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Solid Biomass Business Opportunitiesin West Africa

Speakers:

Aniche Phil Ebosie

Osuma Bukunmi

Christian Rakos

Alexander Huppertz

Godwin Eni Aigbokhan

Welcome !

Christian Rakos

proPellets Austria

www.propellets.at

rakos@propellets.at

Mobile: +43 6645146412

Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP)A European Platform for Private Sector Investments in Africa’s RE Markets

AEBIOM Webinar, September 21, 2016

Alexander Huppertz

AEBIOM Webinar

Agenda

Background

What is the RECP?

How can the RECP provide support?

How can the services and products be accessed?

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Background I: Demand and Market Volume in Africa

5New Investment in Clean energy in Sub-Saharan Africa 2004-15 ($bn); Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance

SSA: 13% of the world’s population, but only 4% of its energy demand

Since 2000 energy use has risen by 45%

Only 290 out of 915 million people have access to electricity

80% rely on traditional use of solid biomass, mainly fuelwood, for cooking

Modern renewables account for less than2% of the primary energy mix

Annual investment in the range of double-digit billion US$

is required per year annum to meet Africa’s energy needs

$0.0bn$0.2bn$0.2bn

$0.5bn

$1.0bn

$0.3bn

$2.0bn

$1.4bn

$6.5bn$6.8bn

$3.1bn

$5.2bn

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Other clean energy

Geothermal

Small hydro

Wind

Solar

What is the RECP? – Big Picture

The RECP is the African-European platform for promoting renewable energy market development and investment in Africa

It thereby contributes to growth and development in both continents, and it contributes to addressing national and global energy access as well as climate change objectives

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African Busine

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African Policy-makers

EU Suppor

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EU Investors

EU Busine

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Building Linkages,

Private Sector Cooperation

What is the RECP? – How we work

In essence, the RECP acts as a platform linking…

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…the European private sector… …with African partners & clients…

… and supports in accessing

sources of finance

History The Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP) was announced by then EU Commissioner Andres Piebalgs at the 2010 Vienna meeting of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership

FundingInitial funding by the European Commission. In 2013 the RECP received substantial funding from Austria, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands. The EC has added a further contribution in 2015.

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What is the RECP? – Donors and History

How can the RECP support

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The RECP offers various services to European RE entrepreneurs:

But: What does that mean exactly?

Financing Instruments

TAFElectriFI

REPPSEFA

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Well structured and accessible Market Information

Identifying Project Opportunities in Partner Countries

Match-Making Eventsin Africa and Europe

Project preparation support and access to financial support

How can the RECP provide support?

Access to market information

RECP provides information products and events:

Web-based Market Briefings

Brief market introducing the political and economic situation, the electricity sector and the renewable energy potential for a selected number of countries.

Market Studies

Comprehensive studies going beyond the market briefings. The studies provide an in-depth analysis of a certain market segment (e.g. Captive-Power/Self-Consumption in Nigeria).

Market information events

Workshops that introduce certain markets (or segments) through presentations by key local stakeholders and eminent experts. The events maybe stand-alone or part of a larger conference.

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How can the RECP provide support?

Access to potential business partners and project opportunities

RECP matchmaking events help you identify your next project/partner:

Meet technology suppliers, project developers, service providers from Europe

Via its strong network of partners, RECP can mobilize key players from both Africa and Europe

Meet potential clients and business partners from African markets

RECP’s in-country project scouting identifies project opportunities that are presented at the matchmaking events

Meet potential financiers

RECP uses its strong contacts in the financing sector to mobilise participation by relevant funds & instruments.

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How can the RECP provide support?

Information on sources of funding

RECP’s finance database helps you identify sources of funding:

RECP has over 35 individual sources of funding; currently gathering data on additional funds

Initial risk-mitigation instruments included, to be expanded

Inclusion of local banks is planned

Visit us online!www.africa-eu-renewables.org

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How can the RECP provide support?

RECP Finance Catalyst – Supporting Access to Finance

The Finance Catalyst Advisory Teams supports projects through:

Development support geared at projects at a relatively early stage and providing guidance on the necessary steps of project development in order to ensure completeness and quality;

Structuring support advising on essential aspects of business case and financing models and supporting developers towards structuring their propositions in a way that reponds to the needs and expectations of financiers;

Access to finance support to identify appropriate financing options for specific projects and to align project documentation with the specific requirements of financing and support instruments;

Transaction support to provide assistance in the contractual negotiations during project preparation, including (for example) aspects of the financing transaction, term sheets, contractual agreements with specialized advisory, or the fulfilment of conditions precedent.

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How can the services and products be accessed?

Sounds great! But how do I get access?

RECP website as the central information hub for

Market Briefings Market Studies Information on RECP and partner events Application for Finance Catalyst Services General News on RE Business in Africa Event Calendar and Archive

RECP partners

RECP partners act as a contact point for request from their members

Partners also promote upcoming events/workshops/publications

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Thank you for your attention!

www.africa-eu-renewables.orgContact: Alexander Huppertz, alexander.huppertz@euei-pdf.org

WEST AFRICAN BIOMASS RESOURCES

Presented by

Godwin Aigbokhan (Renewable Energy Markets Adviser, NCCN) September 21st, 2016

• General facts about West Africa• Energy Situation in West Africa• Traditional Uses of Biomas• Local Sources of Biomass• RE Policies in West Africa• Opportunities/Market Segments

Outline

• Total GDP: $ 630.49B

• Total Pop: 353 Million

(about 30% of Africa)

• Traditional Occupations:Fishing, Agriculture, Leatherworks

• Major Cities: Abidjan,

Accra, Dakar, Lagos

• Regional Body: ECOWAS

• Languages: English, French,

Local Languages

Country2015 GDP

(Current USD) 2015 Population (‘million)

Nigeria 481.07 182.20Ghana 37.86 27.41

Cote d'Ivoire 31.75 22.70Senegal 13.78 15.13

Mali 13.10 17.60Burkina Faso 11.09 18.11Benin 8.48 10.88

Niger 7.14 19.90Guinea 6.69 12.61

Mauritania * 5.44 4.07Sierra Leone 4.48 6.45

Togo 4.00 7.30Liberia 2.05 4.50Cape Verde 1.63 0.52Guinea-Bissau 1.06 1.84Gambia 0.85 1.99

Total 630.49 353.22Source: World Bank website, Accessed August 2016

West Africa Facts

Accra

Unique Culture, Beautiful Cities

Abidjan Cotonou

AgbadaTalking Drum

JollofRice

Dakar Football

Energy Situation

Source: ECREEE

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Energy Access

>200 Million lacked access to electricity in 2014

Low electrification rates in some countries

Energy Security

Heavy dependence on Fossil Fuels

Energy Shortages

Climate Change

Threatening Food security

Desertification and drought fueling

migration

Energy Situation in West Africa

Source: ECREEE

• Grid Connected Installed Capacity in 2014 was 9,912 MW:

• Diesel/Heavy Oil:1,541 MW

• Coal: 32 MW

• Natural Gas: 4,892 MW

• Large Hydro: 3,447

65% of Grid

connected

Installed

Capacity

(Thermal Power)

RE Potential in West Africa

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742MW (Small Hydro) 82.49MW Installed (SH) 16% of Hydro exploited

• Largest regional project: 45MW of SH Installed across Nigeria

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• Several Large projects earmarked across the region (notably in Ghana and Nigeria)

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Over 48,000TWhr per year (Nigeria, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Burkina)

• Largest regional project: 10MW Wind farm in Nigeria

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land area. Total forest biomass stock estimated at 14 Billion Tons (2010)

• Largest Regional Project: Abellon, Oil Mills (Ghana)

Traditional Uses of Biomass in WA

Firewood

Source: IEA -World Energy Outlook 2015

Over 260 Million

people (74% of the

population) in West

Africa rely on

Biomass for 80% of

their domestic

Energy needs.

Charcoal

Traditional Uses of Biomass in WA

Inefficient and

Unmanaged use of

wood resources

Pollution

Health

Problems

Food

Security

The modernization

of the use West

Africa’s Biomass

resources will have

significant positive

effects on their

sustainability

• Crop Production/Agriculture• Oil Palm, Cocoa, Maize, Cassava, Plantain, Yam, Groundnuts ect.

Timber/Forestry• Charcoal Production

Local Industries Producing Biomass

Source: World Bank (Data Indicator)

• West African Agriculture is globally significant• The largest producer of Cocoa (Cote d’Ivoire)• The largest producer of Cassava (Nigeria)• Third largest producer of Palm Oil (Nigeria)• Third largest producer of Groundnuts (Nigeria)

• Collectively, the 4 largest economies in West Africaproduce:• Over 100 million tonnes of Cassava per annum• Over 2.5 million tonnes of Cocoa beans per annum• Over 11 million tonnes of Oil Palm per annum

• Residues are laregly disposed by burning or in landfills

Crop Production

Source: FAO Stat

Crop Residue (Ghana and Nigeria)Crop Residue Components Nigeria (Million Tons) Ghana (Million Tons)

Rice Straw, Husk 9.08 0.89

Maize Stalk, Cob, Husk 33.64 3.53

Cassava Stalk, Peelings 212.67 4.49

Groundnut Shells, Straw 10.55 1.18

Soybean Straw, Pods 1.28 0.58

Sugar Cane Bagasse, Tops/Leaves 0.28 0.041

Cotton Stalk 2.25 0.076

Millet Straw 9.05 0.34

Sorghum Straw 8.93 0.57

Cowpea Shell 9.77 0.42

Oil Palm

Empty Bunches, Palm

Kernel 4.4 0.488

Cocoa Pods 0.202 0.84

Coconut Husk, Shell 0.1179 0.195

Total 302.22 13.64

Sources: Simonyan et al, Kemausuor et al

Forestry/Timber Sector

• West African forestry sector is also globally significantand it produces tropical hardwood, sawn timber, veneerand wood-based panels for the domestic market &export. Countries with humid tropical forests areparticularly known for this including:• Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo and Sierra

Leone.Total Production Exports Domestic Consumption

Round Wood 15,891,000 m3 1,958,440 m3 14,110,930 m3

Sawn Wood 3,473,400 m3 514,930 m3 3,042,170 m3

Veneer 668,240 m3 69,460 m3 601,880 m3

Plywood 306,890 m3 54,600 m3 428,700 m3

Source: International Tropical Timber Organization

Forestry/Timber Sector

Disposal of Wood

Processing Waste

More than 90% of the

population in 10 West

African Countries rely

on Fuel Wood (194

Million m³ produced in

2014) or Wood Charcoal

(10Million m³ produced

in 2014) for Domestic

Energy needs

Fuel Wood/Wood Charcoal

However, a few West

African countries have

policies that promote

the replacement of

biomass with

alternatives like LPG,

resulting in a lower

proportion of the

population relying on

Biomass

61%

57%

Tax exemption for purchasing

RE Equipment

Bio-Fuel Strategy targeting

1.2B Liters from Jatropha

Self-producers obliged to

connect RE plants to grid

Plan d’Action Senegalais

d’Electrification Rurale

323 Kw, Kalom –

Groundnut/MilletSENEGAL

RE Law (December 2010)

Main Agencies

Ministry of Renewable Energy

Ministry of Energy

Commission de Régulation

du Secteur de l’Electricité (CRSE)

SENELEC

Policy Environment for RE

Solar Equipment exempted

from Duties & VAT for 5 yrs

No Specific RE

Policy/Goals/Targets

No Sector Regulator

FDE in charge of Rural

Electrification

Nat’l Strategy for the

regulation of Wood TradeBURKINA FASO

Policy on Energy (October 2013)

Main Agencies

Ministry of Mines and Energy

Ministry of Trade (sets tariffs)

Fond de Développement de

l’Electrification” – FDE

SONABEL

Policy Environment for RE

RE Technologies exempt from

import duties

RE Purchase Obligations +

Net-Metering Code

FIT’s available

($0.1484/kWh for Biomass)

Highest Rural

electrification rate (50%)

Kwae, Benso,Twifo,

Juaben Oil Mills (4MW)GHANA

National Energy Policy (2010)

RE Act(2011)

Main Agencies

Ministry of Power

Public Utilities Regulatory

Commission (PURC)

GRIDCo

Policy Environment for RE

RE Technologies exempt from

VAT & import duties

Privatized Utility (EDM)

Diesel Mini-Grids popular in

Rural areas

AMADER sets tariffs for

Rural Electrification

Jatropha Based Projects

actively being pursuedMALI

Action Plan for RE Promotion in

Mali (2007)

Main Agencies

Ministry of Energy, Mines and

Water

Electricity and Water Regulatory

Commission (CREE)

EDM

Policy Environment for RE

No Tax exemption for RE

Equipment

Bio-fuels blending mandate

(2020)

FIT’s available

($0.1547/kWh for Biomass)

Rural Electrification

Agency

Small captive projects,

PRESCONIGERIA

Nigerian RE Master Plan (2011)

National RE and EE Policy (2016)

Main Agencies

Ministry of Power

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory

Commission (NERC)

Bulk Electricity Trader (NBET)

Policy Environment for RE

Grid-connected/Off-grid and

stand-alone Systems

Domestic RE applications

100% Efficient Charcoal

Production (2030)

100% Efficient Cook

Stoves (2030)

WEST AFRICA

EREP(ECOWAS Renewable

Energy Policy)

Main Agencies

ECOWAS Center for Renewable

Energy and Energy Efficiency

National Governments

Policy Environment for RE

Universal

access to

electricity and

48% of On-Grid

RE penetration

(2030)

Sustainable

and Safe

Domestic

Energy( 2020)

Opportunities for Biomass InvestorsReplacing Traditional Biomass• Clean Cook Stoves for

Domestic Use• Biomass Pellets

• Heating for large scalecommercial applications• Briquettes for bakeries• Approximately 108,000 trees

cut down per year for use by300 bakeries in Jigawa StateNigeria contributing to adesertification rate of6km/Year in Northern Nigeria

Opportunities for Biomass InvestorsNew Applications• Electricity Generation

• Agri-Food Processing Sector(Formal and Informal)

• Gasification of Biomass

• Heat/Steam Generation forIndustries

• Export

THANK YOU

• http://www.academicjournals.org/article/article1381916826_Simonyan%20and%20Fasina.pdf

• http://data.worldbank.org/ (Accessed August 2016)• http://www.ecreee.org/sites/default/files/renewable_en

ergy_in_west_africa_0.pdf• http://faostat3.fao.org/home/E (Accessed August 2016)• http://www.irena.org/DocumentDownloads/Publications

/IRENA_RRA_Ghana_Nov_2015.pdf (Accessed August 2016)

References

• https://www.irena.org/DocumentDownloads/Publications/WAPP.pdf (Accessed August 2016)

• http://www.irena.org/DocumentDownloads/Publications/IRENA%20Senegal%20RRA.pdf (Accessed August 2016)

• http://www.itto.int/annual_review_output/?mode=searchdata (Accessed August 2016)

• Kemausuor, F. (2016) ‘Assessment of biomass residue availability and bioenergy yields in Ghana’, Elsevier, London.

References

CONTACT DETAILS

Godwin Eni Aigbokhan

National Competitiveness Council of Nigeria (NCCN)

www.nccnigeria.org

22B, Idowu Taylor Street, Victoria Island Lagos

godwin.aigbokhan@nccnigeria.org

+2347063141828

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Crop residues include: rice husk, sugarcane bagasse, groundnut shells, palm

kernel shells, cassava peels, corn cobs and stover, etc.

Energy Source Capacity

Fuel wood 11,071,464 hectares

Animal waste 41 million tonnes / annum

Crop residue 53 million tonnes / annum

Sawdust 5.2 million tonnes / annum

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The high usage of firewood

and charcoal by over 80% of

the population is an indicator

of the huge potential for

pellets and briquettes for

heating and cooking in

Nigeria.

The increased awareness and

campaigns for clean cook

stoves in Nigeria is a wave to

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Boilers and other non-electrical heating solutions are rarely used commercially in Nigeria.Nigerian businesses and institutions are desperately seeking ways to reduce their energy cost.

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Biomass boilers do exist in a few agro-processing companies.

A new and sustainable fuel source for industries can be sourced from biomass.

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• Total installed capacity is 10,396 MW; available capacity of 6,056 MW.

• Electricity blackouts in Nigeria averages 8 -12 hours daily

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country’s electricity deficiency.

• Biomass power plants (combustion, gasification, AD) have huge potential

in this market for grid and off-grid projects between 500kw – 50MW

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S• The cultivation of energy crops (elephant grass, miscanthus, eucalyptus, etc.)

will soon catch on in Nigeria.

• Best cultivation practises and farm management for such crops will be on the

increase in the next few years.

• Pellets & briquettes from energy crops can be a new source of biofuel.

A portion of these pellets can be torrefied or carbonized for export.

At Eongratis we see ourselves as

agents of social and economic

development. Our business will provide

clean energy, agri-business

development and waste management

which relates to better health, energy

independence and better food security.

In doing business, we give back to the

environment, to the society and to

ourselves.

PROJECTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT

• Acquired 500 hectares of land for our

first stage cultivation of energy crops

in Nigeria.

• Development of biomass pellets for

residential, commercial and industrial

customers.

• Sourcing of hardware for biomass

usage

• Development of a power plant for

10,000 small holder rice farmers in

Cross Rivers state

For further enquiries, please contact:

Aniche Phil-Ebosie

CEO / Project Developer

Eongratis Limited

[aniche@eongratis.com]

Skype: aniche.philebosie

+234(0)8100311100]

14th Floor, NECOM House,

15 Marina,

Lagos.

Nigeria.

EBONY AGRO INDUSTRIES LTD BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR

ENERGY GENERATION FROM RICE RESIDUES

BY

PRINCE OSUMA BUKUNMI(FINANCE MANAGER)

EBONY AGRO INDUSTRIES LTD

AN AGRO ALLIED COMPANY

WITH SOLID BIOMASS

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

FOR ENERGY GENERATIONPRESENTATION BY PRINCE OSUMA BUKUNMI

FINANCE MANAGER, EBONY AGRO INDUSTRIES LTD

COMPANY PROFILEEBONYAGRO WAS INCORPORATED IN 2008

AND ESTABLISHED IN IKWO LOCAL

GOVERNMENT AREA OF EBONYI STATE

ONE OF THE MAJOR RICE PRODUCING

STATES IN NIGERIA .

EBONYAGRO IS A PUBLIC PRIVATE

PARTNERSHIP WITH BANK OF INDUSTRY

IT IS A SHAREHOLDER IN ABAKALIKI

POWER PLANT

EBONYAGRO IS AN AGRO ALLIED COMPANY

THAT SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON

PROCESSING OF PADDY STOCK TO

FINISHED/POLISHED AND BRANDED RICE.

THE COMPANY GENERATE AN AVERAGE OF

N250MILLION ($1.76M) ON A MONTHLY

BASIS.

MORE THAN 150 EMPLOYEES WORKING IN

EBONY AGRO IN JUST FEW YEARS OF

OPERATION.

THEIR FACTORY WORTH 2.5BILLION NAIRA

($17.6M).

EBONYAGRO HAS OVER 150 DISTRIBUTORS

ACROSS NIGERIA.

EBONY AGRO FACTORY LOCATION

• THE COMPANY IS LOCATED AT IKWO LOCAL

GOVERNMENT AREA OF EBONYI STATE WHICH IS

ONE OF THE 12 MAJOR RICE PRODUCING STATES IN

NIGERIA.

• WE CONSIDERED SITTING OUR FACTORY IN EBONYI

STATE SO AS TO SOURCE FOR OUR PADDY FROM

THE STATE.

• WE ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THE POSSIBILITY OF

BACKWARD INTEGRATION IN EBONYI STATE FOR OUR

PADDY REQUIREMENT TO PRODUCE RICE PRODUCTS

AND ADEQUATE HUSKS FOR ENERGY GENERATION

MANAGEMENT TEAM

• THE COMPANY IS CHAIRED BY A WELL-KNOWN AND

PROMINENT NIGERIAN, ENGINEER C.C UGWUH, FORMER

PRESIDENT MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA AND

FORMER MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DURING

PRESIDENT SHEHU MUSA YARDUA ADMINISTRATION.

• ENGINEER C.C. UGWUH IS EQUALLY THE CHAIRMAN OF TARA

AGRO INDUSTRIES LTD ANOTHER RICE PROCESSING

COMPANY.

• THE MANAGING TEAM IS HEADED BY CHIEF G.C.EKENMA, A

RENOWNED INDUSTRIALIST AND A FELLOW OF INSTITUTE OF

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF NIGERIA.

OUR PRODUCTS

EBONY GOLD

EBONY SUPER

EBONY GROUND RICE

FLOUR

EBONY BRIQUETTES

• EBONY GOLD: THIS IS A RICH

HIGHLY NUTRITIOUS HEAD RICE

MILLED FROM BROWN RICE.

• EBONY SUPER: THIS IS A RICH

HIGHLY NUTRITIOUS HEAD RICE

PROCESSED FROM RAW PADDY

• EBONY GROUND RICE: THIS IS A

NATURAL PRODUCT MADE FROM

PURE RICE WITH NO ADDITIVES

• EBONY BRIQUETTES: THIS IS MADE

FROM OUR WASTES(HUSKS)

OUR PRODUCTSEBONY GOLD

EBONY SUPER

EBONY GROUND FLOUR

EBONY BRIQUETTES

• OUR MAIN PRODUCTS ARE HEAD

RICE AND EBONY GROUND FLOUR

.

• HEAD RICE REPRESENT 56% OF

PADDY INPUT FOR PROCESSING

• BROKEN RICE REPRESENTS 5% OF

PADDY INPUT FOR PROCESSING

• SORTER REJECT REPRESENT 2%

OUR BY PRODUCTS

• THE BYE PRODUCTS ARE BRAN, HUSKS AND WASTES

• HUSKS REPRESENTS 22% OF PADDY RAW MATERIALS AND 80% OF THESE

ARE PRESENTLY BEEN CONVERTED TO BRIQUETTES AND USED IN THE

FACTORY

• RICE BRAN REPRESENTS ABOUT 5% OF PADDY RAW MATERIALS INPUT IN

OUR PRODUCTION PROCESS AND WE ARE PRESENTLY SELLING IT FOR

LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL COMSUMPTION.

• RICE BRAN OFFERS VARIOUS HEALTH BENEFITS DUE TO ITS CONTENT OF

ANTIOXIDANTS, VITAMIN E, B VITAMINS, AND ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS.

• WE ARE GOING TO EXPLORE MANUFACTURING POTENTIALS OF RICE

BRAN IN THE FUTURE.

OUR PRODUCTION PROCESS

• WE HAVE OVER THE YEARS IMPROVED OUR PRODUCTION PROCESS.

• OUR PRODUCTION TEAM HEADED BY MR BATHOMOLEW IBEH HAVE

MADE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE FACTORY EQUIPMENT

INSTALLED BY THE CHINESE.

• WITH THE VARIOUS MODIFICATIONS AND IMPROVEMENT TO THE

FACTORY EQUIPMENT MADE OVER THE YEARS WE CAN PRODUCE

ADEQUATE HUSKS FOR ENERGY GENERATION.

• SO WE WILL BE READY TO PARTNER WITH WOULD-BE INVESTOR

THAT HAS THE TECHNOLOGY TO CONVERT ANY OF OUR RICE

RESIDUES TO ENERGY OR OTHER USEFUL PRODUCTS. THE NEXT

SEVEN SLIDES SHOWS OUR PRODUCTION FLOW CHARTS AND

PICTURES OF OUR PRODUCTION PROCESS.

DUST

FURNANCE

PARBOILING PLANT PRODUCTION FLOW CHART

PADDY PRECLEANING STORAGE TANK

SOAKING COOKINGDRYING (FLUIDIZED

BED)

DRYING (LOW TEMP DRYER)

HOLDING/TEMPERING TANK

CYCLONE

QUALITY CHECK

DUST FILTER

HOT WATER BIN

BOILER

STEAM MANIFOLD

ASH

FURNANCE

QUALITY CHECK

QUALITY CHECK

ASH

MILLING PLANT PRODUCTION FLOW CHART

TEMPERING TANK

HUSKINGPADDY

SEPARATING

WHITINGCRADINGPOLISHING

COLOUR SORTING

BAGGING WAREHOUSE

QUALITY CHECK

COARSE BRAN

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HUSK

QUALITY CHECK

QUALITY CHECK BROKEN

SORTER REJECT

OUR PRODUCTION PROCESS INTAKE POINT• INTAKE POINT: AT THIS POINT PADDY IS BEING PUSHED TO COMMENCE PRODUCTION PROCESS. FROM THE POINT

CLEAN PADDY IS DELIVERED INTO CLEAN PADDY HOLDING TANK. ALSO SHOWN IN THE PICTURE IS THE CYCLONE

THAT FILTERS THE DUST.

OUR PRODUCTION PROCESS SOAKING AND COOKING TANKS

• THIS IS THE POINT WHERE CLEAN PADDY IS PARBOILED AND SUBSEQUENTLY MOVED TO FLUIDIZED BED FOR DRYING

OUR PRODUCTION PROCESS FLUIDIZED BED, FURNACE ,BOILER AND HOT WATER BIN TANKS

• FLUIDIZED BED DRY THE RICE, HOT WATER BIN TANKS SUPPLY THE STEAM FOR

COOKING, FURNACE GENERATE THE HEAT FOR FLUIDIZED BED WHILE BOILER

BOIL THE WATER BIN TANKS

OUR PRODUCTION PROCESS TEMPERING/HOLDING TANK

• CLEAN PARBOILED PADDY IS TRANSPORTED FROM THE LOW TEMPERATURE DRYERS TO

THE 80MT TEMPERING/HOLDING TANKS. AT THIS POINT, PARBOILED DRY PADDY IS READY

FOR MILLING.

OUR PRODUCTION PROCESS MILLING GRADING AND BAGGING SECTION

• UNDER MILLING DRY PADDY PASSES THROUGH DE STONER, WHITENER, GRADER, PADDY SEPARATOR

COLOUR SORTER AND FINALLY TO BAGGING SECTION WHERE THEY ARE BAGGED

OUR INSTALLED PRODUCTION CAPACITY AND WASTES WE ARE CURRENTLY

PRODUCING

• OUR INSTALLED PRODUCTION CAPACITY IS 29,200 METRIC TONS PER

ANNUM.

• THE COMPANY AT 70% OF THE INSTALLED CAPACITY CAN GENERATE

4,500 METRIC TONS OF HUSK AS WASTE PER ANNUM WHICH CAN BE

CONVERTED TO POWER.

• ACCORDING TO AGRILELECTRI, U.S., BURNING 1 KILOGRAM OF RICE

HUSK CAN GENERATE 1KILOWATT OF ELECTRICITY.

• IN THE SAME VEIN EBONY AGRO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE

4,500,000 KILOWATTS OF ELECTRICITY FROM 4,500,000KILOGRAMS OF

RICE HUSKS PRODUCED AS WASTES IN THE COMPANY IF UTILIZED FOR

POWER GENERATION.

OUR CURRENT USE OF HUSKS FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION

• WE HAVE RECENTLY INSTALLED RICE HUSKS BRIQUETTES

MAKING MACHINES IN OUR FACTORY. THE GRINDING

MACHINE HAS THE CAPACITY TO MAKE 600KG OF

BRIQUETTES PER HOUR.

• OUR PLAN IS TO LOOK FOR AN INVESTOR WITH THE

TECHNICAL KNOWHOW THAT CAN PARTNER WITH US SO

THAT WE CAN PRODUCE THESE BRIQUETTES IN LARGE

SCALE AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR BAKERIES AND

HOUSEHOLDS CONSUMPTION IN EBONYI STATE AND

NIGERIA GENERALLY.

BRIQUETTE MAKING MACHINES

OUR CURRENT UTILIZATION OF HUSKS IN THE FACTORY

• OUR HUSKS ARE PRESENTLY BEING USED TO POWER OUR FURNACE TO

GENERATE HEAT FOR THE 250 DEGREE CENTIGRADE FLUIDIZED BEDS

WHICH PERFORM A HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN DRYING STAGES OF

PARBOILING BY REDUCING THE MOISTURE CONTENTS OF RICE FOR

FURTHER DRYING BY THE LOW TEMPERATURE DRYERS .

• THE HUSKS ARE EQUALLY BEEN USED WITH FIREWOOD IN THE BOILER

THAT GENERATE HEAT FOR THE HOT WATER BINS TANK FOR PROVISION

OF STEAM FOR COOKING POTS.

HUSK BEING FED INTO FURNER

OUR CHALLENGES

• POWER: WE ARE PRESENTLY RUNNING OUR FACTORIES ALMOST 24 HOURS ON

GENERATOR.

• WATER: THE AQUIFER LEVEL IN IKWO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA WHERE WE ARE SITUATED IS

VERY LOW BUT WE HAVE RECENTLY SURMOUNTED THIS CHALLENGE THROUGH THE DIGGING OF AN

INDUSTRIAL BOREHOLE BY LUFPANSA HYDRO LTD WHICH SPECIALIZE IN DIGGING BOREHOLE IN THE

DESERT REGION OF NIGER.

• FIREWOOD: BEFORE NOW, WE WERE CONSUMING HIGH LEVEL OF FIREWOOD IN OUR

FURNANCE, BOILLERS AND LOW TEMPERATURE DRYERS.

• WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE THIS IMPACT BY USING OUR HUSKS WITH THE FIREWOOD IN

FURNANCE AND BOILLER

• HOWEVER FOR THE POWER WE WILL SURMOUNT THE CHALLENGE IF WE CAN WITH THE RIGHT

PARTNER HARNESS THE BIOMASS POTENTIALS IN OUR FACTORY BY CONVERTING OUR

RICE HUSKS TO POWER.

OUR CHALLENGES

OUR CHALLENGES AND FUTURE UTILIZATION OF HUSKS IN THE FACTORY

• OUR PLANS IS TO ELIMINATE THE USE OF FIREWOOD AND UTILIZE ENTIRELY ALL OUR HUSKS IN OUR

FURNANCE, BOILLER AND LOW TEMPERATURE DRYERS.

• WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN INVESTOR WITH THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGY TO SURMOUNT THIS

CHALLENGE

• WE ARE EQUALLY LOOKING FOR AN INVESTOR THAT CAN PARTNER WITH US SO THAT OUR HUSKS

COULD BE CONVERTED TO POWER.

• THERE ARE ABUNDANCE OF HUSKS IN EBONYI STATE . SO WE CAN GET HUSKS FROM OTHER RICE

MILLERS IN THE STATES.

• THE NEXT PICTURE SHOWS THE HEAPS OF HUSKS IN ABAKALIKI.

BRITISH JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCESVOL.2,NO.4,PP.1-10, DECEMBER 2014

PUBLISHED BY EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT UK (WWW.EAJOURNALS.ORHG)

HEAP OF RICE HUSKS IN ABAKALIKI

FUTURE PLANS ON UTILIZATION OF PADDY AND HEAD RICE TO PRODUCE OTHER RICE PRODUCTS• WE HAVE TAKEN FURTHER PLANS NOT PRIMARILY TO PRODUCE HEAD RICE FOR THE

CONSUMERS BUT ALSO TO PRODUCE OTHER ALLIED PRODUCTS FROM RICE TO BE ABLE TO ADD

VALUE TO THE ECONOMY.

• WE HAVE RECENTLY ADDED EBONY GROUND FLOUR TO OUR PRODUCTS LINE. AND WE ARE

PLANNING TO RELEASE MULTIGRAIN GROUND FLOUR .

• OUR PLAN IS TO RECONVERT ALL OUR BY PRODUCTS AND OTHER RICE PRODUCTS AND BY

PRODUCTS FROM OTHER RICE MILLS INTO FUNCTIONAL FINISHED PRODUCTS IN ORDER TO KEY

IN TO THE DIVERSIFICATION INITIATIVES OF THE PRESIDENT BUHARI ADMINISTRATION TO

REALLY ADD VALUE TO THE ECONOMY

FINANCING

• BANK OF INDUSTRY HOLDS N560MILLION($3.9MILLION) OF OUR

EQUIPMENT FINANCING

• WE HAVE OBTAINED CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA- COMMERCIAL

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT LOAN SCHEME(CACS) THROUGH FIDELITY

BANK PLC.

• WE ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER AREAS OF FINANCING AND WE WILL

EMBRACE OTHER FINANCIERS THAT WILL LIKE TO SUPPORT US IN OUR

AMBITIOUS PLANS TO INTRODUCE NEW PRODUCTS INTO THE

MARKET AND CONVERT RICE RESIDUES TO GENERATE ENERGY

CONCLUSION

• HUSK IS A VERY GOOD BIOMASS PRODUCT THAT CAN BE UTILIZED

FOR GENERATING POWER.

• IN THE FUTURE, WE HAVE THE PLANS TO SUSTAIN PRODUCTION OF

BRIQUETTES FROM OUR HUSKS AND TO UTILIZE SAME HUSKS TO

GENERATE POWER FOR THE FACTORY USE.

• OUR AIM IS TO UTILIZE AVAILABLE OTHER RICE MILLS GENERATED RICE

HUSK AS A SUSTAINABLY GROWN AND UN-UTILIZED WASTE BIOMASS

RESOURCE EFFECTIVELY FOR GENERATION OF STEAM AND THEREFROM

ELECTRICITY. THE ELECTRICITY THUS GENERATED WILL BE SOLD TO THE

STATE GRID (AFTER MEETING THE FACTORY AUXILIARY CONSUMPTION.

OUR ENGINEERING TEAM ARE PRESENTLY WORKING ON THE POSSIBILITY

OF UTILIZING HUSK TO GENERATE POWER FOR SMALL HOUSEHOLDS

THANK YOU

CONTACT

• OSUMA BUKUNMI

OFFICE ADDRESS :EBONY AGRO INDUSTRIES LTD

13, MOUNDOU STREET, WUSE 11. ABUJA

FACTORY ADDRESS: EBONY AGRO INDUSTRIES LTD, EKPA-OMAKA INDUSTRIAL CLUSTER,

IKWO LOCAL GOVERNMENT EBONYI STATE.

PHONE: 08020399915,08097659495

EMAIL: IBKOSUMA@YAHOO.COM, INFO@EBONYAGRO.COM