Innovative Business Nexus Between Clean Energy Solutions, Green Processing Technologies, and Agricultural Development

BEASI, INC. proposes an innovative agricultural solution that creates a nexus between Clean Energy, Green Processing Technologies, and Agricultural Development. The idea is based on an integrated farming approach that works through the management of agricultural waste and the waste produced during the processing of agro-produce. It also caters to the consumption of energy and emissions during the entire agricultural process from plantation to transportation. 

The model currently focuses on the two products that are known for the huge biomass they produce to explain the nexus. Palm Tree and Plantain. Palm Trees are the common products in arid regions and are found in tropical and subtropical climates. While Plantains are bananas low in sugar and high in starch that is used as a savory food item in most cultures, they are banana lookalikes but different in their uses. 

Palm trees and Plantains (green bananas) produce a huge amount of agricultural wastes in the form of dry leaves, stems, pits, seeds, etc. For example, a typical date palm tree can generate as much as 20 kilograms of dry leaves per annum. Industrial processing of both these trees can yield crude Palm oil and Plantain fruits which cater to the food security problems of the developing world. Therefore these are among the much-cultivated trees in these areas. However, the industrial processing of their wastes requires different machinery and set up that may emit GHGs (greenhouse gases), CH4 (methane), and CO2 (carbon dioxide) gases. 

Under the innovative business model, there is a focus on the usage and production of clean energy. A switch to the natural fuels is proposed which can help mitigate the climate change effects by enhancing CO2 sequestration. The green processing technologies include processes like closed anaerobic digestion that can be employed to reduce harmful emissions and waste. It can help yield renewable bio-methane and Rich Effuent Digestates. These are the bio-fertilizers that can eliminate CHGs from the use of natural fertilizers and boosts crop production. The renewable bio-methane produced during the green processing technologies can be employed to fuel the gas engines. This would lead to renewable bio-electricity that can be pumped into the local electrical grid to support the electricity requirements of the general public or can be used in fueling transportation, and machinery to support the agricultural development process.

A switch to clean technologies and electric car pumps can further support the agricultural development process and also reduce our fuel consumption and its hazardous effects on our climate.

This is how a few simple and innovative steps in agriculture and processing of the agro-waste can lead to lesser waste, reduced GHGs and other emissions, and production of bio-renewable energy that can in turn be used to sustain the process. This is a self-sustaining model that can continue to benefit mankind in eco-friendly ways. The need of the hour is to make wise decisions regarding the choices that we make today to experience the benefits of clean energy and green technologies tomorrow.