Facet Power Food Water Energy Nexus & Natural Capital Ecosystems

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 .

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 

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 

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 

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 

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:

1. Decarbonized Baseload Renewable Electricity: Providing clean, reliable power to meet the increasing energy demands sustainably.
2. Climate-Resilient Low-Carbon Poultry Production: Revolutionizing a traditionally carbon-intensive industry into a model of sustainability.
3. 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.
4. Soil Health Regeneration: Breaking the cycle of soil degradation caused by conventional farming practices to enhance long-term agricultural productivity.
5. 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 

Biodiversity & Nat Cap Revitalization. Namibia, Protecting Endangered Desert Elephants 

Facet Power is excited to announce a pioneering project in Namibia that addresses critical environmental and social challenges while supporting the vital work of Elephant-Human Relations Aid (EHRA). Our initiative focuses on recycling encroachment bush into biochar and nanocarbons, providing sustainable solutions to enhance farm productivity, protect desert elephant corridors, increase access to fresh water, and reduce human-elephant conflict.

1. Boosting Farm Productivity: By converting encroachment bush into biochar, we enhance soil fertility and water retention, leading to increased agricultural yields. This reduces the need for farmland expansion, preserving essential elephant habitats.
2. Protecting Elephant Corridors: The removal of encroachment bush helps maintain open pathways for desert-adapted elephants, crucial for their migration and survival. This effort aligns with EHRA's mission to safeguard these majestic creatures and their habitats.
3. Innovative Water Purification: Utilizing advanced nanocarbons derived from biochar production, we develop solutions to purify briny water sources. This innovation addresses a key factor in human-elephant conflict—competition for limited water resources.
4. Community Empowerment: Our project creates economic opportunities for local communities by involving them in bush harvesting and biochar production. This fosters environmental stewardship and enhances livelihoods.

EHRA is dedicated to fostering peaceful coexistence between local communities and desert elephants through conflict mitigation, education, and conservation. Our project complements their efforts by providing sustainable solutions that benefit both people and wildlife, promoting a balanced ecosystem in Namibia.

Biodiversity & Nat Cap Revitalization, Namibia, Conserving Endangered Cheetah Habitat

 With only 7,500 cheetahs left in the wild, Facet Power is committed to being part of the solution for this critically endangered species. Our innovative Healing the Land: Reclaiming Critical Cheetah Habitat, Protecting Endangered Cheetah, project harnesses the synergistic products of advanced biochar systems to address the complex challenges of cheetah conservation while promoting sustainable development in Namibia, where 90% of the cheetah population coexists with farming communities on shared lands.

Project Highlights:

1. Habitat Restoration: By clearing encroachment bush, we're restoring the open landscapes crucial for cheetah survival and hunting.
2. Sustainable Energy Production: Converted bush provides clean electricity, powering local businesses and      reducing reliance on unsustainable energy sources.
3. Integrated Land Management:  Our approach aligns with the Cheetah Conservation Fund's (CCF) holistic      conservation strategies, promoting coexistence between wildlife and farming communities and sustainable land use practices that accommodate      predators.
4. Economic Empowerment: The project creates jobs in bush clearing, biochar production, and power plant      operations, enhancing livelihoods while promoting predator-friendly practices.
5. Soil Rejuvenation: Biochar application improves soil quality, preventing bush encroachment and      enhancing farm productivity without expanding into cheetah habitats.
6. Community Education: We're developing outreach programs to educate local communities about the      importance of cheetah conservation and sustainable resource management.

By addressing the interconnected issues of habitat loss, human-wildlife conflict, and sustainable development Facet Power's project embodies the holistic approach necessary for successful conservation. We believe that by working together with local communities, conservation organizations, and government bodies, we can create a future where cheetahs thrive alongside prosperous human communities.

Join us in this vital effort to protect Namibia's cheetahs, empower local farmers, and demonstrate how innovative solutions can harmonize conservation with sustainable development. Together, we can be better custodians of our planet and all the species that call it home