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Eco-charcoal from Water Hyacinth for Rural Energy Application: A Social Enterprise Adlansyah Abd Rahman 6 th September 2018

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Eco-charcoal from Water Hyacinth for Rural Energy Application: A Social EnterpriseAdlansyah Abd Rahman6th September 2018

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Presentation Outline

• Water Hyacinth

• Rural Fuel

• Social Enterprise

• Solutions?

• Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

• Smokeless eco-charcoal

• Impacts

• In the media

• Funding & Exposure

• Market growth potential

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Water Hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes

• Floating aquatic plant

• Fast growing – approximately double spatially every fortnight

• Block waterways entrance and exit – cause of local flooding

• No commercial value – removal incur cost

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Rural fuel

• Firewood and charcoal in many region

• Mainly for cooking and heating

• Source of domestic indoor air pollution respiratory diseases

• Firewood derived from young trees propagate local deforestation

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Social Enterprise

• Social Entrepreneurship - The use of start-up companies and other entrepreneurs to

develop, fund and implement solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues

• HiGi Energy Pte Ltd was set up to supply affordable cooking fuel while alleviating

water hyacinth flooding and providing local community employment

• Not a charity to ensure longevity

• Not a ‘grantpreneur’ to ensure independent decision making

• The team:

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Jackie Yap (CEO) Leon Kee (CTO) Hazel Pajotagana (CFO)

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Advisory Board and support

Dash Dhakshinamoorthy

Pre-seed investor & he has 10 years experience

in startups, exited several companies

Katka LetzingMore than 10 years

experience in business & entrepreneurship

Jorden WoodsExited 3 startups &

based in Silicon Valley, USA

Adlansyah Abd RahmanMore than 12 years

experience in biomass research & community engagement projects

Kres Jacobsen

Director at Northwind Power Corp, owned wind (60MW) & solar farms

(2.5MW) in Philippines, familiar with solar power market

CEO at Aries Agro Limited, listed on India

Stock Exchange

Rahul Mirchandani

• Engineering & Business Development

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Solutions?

• Non-energy

• Community biogas

• Gasification stoves

• Fuel replacement

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Kurmi et al, Eu Resp J, 2012

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Minimum viable product (MVP)

• Crushed water hyacinth briquette

• Approx. 1” x 2” x 6”

• Direct replacement of firewood

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Testing and Analysis of MVP

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Burning test:

• Smoke released improved than traditional firewood

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Water hyacinth briquette

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Smokeless eco-charcoal

• MVP failed to gain market traction

• Little competitive advantage at minimum selling price

• Low income market wants a smokeless fuel charcoalAllow more competitive pricing

• Charcoal has larger market Domestic low & medium income (cooking & heating)

Street food vendors

Domestic high income (leisure)

Niche restauranteurs

Export

• Must employ clean production

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Lili Process (patent pending)

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Harvesting

• HiGi is contracted, responsible for water hyacinth removal (exclusive access in Taytay, Rizal, Phippines)

• Employ local residents, beneficiaries, to harvest and dry

• HiGi buys at PHP 1 per kg

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Clean carbonisation

• Batched loading; sealed drum

• Three drums in tandem for semi-continuous operation

• Recirculation of volatile gases to support heating

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Testing and Analysis of Lili

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• Burning test:• visibly smokeless

• can sustain for 45 mins per piece

• Energy density of 20* MJ/kg

*to be repeated

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• Proximate analysis

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• Thermogravimetric

Testing and Analysis of Lili

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Impacts: direct

850 m3 of water hyacinthregulated daily

35 beneficiaries could be lifted out of poverty earning US$ 3 / day

28,500 MJ of energyrenewed from pest plants

to serve 25 restaurants

Environment Social - Blue economy@ 5 x more efficient

energy than competitors

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Impacts: indirect

Rural families of domestic application

Education and awareness

Social health and disaster

Source: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR ALL GLOBAL TRACKING FRAMEWORK Progress toward Sustainable Energy 2017

Energy poverty

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In the media

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www.facebook.com/higi-energy www.higi.biz/

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Funding & exposure

• Seed funder + founders

• Startup Competitions

→Startup Malaysia

→GIST Network Tech-I, Silicon Valley

→ImpactHub, Philippines

→TAYO 14, Philippines

• Angel investment

→1st Round: Dec 2017 (US$100k)

→2nd Round: Dec 2018 (US$??)

• R&D Grant

→AAIBE Chair of Renewable Energy

→UNITEN

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Market growth potential

• Water hyacinth infestation

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• Solid fuel for domestic cooking and heating

Kurmi et al

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Institute of Sustainable EnergyUniversiti Tenaga NasionalPutrajaya CampusJalan IKRAM-UNITEN43000 KajangSelangor, MALAYSIA

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