BIO-BASED ECONOMY
Agricultural waste torrefaction to bio-char
Market
| Final Products | Final Product: Solid biofuels (Bio-char) |
| Required Inputs | Technology: Sorting, shredding, torrefaction, pelletizing operations units |
| Competing Products | Competing Products: Solid fossil fuel (Coal mostly) |
Process
| Complexity – Type of Process | Type of Process: Thermal treatment (Torrefaction) |
| Technology | Technology: Sorting, shredding, torrefaction, pelletizing operations units |
| Equipment and Material | Equipment & Material: Torrefaction reactors, combustor, cooler, densification equipment |
| Human Resources | Manual labor, engineers |
Advantages and Risks
| Competitive Advantage | High demand and high calorific value |
| Barriers to Entry | Barriers to Entry: Securing large amounts of supply |
| Key Stakeholders | Key Stakeholders: Local farmers to providing agricultural waste as biomass, factories providing waste as biomass, factories as energy consumers, local waste traders |
| Special Regulations | NA |
| Risks and Mitigation Measures | Risks and Mitigation Measures: High power of suppliers and possible competition with them in case they tried to copy the business. Mitigation measures are diversification of supply |
Economic Features
| Revenue Stream | Revenue Stream: Sales of bio-char |
| CAPEX |
The inputs and technology would cost an average of 3.6M EGP Note: This CAPEX represents the indicative investment size, however, this investment opportunity can grow in implementation to a larger-sized investment. |
| Investment Size | Small (between 500k-5M EGP) |
Geography
| Location of Supply | Supply is mostly in Delta region and Upper Egypt |
| Preferred operation regions |
Preferred operation regions: Ismailia, Delta Region, Upper Egypt |
Studies
| Serial | File name | Download |
| 1 | 19 Business Opportunities Economic Business Models in Egypt's Recycling Sector for Startups and SMEs_booklet |
