BIOENERGY CROPS SEED & MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND
Large scale operations: Team members background in crop management for
biomass supply assistance
Company: Inversiones Loma Negra SL
/GreenCore
Project Description: energy crops for thermal
applications.
Technology: biomass boiler installed by
Gildan Active Wear, Dominican Republic. 200
hectares napier grass plantation as energy
crops for thermal energy and combustion. Farm
equipment involving harvesters, planters,
fertilization program, organic farming and
compost operations.
Project size: 200 hectares
Year: 2017 to present
Location: San Antonio de Guerra, Dominican
Republic.
Website:
http://www.gildancorp.com/en/conserving-
the-environment
Company: CO2OL DESIGN S.A.S. (eCO2)
Project Description: farm development for
organic production using biochar and compost
for supply chain to produce steam. Nursery
development for subsequent expansion.
Technology: combustion
Project size: 50 hectares
Year: 2014-2019
Location: Dominican Republic (Bayahuana)
Company: Amatheon Agri Uganda
Project Description: large scale commercial
farm, with a 15 million USD investment and 110
staff
Technology: Crop processing
Project size: 7500 hectares
Year: 2015
Location: Uganda
Website: www.agricona.com
Registered office Address:
16 Copse Wood Way,
Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2UE, UK
www.bioenergycrops.com
Company: Trans Africa farming Enterprises
Ltd & Trans Africa Commodities Ltd
Project Description: Small and medium
enterprises promotion and development
through “out-growers” and improved trading
systems.
Technology: Crop processing
Project size: 1800 tons/year
Year: 2012/2013
Location: Malawi
Website: http://t-agribs.com
Company: Macaferri group
Project Description: large scale commercial
farm, biofuel production and diversified
portfolio
Technology: Crop processing, biodiesel and
bioethanol
Project size: 6400 hectares
Year: 2010/2012
Location: Mozambique
Website: www.maccaferri.it/en
Company: Energem Resources
Project Description: large scale commercial
farm, biofuel production, Jatropha curcas
plantations
Technology: Crop processing, biodiesel
Project size: >10000 hectares
Year: 2008
Location: Mozambique and Malawi
Website: www.energen.com
Company: ACCIONA ENERGIA, SYNERSYS,
REPSOL
Project Description: Semi arid areas with
irrigated grasses, hardy grasses cuttings,
sorghum biomass hybrids, switchgrass, and
short rotation forestry (rain-fed and under
irrigation). Planting and harvesting operations,
logistics and supply chain capacity. Short
rotation coppice as biomass feedstock in supply
chains.
Technology: Combustion, biogas and
gasification
Project size: 800 hectares
Years: 2008-2016
Location: Navarre, Andalusia, Castille & Leon,
Extremadura, Galicia, Catalonia
Registered office Address:
16 Copse Wood Way,
Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2UE, UK
www.bioenergycrops.com
Company: Agracor LTD
Project Description: Semi arid areas with oil
crops, seed production and forages (rain-fed
and under irrigation).
Technology: agri-industries using seed cereals
and oil crops and fodder processing
Project size: 6000 hectares (1500 ha
irrigated)
Year: 2003-2005
Location: Pedro Luro, Buenos Aires province
(Argentina)
Company: Agracor LTD
Project Description: Warm grasses, cotton
and guar (gum production) in semi arid areas.
Several farms, extensive crop management.
Irrigation systems.
Technology: gum, oil and protein bio-refining
and grass processing (hay, silage)
Project size: 1800 hectares
Year: 2002-2004
Location: Resistencia, Chaco (Argentina)
Registered office Address:
16 Copse Wood Way,
Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2UE, UK
www.bioenergycrops.com
CAPACITY BUILDING AND CONSULTANCIES: Bioenergy Crops Ltd (UK)
assistance
Company: Village Corps Ghana
Project Description: Regenerative
bioenergy crops for power.
Technology: Ex-mining sites soil and
vegetation regeneration through 40MW
biomass project.
Project size: 14000 hectares
Year: 2015-present
Location: Bunso, Eastern Region, Ghana
Website: http://www.villagecorps.com/
Company: Socota Agriculture
Project Description: energy crops for
thermal applications.
Technology: biomass boiler and 500kwh
gasifier, energy crops and briquetting for
thermal energy and combustion and
gasification.
Project size: 1000 hectares
Year: 2015
Location: Antsirabe, Madagascar
Website:
http://www.groupesocota.com/agriculture/
index.html
Company: Vital Capital Fund
Stakeholders: Darlow Ghana Limited
http://www.darlowenterprises.com/ghana/
Project Description: pellet production
development using energy grasses.
Technology: pre-treatment, drying and
densification of energy grasses.
Project size: 1000 hectares
Year: 2015
Location: Ghana (Adeiso)
Website: http://www.vital-capital.com/
Registered office Address:
16 Copse Wood Way,
Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2UE, UK
www.bioenergycrops.com
Company: Recast Energy
Project Description: pre-feasibility for
dedicated biomass plantations and biomass
resource availability assessment for a 20 MW
power station.
Technology: steam based power plant.
Project size: 60 km radio from site
Year: 2016/2017
Location: Ghana (Suhum, Kraboa, Coaltar
district)
Website: http://recastenergy.com/
Company: Ashraf Sugar Mills Limited
Stakeholders: FARM DYNAMICS PAKISTAN
LTD
Project Description: pre-feasibility study
for biomass residues and lingo-cellulosic
energy crops.
Technology: biogas power station
Project size: 3000 hectares
Year: 2016-present
Location: Pakistan (Bahawalpur)
Technology: Co generation boilers
Website: http://asml.org.pk/
Company: Tibbar Energy
Stakeholders: Diageo USVI
http://www.diageousvi.com/
Project Description: Nursery and seedstock
initial development and regular farm
management services in a 9.9MW biogas
plant using vinasse and energy crops.
Capacity building with out-growers and
government.
Technology: anerobic digestion, reverse
osmosis, protein fractioning and digestate
management.
Project size: 800 hectares
Year: 2013-2016
Location: Virgin Islands (St. Croix)
Website:
http://www.tibbarconstruction.com/index.
html
Registered office Address:
16 Copse Wood Way,
Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2UE, UK
www.bioenergycrops.com
Company: Green Trade
Project Description: Project design in
Dominican Republic to supply fuel for Gildan
(Canadian textile multinational industry).
Project size: 10 km radio from site
Year: 2017/2022
Location: Guerra municipality, Dominican
Republic
Website: www.gildan.com
Company: Faber Capital
Stakeholders: Addax Bioenergy
http://www.addaxbioenergy.com/
Project Description: consultancies and field
selection, estimates for natural grasslands,
productivity and optimization of logistics.
Assessment on short term biomass
procurement from energy crops and long
term strategy.
Technology: bioethanol plant with biomass
Project size: 23.000 hectares
Year: 2015-2017
Location: Sierra Leone (Makeni)
Website: http://fabercapital.com/
Company: Mustard Seed Foundation
Stakeholders: Musana Community
Development Organization
http://musana.org/
Project Description: farm selection for a
biomass project being developed with a local
community. Pre- feasibility study and
operation design for partnership agreement to
supply biomass to 12MW power station.
Technology: biomass pre-treatment, steam
boiler.
Project size: 2000 hectares design
Year: 2016-present
Location: Uganda (Iganga)
Website: http://msfdn.org/
Registered office Address:
16 Copse Wood Way,
Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2UE, UK
www.bioenergycrops.com
Company: Biofogo
Stakeholders:
Project Description: development of
operational and financial plan for a biomass
densifying project.
Technology:
Project size: 500 hectares
Year: 2011
Location: Brazil (Barbacena)
Website: www.biofogo.com.br
Company: CO2OL DESIGN S.A.S.
Stakeholders: Commonwealth Secretariat
Project Description: farm development for
erosion control and ecologic services with
agroforestry and biomass projects in 200
hectares- Ecovillage and off grid system and
biorefinery design project focused on biomass
energy and feed for aquaculture.
Technology: pyrolysis, biofertilizers, pellets
Project size: 100 hectares
Year: 2014-present
Location: Dominican Republic (Samaná)
Website: www.eco2.cool
Company: NADER Enterprises
Stakeholders: www.gildan.com
Project Description: study to identify best
suited crops and crop and business models to
determine probable cost of delivered energy.
Technology: densification and drying
Project size: 250 hectares
Year: 2014
Location: Dominican Republic (San Pedro de
Macoris)
Website: http://georgenader.com/index.php
Company: Scribe
Stakeholders: HurterConsult
http://www.hurterconsult.com/
Project Description: complete revision of
7200 ha farmland and optimization of
agronomical aspects.
Technology: pulp & paper and biomass
densification.
Project size: 7200 hectares
Year: 2011-2013
Location: Mexico (Veracruz)
Website: http://www.scribe.com.mx/
Company: Banner Panama BioEnergy
Registered office Address:
16 Copse Wood Way,
Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2UE, UK
www.bioenergycrops.com
Project Description: proposal for consultancy
assistance in the development of your business
model plan for a 15MW power station.
Technology: thermoelectric plant running on
energy grasses.
Project size: 1200 hectares
Year: 2013
Location: Panama (Chiriqui)
Website:
Registered office Address:
16 Copse Wood Way,
Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2UE, UK
www.bioenergycrops.com
SEEDS PARTNERS
Company: Florida University & USDA
-ARS
Description: our company has an
agreement to expand bioenergy crops
locally offering seedstock materials for
biobased industriees.
Supply: Energy Cane
Location: USA (Florida)
Website: http://www.ufl.edu/
Company: The Texas A&M University
System
Description: our company has an
agreement to expand bioenergy crops
locally offering seedstock materials for
biobased industriees.
Supply: PMN
Location: USA (Texas)
Website: https://www.tamus.edu/
Company: Biothek Ecologic Fuel
Description: our company has an
agreement to expand bioenergy crops
locally offering seedstock materials for
biobased industriees.
Supply: Arundo K12
Location: Spain (Zaragoza)
Website:
http://biothekecologic.com/arundo-
k12/
Company: Alasia Green Forest
Description: our company has an
agreement to expand bioenergy crops
locally offering seedstock materials for
biobased industries.
Supply: biomass poplar clones
cuttings
Location: Italy (Cavallermaggiore)
Website:
http://www.alasiagreenforest.it/
Company: The Energy Crops
Company
Description: our company has an
agreement to expand bioenergy crops
Registered office Address:
16 Copse Wood Way,
Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2UE, UK
www.bioenergycrops.com
locally offering seedstock materials for
biobased industriees.
Supply:
Location: England (Cobham)
Website: http://energy-crops.com/
Company: Semillas Magna
Description: our company has an
agreement to expand bioenergy crops
locally offering seedstock materials for
biobased industries.
Supply:
Location: Venezuela (Caracas)
Website:
http://www.semillasmagna.com/
Company: Nexsteppe
Description: our company has an
agreement to expand bioenergy crops
locally offering seedstock materials for
biobased industriees.
Supply: Sorghum
Location: USA (San Francisco)
Website:
http://www.nexsteppe.com/
Company: Campos renovables S.A.
Description: our company has an
agreement to expand bioenergy crops
locally offering seedstock materials for
biobased industriees.
Supply:
Location: Argentina (Buenos Aires)
Website:
http://www.camposrenovables.com.a
r/
Registered office Address:
16 Copse Wood Way,
Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2UE, UK
www.bioenergycrops.com
Company: Miscanthus International
Limited
Description: our company has an
agreement to expand bioenergy crops
Peter Brown
locally offering seedstock materials for
biobased industriees.
Supply: Miscanthus
Location: New Zealand (Te
Awamutu)
Website:
http://www.miscanthus.co.nz/
Company: GranBio
Description: our company has an
agreement to expand bioenergy crops
locally offering seedstock materials for
biobased industriees.
Supply: Energy cane
Location: Brazil (São Paulo)
Website:
http://www.granbio.com.br/
Company: Tropical Seeds
Description: our company has an
agreement to expand bioenergy crops
locally offering seedstock materials for
biobased industriees.
Supply: Guinea grass Mombasa and
Brachiaria hybrids (Mulato II y
Cayman)
Location: USA (Florida)
Website:
http://www.tropseeds.com/es
Registered office Address:
16 Copse Wood Way,
Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2UE, UK
www.bioenergycrops.com
RESEARCH & NON-PROFIT PARTNERS
Organization name: Universidad Rey
Juan Carlos
Activity: public university founded in
1996, focused in the research, study and
innovation.
Collaboration goals: collaboration
agreement to incorporate students into
biomass and bioenergy practice
programs.
Location: Spain (Madrid)
Website: https://www.urjc.es/
Organization name: MAINFOR
Activity: private company focused on
organizing different postgraduate
courses for students.
Collaboration goals: collaboration
agreement to incorporate students into
biomass and bioenergy practice
programs.
Location: Spain (Madrid, Málaga, Sevilla)
Website: http://mainfor.edu.es/
Organization name: Universidad de
Valladolid
Activity:
Collaboration goals: collaboration
agreement to incorporate students into
biomass and bioenergy practice
programs. Location: Spain (Valladolid)
Website:
http://www.uva.es/export/sites/uva/
Registered office Address:
16 Copse Wood Way,
Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2UE, UK
www.bioenergycrops.com
Organization name: Plant Breeding and
Acclimatization Institute
Activity: research center in the multi-
disciplinary area of crop improvement,
biotechnology, germplasm conservation
and enhancement.
Collaboration goals:
Location: Poland (Blonie)
Website:
http://www.ihar.edu.pl/about_institute.
php
Organization name: University of
Catania
Activity: bioeconomy research
Collaboration goals: biorefinery
concept development
Location: Italy (Catania)
Website: http://www.unict.it/en/
Organization name: BIOMASS
RESEARCH
Activity: Collaboration agreement, fund
raising and R&D
Collaboration goals: Life Cycle
Assessments
Location: Waggeningen, Netherlands
Website: http://biomassresearch.eu
Organization name:
Activity: Collaboration agreements
Collaboration goals: Bioenergy crops
development, carbon sequestration and
LCA measures
Location: California (USA)
Website: https://www.jbei.org
Registered office Address:
16 Copse Wood Way,
Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2UE, UK
www.bioenergycrops.com
Organization name: International
Renewable Energy Agency
Activity: NGO that supports countries
in their transition to a sustainable
energy future, and serves as the
principal platform for international
cooperation.
Collaboration goals:
Location: United Arab Emirates (Abu
Dhabi)
Website: http://www.irena.org
Organization name: Florida
University & USDA -ARS
Activity: Biomass crops
Collaboration goals: Genetics and
trials
Location: USA (Florida)
Website: http://www.ufl.edu/
Organization name: Texas A&M
University, College Station.
Activity: Genetics hybrids
Collaboration goals: licensed
planting materials and trials
Location: USA (Texas)
Website: https://www.tamus.edu/
Organization name: Leaf for Life
Activity: village scale projects
Collaboration goals: protein
concentrates
Location: USA (Florida)
Website: http://www.leafforlife.org/
Organization name: Empresa
Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária
Activity: Napier grass hybrids
Collaboration goals: Genetic
development and promotion with
elephant grass accessions and energy
cane (in progress)
Location: Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Brazil
Website: https://www.embrapa.br
Registered office Address:
16 Copse Wood Way,
Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2UE, UK
www.bioenergycrops.com
Organization name: International
Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
- Cgiar
Activity: tropical agriculture research
collaboration agreements in progress
Collaboration goals: farmers
network and trials
Location: Cali, Colombia
Website: https://ciat.cgiar.org
Organization name: Cámara
Argentina de Energías Renovables
Activity: NGO that advises and
accompanies the growth of renewable
energies.
Collaboration goals:
Location: Argentina (Buenos Aires)
Website: www.cader.org.ar
Registered office Address:
16 Copse Wood Way,
Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2UE, UK
www.bioenergycrops.com
