing EcoSystem, Ghana

Facet Oko is leveraging the unique properties of rice husks to drive decarbonization, growth and climate action in sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and nanocarbon advanced materials manufacturing while simultaneously enhancing food, water, and economic security in West and Central Africa.

Phase 1 West & Central Africa Regional Rice Husk Waste to Lithium-Ion Si Anodes & Supercapacitor Materials Manufacturing EcoSystem

Beginning in Ghana, our Food, Water, Energy Nexus biochar energy systems aim to increase local rice production and set the stage for Phase 2, which focuses on nanocarbon advanced manufacturing systems producing nano silicon anode materials for decarbonized lithium-ion battery manufacturing.

Key Objectives:

Soil and Water Management: Utilizes silica-rich biochar to enhance soil quality, conserve water, and implement carbon-negative, timed irrigation systems, reducing methane emissions.
Sustainable Energy: Converts rice husk waste into clean electricity for agricultural operations, decreasing reliance on unstable power supplies and creating new revenue streams.
Market Creation: Develops a market for rice husk as a commodity, providing farmers with extra income and incentivizing increased production.
Mechanization and Access: Offers clean energy for drying, storage, milling, and processing, improving market access for local rice through independent energy solutions and better logistics.
Financial Viability: Generates revenue through rice husk purchase agreements and community carbon credit programs, enhancing smallholder access to capital and attracting investment.
Climate Resilience: Improves soil, disease, and drought resilience while reducing the carbon footprint of rice production and promoting stable yields through enhanced soil health and timed irrigation.
Local Production and Economic Growth: Reduces import dependence, boosting food security and productivity while creating new revenue streams for economic stability.

Annual Impact Project One:

10,000 Tonnes of Rice Husk Waste Recycled
1,400 Tonnes of Silica Rich Biochar Used for Climate Smart Rice Cultivation
3,500 Tonnes of CO2 Permanently Removed
33,000 MWh Renewable Baseload Electricity
60,000 Tonnes of CO2 Emissions Avoided
20 Direct Jobs

Community Benefits: include technical support and capacity building for Small Holder Climate Smart Agriculture Using Biochar and Timed Irrigation, Gender Equality, Bioeconomy Entrepreneurship, and Recurring Carbon Credit Income .

Powering Food Security, Community, & Economic Growth, Cameroon

Sustainable Battery Nanocarbon Advanced Materials Manufacturing EcoSystem, Ghana

Facet Cameroon and PAMOL Plantations, are collaborating on development of a Facet Power Food-Water-Energy Nexus EcoSystem to convert empty fruit bunch waste generated by PAMOL's sustainable palm oil production process into carbon negative renewable electricity and zero emissions fuels, biochar for regenerative agriculture, food security, and CDR, carbon credits, and community benefits.

PAMOL is a Para Public Company producing palm oil for domestic consumption and rubber and the third largest agro-industrial business in Cameroon. Located in the fertile Southwest Region, the estate is increasing production and milling capacity. Playing an active role in community prosperity, PAMOL encourages oil palm smallholders to establish farms around PAMOL estates with a goal of purchasing 60% of processed crop from smallholders.

Key Objectives:

Advance PAMOL's Corporate Environmental & Social Responsibility Goals with sustainable practices, waste reduction, decarbonization, and community benefits, particularly climate resilient agriculture and enhanced food security and to
Increase Rural Electrification: in alignment with Cameroon's Vision 2035 policy. goals.

Annual Project Impact:

21,000 Tonnes of Empty Fruit Bunch Waste Recycled
2,100 Tonnes of Biochar Used for Regenerative Agriculture
6,000 Tonnes of CO2 Permanently Removed
7,582.9 MWh Renewable Baseload Electricity
89,000 Tonnes of CO2 Emissions Avoided
20 Direct Jobs

Community Benefits: include technical support and capacity building for Small Holder Regenerative Agriculture, Gender Equality, Bioeconomy Entrepreneurship, and Recurring Community Carbon Credit Income

A Sustainable Future for Shea in West Africa

Facet Oko's Food Water Energy Nexus Shea Nut Sustainability EcoSystem: addresses critical environmental, energy, and carbon intensity challenges in West Africa's agri-business sector.

Facet Oko Shea Nut Sustainability Ecosystem One converts she a nut residue into carbon-neutral steam to power the shea oil refinery and biochar to revitalize soil health, boosts agricultural yields, empowering smallholder farmers, and driving local economic growth.

By producing biochar for regenerative agriculture, the EcoSystem restores degraded lands, implements sustainable practices that enhance the impact of biochar CDR, and lowers emissions throughout the shea nut value chain.

The initiative strengthens local livelihoods and climate resilience, enhancing the sustainability and low-carbon competitiveness of shea nut farming for a thriving, climate-smart future.

Key Project Objectives:

Biochar Production: transform agricultural waste into biochar, reducing on-farm waste, preventing greenhouse gas emissions, and permanently removing CO2
Soil Enhancement: Improves soil health, water retention, and nutrient availability with biochar, mitigating degradation from traditional practices.
Economic Empowerment: Creates 30 jobs, empowering the local workforce and supporting women-led initiatives.
Climate Resilience: Strengthens shea farm resilience, aligning with broader sustainability goals in West Africa.
Emissions Reduction: Lowers emissions by offering alternatives to synthetic fertilizers, enhancing soil carbon sequestration, and using carbon-neutral energy for processing.

Economic and Environmental Impact: Facet Oko's EcoSystem drives a shift towards a sustainable, low-carbon, circular shea sector, integrating bioenergy and biochar systems to foster a regenerative future for West Africa's shea industry and its farmers.

Annual Impact Project One:

40,000 Tonnes of Shea Nut Waste Recycled
10,000 Tonnes of Biochar Used for Regenerative Agriculture
25,000 Tonnes of CO2 Permanently Removed
424,000 Tonnes of CO2 Emissions Avoided
30 Direct Jobs

Community Benefits: include technical support and capacity building for Small Holder Regenerative Agriculture, Gender Equality, Bioeconomy Entrepreneurship, and Recurring Carbon Credit Income

Building a Bamboo Biochar Bioeconomy, India

A Sustainable Future for Shea in West Africa

Facet Kalulu's & Climes Agri's Bamboo Food, Water, Energy Nexus EcoSystem, is catalyzing climate prosperity in Nagaland, India, by transforming bamboo waste into carbon negative baseload electricity and high value biochar. While bamboo's rapid growth offers renewable potential, it crowds out native biodiversity, requiring strategic management and removal.

Facet Power is driving a sustainable, low-carbon economy in Nagaland by harnessing bamboo biomass for bioenergy and biochar production. This initiative not only empowers local communities and farmers but also enhances environmental health and biodiversity. By setting a new benchmark for sustainable development, it paves the way for resilient ecosystems and thriving livelihoods in the region.

Key Project Objectives:

Biochar Production: Converts bamboo waste into biochar, minimizing agricultural waste, curbing GHG emissions, and permanently removing CO2.
Soil Enhancement: Elevates soil quality in Nagaland, tackling nutrient depletion and championing regenerative farming.
Economic Empowerment: Sparks local job creation and community development, with a spotlight on women-led initiatives.
Climate Resilience: Fortifies local agricultural systems, aligning with broader sustainability objectives.
Emissions Reduction: Lowers emissions through clean energy solutions, displacement of fossil fuel-based fertilizers, and improved soil carbon sequestration.

Annual Impact Project One:

200,000 Tonnes of Bamboo Waste Recycled
27,600 Tonnes of Biochar Used for Regenerative Agriculture and Forest Climate Resilience
82,000 Tonnes of CO2 Permanently Removed
86,666 MWh Renewable Baseload Electricity
424,000 Tonnes of CO2 Emissions Avoided
45 Direct Jobs

Community Benefits: include technical support and capacity building for Small Holder Regenerative Agriculture, Gender Equality, Bioeconomy Entrepreneurship, and Recurring Carbon Credit Income

Forest-to-Cocoa Sustainability EcoSystem, Ghana

Facet Oko Forest-to-Cocoa Sustainability Ecosystem: A Greener Cocoa Future in Ghana

The Facet Oko Forest-to-Cocoa Sustainability Ecosystem tackles critical environmental and carbon intensity challenges in Ghana's second largest agricultural sector: cocoa. By enhancing farmer livelihoods and strengthening climate resilience, this initiative boosts the sustainability and low-carbon competitiveness of cocoa farming and forestry, preparing the sector responsible for 30% of Ghana's GDP for a climate smart future.

Innovative Approach:

Facet Oko Forest-to-Cocoa Sustainability Ecosystem Phase 1 transforms forest waste and cocoa prunings into carbon-negative electricity, biochar, CDR, and carbon credits. This process not only replenishes soil health but also boosts cocoa and agroforestry yields, increasing income for smallholders, small businesses, and agri-businesses alike.

Phase 2 of the EcoSystem will produce biochar for use reclaiming cocoa farms degraded by illegal mining activity in the Eastern region where 81% of farms have been impacted. This EcoSystem is designed to achieve significant CDR and reduce cocoa value chain Scope 1-3 emissions to meet carbon border tax requirements.

Key Components and Benefits:

Biochar Production: Minimizes on-farm waste and prevents greenhouse gas emissions from decomposition or burning
Soil Enhancement: Utilizes biochar to improve soil health, water retention, and nutrient availability. Mitigates soil degradation from slash-and-burn practices
Agroforestry Support: Promotes shade-grown cocoa systems with biochar-enhanced seedlings. Aligns with Ghana Cocoa Board's (COCOBOD's) agroforestry initiatives
Climate Resilience: Strengthens the climate resilience of cocoa farms, directly supporting Ghana's Climate-Smart Cocoa goals.
Emissions Reduction: Reduces emissions across the value chain by offering alternatives to slash-and-burn practices, minimizing chemical fertilizer use, enhancing soil carbon sequestration, improving water retention to reduce irrigation needs, and powering irrigation systems with carbon-negative electricity.

Economic and Environmental Impact:

Facet Oko's initiative catalyzes a paradigm shift towards a sustainable, economically resilient, low-carbon, and circular cocoa sector. By integrating bioenergy and advanced biochar systems, this project exemplifies our dedication to comprehensive climate solutions, laying the foundation for a regenerative future that benefits Ghana's cocoa industry, its farmers, and the global environment.

Annual Impact Project One:

200,000 Tonnes of Forest Waste Recycled
27,600 Tonnes of Biochar Used for Regenerative Agriculture and Forest Climate Resilience
82,000 Tonnes of CO2 Permanently Removed
86,666 MWh Renewable Baseload Electricity
424,000 Tonnes of CO2 Emissions Avoided
45 Direct Jobs

Community Benefits: include technical support and capacity building for Small Holder Regenerative Agriculture, Gender Equality, Bioeconomy Entrepreneurship, and Recurring Carbon Credit Income

Forest-to-Cocoa Sustainability EcoSystem, Ghana

Climate Proof Collaboration:

Climate Smart Agriculture Ecosystem, Tanzania

Facet Power is collaborating with Tanzanian smallholder farmers taking action to climate proof their future. This Climate Smart Agriculture EcoSystem provides right sized centralized biomass waste collection, industrial scale commercial grade biochar energy systems to scale existing community initiatives, create new economic opportunities, and empower rural communities in securing a sustainable future.

A Vision for Food Security and Economic Stability

Together, we are transforming maize and staple crop residues into food security, climate resilience, and economic stability solutions.

Our three-phase approach transforms agricultural waste into a catalyst for sustainable development:

Resource Optimization: Converting farm residues into high-value biochar, carbon-negative energy, and verifiable carbon credits, boosting soil fertility and farmer prosperity.
Landscape Renewal: Deploying biochar at scale to regenerate degraded lands, accelerate reforestation, and achieve quantifiable atmospheric carbon drawdown.
Bio-Innovation Frontier: Pioneering advanced materials derived from biochar, driving a new wave of sustainable solutions across multiple industries.

Key Components and Benefits:

Economic Growth: Stabilizing farm economics with multiple new streams of revenue including long term contracted income from waste residues
Biochar Production: Converts agricultural residues into biochar, minimizing waste and preventing greenhouse gas emissions from decomposition or burning.
Soil Enhancement: Utilizes biochar to improve soil health, water retention, and nutrient availability, mitigating soil degradation and enhancing crop yields.
Agroforestry Support: Promotes integrated farming systems with biochar-enhanced seedlings, fostering biodiversity and sustainable land use.
Climate Resilience: Strengthens the resilience of agricultural systems to climate change, directly supporting Tanzania's climate-smart agriculture objectives and small holder agency in preparing for an uncertain future they had no part in creating.
Emissions Reduction: Reduces emissions by providing alternatives to traditional practices, minimizing chemical fertilizer use, enhancing soil carbon sequestration, and delivering renewable energy solutions.
Hub and Spoke Model: Central hub facilities will cultivate crops on-site bolstering both food and operational security, generating jobs, and creating space for entrepreneurial and educational opportunities outside of subsistence farming. This model supports both the ecosystem's operations and the surrounding communities.

Annual Impact Project One:

200,000 Tonnes of Agricultural Residues Recycled
27,000 Tonnes of Biochar Used for Regenerative Agriculture
82,000 Tonnes of CO2 Permanently Removed
86,000 MWh Renewable Energy Generated
424,000 Tonnes of CO2 Emissions Avoided
60 Direct Jobs Created

Community Benefits: include technical support and capacity building for smallholder regenerative agriculture, advance gender equality, fosters bioeconomy entrepreneurship, and generates recurring carbon credit income.

POWERING AGRICULTURAL, ENERGY, & COMMUNITY PROSERITY

Climate Smart Poultry, Southern Africa

Energy insecurity caused by aging infrastructure and load shedding in South Africa has created a precarious condition for South Africa’s poultry farmers and industry, the nation's food supply, economic stability and growth.

Reinpower, a joint venture of Facet Power, Kalulu Resources, and Reinagri, is revolutionizing South Africa's agricultural and energy sector with Climate-Smart Poultry EcoSystems that meet the urgent need for stable, affordable, low-carbon renewable energy through decentralized baseload renewable electricity generated on-site or near farms from poultry litter.

Reinpower’s flexible, scalable solutions improve efficiency, mitigate the economic impacts of load shedding, and empower farmers to grow their businesses with energy independence, cost control, carbon competitiveness, and new, diversified revenue streams.

South Africa Climate Smart Poultry EcoSystem projects convert poultry litter waste into a solution that enhances:

Energy Security: Alleviating the effects of aging infrastructure and load shedding on power supply.
Agricultural Sustainability & Resilience: Ensuring the viability of South Africa's poultry industry.
Food Security: Protecting the nation's, region's, and international food supply chains.
Economic Stability: Supporting farm and food system value chain growth through reliable energy solutions.
Carbon Reduction & CDR: Transitioning to carbon negative energy, displacing fossil fuel based synthetic fertilizers, catalyzing soil carbon draw down, removing CO2.

Phase I: Eight (8) projects generating 1MW to 3MW of carbon-negative electricity and producing valuable biochar.

Phases II-V: Further development within South Africa.

Phases VI-XII: Expansion to Zambia, Botswana, and Namibia.

Key Project Goals:

Food, Water & Energy Security: Enhancing regional stability.
Climate-Smart Agriculture: Implementing sustainable practices.
Energy Independence: Reducing reliance on the national grid.
Community Resilience: Strengthening local economies.
Climate Adaptation: Preparing for environmental changes.
Soil Health: Restoring land fertility with biochar.
Nutrient Management: Optimizing resource use & ensuring valuable nutrients get where they need to go..
Supply Chain Decarbonization: Reducing emissions and increasing competitive advantage of South Africa poultry exports.
Bioeconomy Development: Building a sustainable economic model.

Reinpower’s Climate Smart Poultry EcoSystems solve immediate energy and agricultural challenges but also sets the stage for a sustainable, resilient future in Southern Africa. By integrating strategies to address urgent energy and agricultural challenges with long term climate resilience solutions Reinpower is redefining climate-smart carbon, agriculture, energy, and community solutions for maximum regional impact.

Annual Project Impact:

200,000 Tonnes of Forest Waste Recycled
27,600 Tonnes of Biochar Used for Regenerative Agriculture and Forest Climate Resilience
82,000 Tonnes of CO2 Permanently Removed
86,666 MWh Renewable Baseload Electricity
424,000 Tonnes of CO2 Emissions Avoided
45 Direct Jobs

Community Benefits include technical support and capacity building for Small Holder Regenerative Agriculture, Gender Equality, Bioeconomy Entrepreneurship, and Recurring Carbon Credit Income

Climate Smart Poultry, India

Climate Smart Poultry, Southern Africa

Facet Kalulu and Climes Agri are collaborating to transform and decarbonize the poultry industry in Southern India through the creation of Climate-Smart Poultry Ecosystems to address the need for:

Decarbonized Baseload Renewable Electricity: Providing clean, reliable power to meet the increasing energy demands sustainably.
Climate-Resilient Low-Carbon Poultry Production: Revolutionizing a traditionally carbon-intensive industry into a model of sustainability.
Agricultural Fertilizer Transition: Reducing agriculture's carbon footprint by shifting away from fossil fuel-based fertilizers, which currently contribute to 13% of global CO2 emissions.
Soil Health Regeneration: Breaking the cycle of soil degradation caused by conventional farming practices to enhance long-term agricultural productivity.
Farmer Income Stabilization: Ensuring economic sustainability and resilience for local agricultural communities.

Phase I of the South India Climate-Smart Poultry Ecosystem includes six (6) projects, each generating 2MW to 5MW of carbon-negative electricity while producing nutrient rich poultry litter biochar, stabilizing farmer income, and removing CO2.

Key Project Goals:

Food, Water & Energy Security: Enhancing regional self-sufficiency and sustainability.
Climate-Smart Agriculture: Implementing practices that ensure sustainable and environmentally friendly farming.
Energy Independence: Reducing reliance on fossil fuels and promoting renewable energy sources.
Community Resilience: Strengthening local economies and infrastructure to withstand environmental and economic changes.
Climate Adaptation: Preparing communities to adapt to and thrive amidst environmental changes.
Soil Health Improvement: Restoring and maintaining fertile agricultural land for future generations.
Nutrient Management: Optimizing resource use to improve farming efficiency and productivity.
Supply Chain Decarbonization: Reducing emissions across the poultry industry's supply chain.
Bioeconomy Development: Fostering a sustainable, bio-based economic model that supports local development.

This holistic approach not only addresses immediate environmental and economic challenges but also lays the groundwork for a sustainable and resilient future in Southern India's agricultural sector.

By optimizing renewable energy development and biochar systems to tackle multiple interconnected issues simultaneously, Facet Kalulu and Climes Agri are setting a new standard for integrated, climate-smart solutions in agriculture and energy production.

Annual Project Impact:

200,000 Tonnes of Forest Waste Recycled
27,600 Tonnes of Biochar Used for Regenerative Agriculture and Forest Climate Resilience
82,000 Tonnes of CO2 Permanently Removed
86,666 MWh Renewable Baseload Electricity
424,000 Tonnes of CO2 Emissions Avoided
45 Direct Jobs

Community Benefits: include technical support and capacity building for Small Holder Regenerative Agriculture, Gender Equality, Bioeconomy Entrepreneurship, and Recurring Carbon Credit Income

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