Second-generation biofuels, also known as advanced biofuels, are fuels that can be produced from various types of non-food biomass. Biomass, in this context, refers to plant materials and animal waste used primarily as a fuel source.
Advanced (second-generation) biofuels are produced from a variety of raw materials that differ in their physicochemical parameters. Due to this qualitative diversity, these raw materials require the use of various specially developed technologies for processing to produce finished products.
According to a commonly used definition, second-generation feedstocks include lignocellulosic biomass or woody crops, agricultural residues or wastes, and dedicated non-food energy crops grown on marginal lands unsuitable for food production.
Concerns about food security associated with using food for energy purposes and using agricultural land to cultivate these crops can be detrimental to food production and supply. These are the two main factors that have influenced the development and promotion of advanced low-carbon biofuels.
Degraded land can be defined as a soil condition characterized by long-term loss of biodiversity caused by, for example, overgrazing, mechanical damage to vegetation, soil erosion, or loss of soil quality. Therefore, it is an area where any cultivation of food crops is impossible, and it is impossible to use this area for agricultural purposes.
KESSLER SCP Pongamia model and products from our elite varieties meet the classification requirements for advanced biofuels.
Our plantation model includes the cultivation of 2-3 strong elite varieties of Pongamia trees intended for cultivation in degraded and desert areas. These varieties are varieties 5781-A, B, and C. These varieties and the technology of cultivation in such difficult soil conditions were created together with the Agricultural Research Organization Israel, and this is the result of many years of work, implementation of research and development programs, and countless research tests. Each of these varieties differs from the others, among others, in terms of the content of Pongamia oil in the grains, as well as proteins, starch, etc. Thanks to our developed cultivation technologies, each of these varieties gives a large annual harvest of fruit, and the oil is inedible due to the content of polyphenols!
Our pilot plantation is located in the Negev desert, a completely degraded area without any conflict with agricultural land. In arid regions, desertification is the last stage of degradation, and therefore, land is completely barren and has no value for agriculture.
Thanks to the success of our project, KESSLER has met two basic conditions for the classification of its oil
Tree cultivation takes place in degraded/desert areas
Pongamia oil is an inedible oil
Undoubtedly, the most significant advantage of our project will be the stable supply of this oil, and stable quality parameters already guaranteed by our company. Independent laboratories and fuel and energy companies have already confirmed the high oil quality of our elite varieties.
Based on our research and the quality of our oil, we can officially state that this oil is an excellent raw material for the production process of advanced biofuels in HVO, HEFA, and Biodiesel FAME technologies.
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