Jatropha Plantation

We have identified Jatropha Caracas L (JCL) as an oil bearing non-food crop being the most cost effective and corporate responsible feed stocks on the planet. Large hectares of Jatropha and Castor will be cultivated in the first year and then harvest and refined in Tanzania to meet the highest quality and standards required for the production of Biodiesel fuel.

As the plantation matures, Ecolite Technologies will refine as appropriate. Concurrently with this, Ecolite Technologies will invest in increased operational infrastructure appropriate to its ongoing growth.

This approach would provide long term price stability, reliability of supply and afforable prices to consumers.

Solvent Crushing Plant

Ecolite Technologies will focus on state-of-the-art processing facility to insure that the integrated system is a low cost producer at each step in the process and overall.

Seeds would be cleaned, decorticated and dehulled at the facility. The hull biomass thus removed would be used as fuel for the Biomass Power generation. A prepress unit would extract oil and the derived seed cake would then go through a solvent extraction process to extract the remaining oil in the seed cake. The crude oil would be converted into non edible refined Jatropha oil that will be stored or transported to the port for export.

The prepress solvent extraction unit would include all the required safeties and controls.

The seed cake residue would eventually be converted into fertilizers and sold to the local market.

Biomass Co-generation

In keeping with our theme of promoting environmental advancement the biomass created during clearing, thinning, harvesting and crushing would be used as fuel to power a biomass boiler thereby preventing open burning of residue. The Biomass co-generating unit would supply all the electrical power requirements to the various facilities including the oil crushing and refining plant and the grid. Such power generation would help displace electricity generated from a more fossil intensive grid, thus reducing GHG emissions in the process.

Biodiesel

Roughly 40,000 MT of vegetable oil would be used to manufacture 10 million gallons of Biodiesel. The Biodiesel produced will be used sold to distributors around the region and beyond. The byproduct glycerin from Vegetable Oil will be refined and sold to possible off-takers.

Research and Development

Our company will be engaged in the research and development of high yielding and disease resistant seeds along with green algae.

Research throughout the world on green algae is showing highly promising potential as a new source of alternative feedstock.