Licensed Crops

Additional information on the specific bamboo and trees for which we executed long-term license agreements:

Licensed with Clenergen Corporation:

  • Bambusa Bamboo
  • Marjestica (Paulowina)
  • Melia dubia

Bamboo

The species of bamboo selected for energy crops is from the Bambusa Balcooa family of grasses. After 10 years of breeding and fertilization programs, this species bamboo is now cultivated from tissue culture and then micro-propagated. As a result, each tissue culture sapling is identical, asexual, non-evasive, non-flowering and has a density of five times greater than any other species of bamboo. It can be cultivated in all types of soil where there is sufficient water available or where climatic conditions such as in the equatorial regions offer a natural environment for cultivation. The bamboo has the potential, as an energy crop, of yielding 65 or more tonnes per acre per annum. The lifespan of this bamboo can reach fifty or more years.

Marjestica (Paulownia)

Marjestica (Paulownia) is ideally suited for tropical plantations managed specifically for highly efficient renewable biomass production.

  • It will grow up to 26 feet within a year of planting;
  • It has a low water requirement;
  • It is ideally suited as an energy crop because it develops several stems after the first harvest;
  • It can be mechanically pruned and harvested;
  • It has the potential to yield an annual average of more than 40 tonnes per acre over an eight year period before replanting is necessary

Melia dubia

Melia dubia is a variety from the Neem species of tree that grows to 40 feet within two years.

  • It can be cultivated in all types of soil and requires minimal watering;
  • It grows up to 40 feet within two years of planting;
  • It can be mechanically pruned and harvested;
  • It can yield more than 40 tons of biomass on average, per acre, every eighteen months, for up to ten years (when replanting is typically required).

Licensed with Green Oil Plantations Ltd. and affiliates

  • Millettia Pinnata
  • SilverLeaf (Yellow Horn)

Millettia Pinnata

Millettia Pinnata is among the most productive green oil producing biofuel species for several reasons:

  • It’s resistant to adverse climatic conditions, including drought, light frost, water logging, moisture stress and salinity;
  • It’s tolerant of extremely poor soil types and does not require prime arable land that is typically used for food crops;
  • It’s carbon-fixing qualities qualify the tree for carbon credits;
  • It’s annual oil yield increases for 15 years;
  • Millettia plantations are can be managed by a smaller, unskilled work force due to its lower crop maintenance and the ability to use mechanical pruning and harvesting equipment;
  • It’s huge yield – each tree regularly produces 800-1,000 kilograms of seed a year;
  • It’s an environmentally friendly species – intensive Millettia crops sequestrate more than 50 tons of CO2 per hectare, per year.

Millettia Pinnata is invasive if not grown properly.  It is imperative to have a commercially proven growing process to maintain a non-invasive plantation.

Silver Leaf (Yellow Horn)

SilverLeaf (Yellow Horn) is a green oil-producing tree and a primary energy crop for production of biofuels.  Its main feature is that it can be grown in colder climates.

  • It’s suitable for cold climate regions of the United States;
  • It produces a variety of products, including green oil, livestock feed and organic fertilizer;
  • It can be pruned and harvested mechanically.