General overview BIOENERGY CROPS LTD (UK)

“Creating low foot-print feedstock

for a new resilient bioeconomy”

Bioenergy Crops Ltd. is an international group founded in 2012. We focus on the production, evaluation and optimization of biomass from residues and dedicated plantations

Director:

Emiliano Maletta (UK/Spain)

Team and collaborators

Charles Hefner (Brazil)

Tomas Gothold (Argentina/Perú/Brazil)

Valentina Lasorella (Italy)

Enrique Riegelhaupt (Argentina/Mexico)

Roman Molás (Poland)

Torsten Mandal (Denmark)

Hector Maletta (Perú)

Leonardo Gutson (Spain)

Kevin Lindegaard (UK)

And other 25 international experts working with us to

promote sustainable biomass cropping systems

worldwide.

Partnerships across EU, LATAM, Africa and Asia

BIOENERGY CROPS LTD

Registered office Address:

16 Copse Wood way

Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2UE

Reg.Nº 08155605

All Rights Reserved | © BioenergyCrops Ltd. 2012

Emiliano Maletta | www.bioenergycrops.com | CEO – Email: [email protected]

http://www.bioenergycrops.com

Our projects worldwide

Bioenergy Crops Ltd offers a variety of services to produce sustainable

solutions and feedstock supply opportunities in collaboration with partners.

From 2012, these are locations we have partnership or collaboration agreements

(including research), as well as direct clients with biomass projects based on

energy crops and residues in which we were involved.

Our vision

A holistic view of bioenergy project development, understanding that

the socio-environmental--economic dimensions are in the long-term

more important than simple productivity. Economics are important,

but one must understand the local social fabric and how it will interact

and develop with the project in question in order to gain a realistic view

of the project.

Creating value through sustainable and resilient

biomass systems

Renewable energy

Rural income diversification

Food/fuel synergy

Water use efficiency methods

Wildfire Reduction

Smallholders/Rural Jobs

Biodiversity & landscape

Land Valorization &

Soil Improvement

High yields & low costs

Many crops & sites

Feedstock quality

Optimized logistics

• Technical support, partnership for seedstock, management and

regular supervision on projects focused on residues and/or

dedicated biomass plantations

• Solutions and best species / varieties / management to specific

site conditions for cost-effective implementation

• Development of biomass supply capacity: from pilot farms,

nurseries, to improved supply chains, logistics and collaboration

with farmers.

• Regular reporting and strong teamwork skills

• Pre-treatment: drying, storage and densification alternatives

• Life Cycle Assessments. Environmental impacts.and economic

analysis

• Training and farmers integration in supply chain

What can we do?



Your project might need:

• Energy crops management and planting material

suitable for specific conversion routes and

technology

• Waste biomass and resource availability

• Logistic chain development with low cost

• Capacity building

• Economic analysis and optimizations

• Sustainability compliance. Ecological services and

soil improvement in the edge.

• Carbon sequestration potential

• Smallholder and outgrower programs and social

impact assessments



A resilient system saving costs


Biomass valorization process

Forest preservation

Smart farming, agroforestry, perennials and ecological services in degraded lands

Increase organic matter, imrpve the soils.

Boost rural competitiveness

Promote renewable energy by reforestation and grassland management

Increase profits and create business & new jobswith local social benefits


Implement Sustainable Change


Regenerative design: improved perennial systems providing organic

matter and biodiversity restoration in degraded soils in The Caribbean.

Photo: Tibbar project byBioenergy Crops Ltd.


Water economy

• Focus on rain-fed areas for low footprint feedstock

• Appropriate irrigation methods

• GIS, plant/soil/water interface sensors to improve

management capacity and productivity

• Rotational schemes (irrigation on establishment)

• Rainwater harvesting / ponds

• Slope agriculture / terracing / agroforestry

• Irrigation for selected high value-added products

• Perennial crops when possible to improve resilience.



Our projects assist bio-industries and tropical agriculture

• Synergies with sugarcane and livestock sectors

• All biomass residues to be valorized (including vinasse)

• Bioethanol, heat, power, syngas, bio-methane, biomaterials &

by products

• Using marginal areas with poor fertility. Smart carbon farming

with alternative biomass production

• Overall integrated systems for biofertilizers (comport,

biochar, soil amendments with mineral-organic fertilization)

• Protein and starch crops for highly value added bioproducts

• New alternatives, increased resilence, rural jobs, economic

and environmental risk reduction

Integration with local tropical agriculture

Bio fertilizers to boost all crop yields

Our selected team can help clients

to improve biofertilization

methods. Large record and

demonstration in many countries.

By producing biomass for energy,

we target bioproducts and

biofertilizers locally requested by

farmers.

Biofertilizers can be solids ot/and

liquids

We train farmers

We use carbon sequestration

methods

Reduce fossil imported

fertilization to your crops

• Improve soil condition and increase land value

• Develop appropriate feedstock collection and

processing systems

• Optimize logistic chains by densification,

storage and transportation improvements

• Characterize biomass

• Develop wildfire prevention programs

Semi-arid Lands: Grasslands, Legume Trees,

Native Shrubs

Woody biomass / machinery

• Forestry and short rotation coppicing species

• Shrubland management

• Biodiversity, several species together

• Legume trees lowering emissions (less N fertilizer)

• Planting materials, cuttings, Italian planters

• Self propelled and pulled harvesters

Trees: from invasiveness to sustainable green income

Napier / elephant grasses: our experience > 10k growing hectares

High yielding perennial energy grasses

• New hybrids

• Drought tolerant grasses

• From 100 to 300 wet Tons/ha.yr (from 1 to 8 cuttings

per year)

• Crude protein from 10 to 18%

• Silage management (moisture 70-85%)

• Drying methods for biorefinery

• Easy baling management (moisture <15%)

• Combinations with legumes

Perennial energy crops network in EU

• Temperate areas with high yielding cool and warm grasses

• Extensive networks in Italy, Spain, Poland, UK,

Netherlands and partners in Portugal, France, Greece and

Turkey

• Research & Development and published background

• Giant reeds, Switchgrass, Miscanthus among many other

species

• Woody crops, dozens of short rotation species



Biomass sorghum hybrids

• Specific genetics for high sugar or high

biomass

• Allows a variety of pretreatment options

(silage, baling, loose)

• Two harvests per year possible

• Small farmers are accustomed to sorghum

and understand it

Niche use:

• Sorghum as buffer in a supply chain for

flexibility

• No-till cultivation preserving soil nutrient

balances

• Drought resistant hybrids

• Experience in tropical and temperate areas



Agroforestry for biomass

• Food / fodder / energy

• Improve land use change

• Can use legume, energy, or fruit

trees.

• Regionally specific design

• Pruning / waste integration

• Shade tolerant grasses

• Specialty varieties and biomass

• Lowest impact biomass

• High value-added

• Increased resilience

Densification and pre-treatment

• Contracts and suppliers

• Lowest footprint in destination (gCO2e/ton,

GJ/ton and $/ton)

• Saving costs during transportation

• Herbaceous and woody briquetting an d pelleting

• Different scales

• Grinding, shredding, thermochemical approach

• Lowest cost for drying methods

• Heat/power/biochar production systems

• Durability index

• Binders and compressing models

Advanced logistic models

• Minimizing distances using GIS

approach, best selected equipment

from US and Europe and

minimizing cost of fuel in

destination

Evaluation of resources and biomass residues

Energy crop projects

• Agronomic feasibility and biomass characterization for several uses

• Crop models and GIS based assessments

• Cost analysis, economic models and scenario development

• Biomass supply and transportation costs

• Economic evaluation of biomass supply

• Agroforestry, mixed schemes with wastes (residues and dedicated crops

patterns) and dedicated plantations



Feasibility studies

• Production and operational cost

modeling

• Species/variety comparison and

recommendation

• Site evaluation

• Pilot program

design/implementation

Project Design

Agronomic support and project

monitoring

Biomass characterization

Optimization of inputs

Recommendation for machinery

and inputs: Suppliers and

services

Our Services



A team with useful tools and skills

• Crop production predictions, estimations and crop modeling.

Agronomy and monitoring of commercial plantations for bioenergy

• Best biomass species suitable for specific marginal farming areas.

What is a complete cultivation process & management. What

machinery is required?

• GIS maps

• Economic optimization and modeling. Will feedstock be cheap?

• Biomass production and logistic costs, tools/software development

• Life Cycle thinking approach / emissions saved

• Environmental and Social impact studies

• Impacts in biodiversity and landscape/tourism

• Land use changes and sustainability evaluations Emiliano Maletta | www.bioenergycrops.com | CEO – Email: [email protected]


Group Relevant Project Experience

Africa. Development of tropical energy grasses with several crops and processing solutions.

Projects with elephant / napier grasses. Recent evaluations and projects in Sierra Leone,

Madagascar, Ghana, Uganda and Kenya.

Asia. Operational design and long term contract with sugarmill in Punjab. Full feasibility studies,

pilot farm design and agri-residues evaluation on 75km radio from mill using satellite images and

field data. Assessment for energy crops development on areas with “deficit” irrigation and

salinity

Scribe, Mexico. Evaluation of plantation methods and techniques for 14,000 Acres of Napier

grass. Modeled optimized harvest, pretreatment and transportation system;

Nader Enterprises, Dominican Republic. Pre-feasiliblity study to identify lowest cost

sustainable energy crops for 500 hectare biomass energy project;

FGV Projects, Various projects. Biomass assessments for national level studies to identify

and develop potential bioenergy projects in 8 countries through Central America, Caribbean,

Africa; Mozambique. agricultural strategic plan for the Nacala Corredor.

FGV Projects, Barbados. Evaluation of King grass plantation and techniques for 1,400 Acres

aimed to gasification conversion. Models and optimized harvest management, pretreatment and

transportation system.

Tibbar Energy, USVI. Design and implementation of 1800 acres of rain-fed and irrigated

energy grasses (Giant King Grass) for 7MW biogas operation;

Strategic partners and network

Recognized Leadship in the Biomass Field

• 6500 connections

• Bioenergy Crops owned groups

with 1500 members

• Company profile: 285 followers

• Participation in 95 groups on

Bioenergy, sustainability and

renewable energy and biobased

industries

• 2566 connections

• 2 Fanpages in Spanish and

English: 5500 likes

• Own group: 550 members

• Participation in more than 70

facebook groups

• Spanish and English blogs

and RSS services

• 4000-5000 visits per month • www.bioenergycrops.com

• Spanish and English accounts

• 2190 Followers

• Spanish and English

• 454 Followers

• 241 Followers

• 1st ranked in English

• 1st page in Spanish

• G+ 53k visits 2 fan pages

• 2 Owned communities


Emiliano Maletta Specialties

• Coordinated European programs with energy crops

• Biomass maps (GIS tool for industries)

• Commercial implementation of energy crops

• Experimental network and scientific publications on dozens of species for biomass.

• Sustainability assessments / ESG expertise

• Experience in Africa, Europe and Americas

• Founder of Bioenergy Crops Ltd and Researcher for public bodies in Europe and Latin America

• PhD in Agronomy with focus on lignocellulosic crops

• Msc in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

• Agricultural engineering degree / specialization in extensive industrial crops

• Private consultancy projects in the rural sector in more than 20 countries

• Training, research, consultancies and education in more than 10 countries



Charles Hefner

Specialties

• Holistic bioenergy project planning &

design;

• Logistics, pre-treatment, storage;

• Energy cane and Napier grass

• 10 years in bioenergy sector;

• MBA from Thunderbird, Global Management School;

• Feasibility studies in specifically in Africa – Mozambique, Liberia, Guinea

Conakry, Zambia.

• Operational experience with Napier Grass, from plantation through pelletizing.

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Jorge Sánchez Díaz

Specialties

• Energy cane, bamboo, napier grass and

Arundo donax

• Micro-propagation

• Nursery development

• Energy engineer. 25 years in bioenergy sector;

• Education in China Agricultural University, Colombua University

• Project consultant in Asia, Europe, America and Africa

• Operational experience with bamboo worldwide

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Torsten Mandal

Specialties

• Tropical agriculture

• Legume trees for biomass to energy

• Soil expert

• Biomass sustainability

• 10 years in bioenergy sector;

• McS in Tropical Forestry from University of Denmark

• Feasibility studies and development in Asia, Latin America and Afruca

• Specialist in local species with potential use for biomass



Tomas Gotthold

Specialties

• Soil and nutrient cycling

• Biofertilizers and bioenergy

• Remote sensing and GIS tools

• Water issues and geology

• Geographer and Environmental Scientist

• Over 20 years of international experience

• Soils mapping and management recommendations, River Basin Management

and terrain characterization, and the making of Bio-fertilizers from agro-

industrial wastes.



Valentina Lasorella

Specialties

• Warm grasses as energy crops

• Plant physiology

• Water and nutrients

• Rural development and marginal lands

• phD agronomist from Univ. of Pisa, Italy

• International experience in Europe, the Caribbean and Africa

• Feasibility studies

• ESIA: Environmental and Social Impact Studies

• Biomass energy, international standards and sustainability



Emiliano Maletta | www.bioenergycrops.com | Email: [email protected]

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