PyroPower Africa Stage 2

PyroPower 非洲第二阶段

• 批准号: 75521
• 金额: $ 342.73万
• 依托单位: PYROGENESYS LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=75521
• 关键词: PyroPower; Africa; Stage

PYROCHEMY[TM] is a patented pyrolysis technology developed by PyroGenesys to convert agricultural waste to renewable electricity, process heat, biofuels and carbon removal. The novel containerised format of the PYROCHEMY[TM] system enables rapid deployment to provide reliable, affordable, renewable electricity to off-grid communities.Project partner Mobinet will facilitate access to formal banking services, microfinance and credit using their SIMPAY mobile banking platform. The SIMPAY transaction service will be trialled with the Hello Tractor booking app to enable farmers to pay for and secure mechanised farming services.Hello Tractor connects tractor owners and smallholder farmers across sub-Saharan Africa & Asia through their Tractor booking app. The company will drive the uptake of farmer mechanisation by establishing 10x "MechHubs" across Nigeria that will serve the needs of farming communities, whilst also acting as PYROCHEMY[TM] feedstock aggregation centres/operating sites and Biofuel distribution points.Proactive engagement and facilitation of women farmers and women-owned and run businesses, and wider engagement with disadvantaged groups to ensure they are included and their specific priorities and needs are being met, will be prioritised by all partners.ATMANCorp owns/operates a 700 hectare cassava farm and flour mill in Oyo State and will supply feedstock to and host a PYROCHEMY[TM] commercial pilot along with a Micro Enterprise Park (MEP). The commercial pilot will provide biofuel to run a 250kva genset used to generate power for the factory and MEP and supply culinary-grade steam used for sterilising food processing lines in the factory.Aston University will build on their biofuel work with PyroGenesys in ECR7, to develop a continuous liquid biofuels process for producing renewable diesel and kerosene. Manufacturing methods required to scale up the process for commercial production, will be developed by ICMEA-UK.Introduction of these liquid biofuels to the Nigerian market, in the form of renewable alternatives to diesel and kerosene, will be facilitate by Hello Tractor, who will supply test fuels produced by the commercial pilot to tractors operating from MechHubs across the country.Within 5 years of project start, lessons from the commercial pilot will inform the rollout of over 100 commercial PYROCHEMY[TM] installations across Hello Tractor's network of MechHubs.Deploying Mobinet's SIMPAY payment platform will also be used to support cashless electricity purchases made using featureless mobile handsets with no internet access in farming communities served by Hello Tractor's MechHubs.

PYROCHEMY[TM]是PyroGenesys开发的一种专利热解技术，可将农业废物转化为可再生电力、工艺热、生物燃料和碳去除。PYROCHEMY[TM]系统的新型集装箱化形式可以快速部署，为离网社区提供可靠、负担得起的可再生电力。项目合作伙伴Mobinet将利用其SIMPAY移动的银行平台，为获得正规银行服务、小额信贷和信贷提供便利。SIMPAY交易服务将与Hello Tractor预订应用程序一起试用，以使农民能够支付并获得机械化农业服务。Hello Tractor通过其Tractor预订应用程序将撒哈拉以南非洲和亚洲的拖拉机所有者和小农联系起来。该公司将通过在尼日利亚建立10个“MechHub”来推动农民机械化的发展，这些“MechHub”将满足农业社区的需求，同时也作为PYROCHEMY[TM]原料聚集中心/经营点和生物燃料分配点。积极主动地参与和促进女性农民以及女性拥有和经营的企业，并与弱势群体进行更广泛的接触，以确保他们被纳入其中，并满足他们的具体优先事项和需求，ATMANCorp在奥约州拥有/经营一个700公顷的木薯农场和面粉厂，并将为一个PYROCHEMY[TM]商业试点项目提供原料，同时沿着一个微型企业园（MEP）。商业试点将提供生物燃料来运行250 kva发电机组，用于为工厂和MEP发电，并提供用于工厂食品加工线灭菌的烹饪级蒸汽。阿斯顿大学将在ECR 7中与PyroGenesys开展生物燃料工作的基础上，开发连续液体生物燃料工艺，用于生产可再生柴油和煤油。将由ICMEA-UK开发扩大商业生产过程所需的制造方法。将这些液体生物燃料以柴油和煤油的可再生替代品的形式引入尼日利亚市场，将由Hello Tractor提供便利，他将向全国各地的MechHubs拖拉机提供商业试点生产的测试燃料。在项目开始的5年内，商业试点的经验教训将为Hello Tractor的MechHub网络中100多个商业PYROCHEMY[TM]装置的推出提供信息。部署Mobinet的SIMPAY支付平台还将用于支持在Hello Tractor的MechHub服务的农业社区中使用无功能的移动的手机进行无现金电力购买，这些手机没有互联网接入。