AAKASH is one of the pioneers in the field of bio – energy production to nurture the need of mankind globally relying on 'Environment friendly nature sources like bamboo plants'. Its prime aim is to transforming economies, protecting and saving our planet from the ravages of climate change by advocating and generating renewable Energy in a cost effective manner.
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Research
AAKASH has been pursuing a comprehensive research on Biomass Energy
through Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) working for a decade. The Research team has
identified several trees and grass species, which have been identified into an exploratory
research considering bamboo’s growth, carbon absorption and other parameters.
AAKASH has based its research approach and development towards renewable energy power
projects, on the macro-investment theme, “How to obtain a sustainable and economically
viable feedstock supply for the renewable energy industry?” The strategic high-level answer
to the question is to apply agricultural-science to the equation, producing chain of
essential basic products, in the eco-friendliest manner possible.
One of the main points of our research has been in highly efficient, large scale commercial
agricultural and precisely, clean energy generation prototypes, using long standing and
proven independent techniques fused to achieve a successful and sustainable model.
The nature of the model facilitates the utilization of the interrelated components
internalized from system to source, eliminating costly and complicated logistics.
Plantation
Climate change and boosting economy through Bamboo plantation would be justified.
AAKASH is among those visionaries who have taken early steps towards a sustainable ecosystem. AAKASH has been at the center of all business models to reduce the carbon footprint and to promote renewable energy sources. Bamboo plantation is encouraged and advocated by AAKASH not only for the energy requirement but also for environmental and social benefits.
WHY BAMBOO?
Bamboo is a green ‘gold’ which can be found naturally across the globe in temperate climates. The plant of the grass family has a potential to replace the conventional energy sources with a highly reduced carbon footprint.
WHY INVEST IN BAMBOO?
WHY AAKASH BAMBOO?
AAKASH has identified specific Bamboo and Napier Grass and applied a
polyploidization process for a rapid increasing in the growth rate. It is an
economically viable source of feedstock fuel used in the production of renewable
Energy. AAKASH bamboo has a potential to grow very fast and yields very high biomass
since the wall thickness of the Bamboo is 3 times greater than other bamboo.
It is a fast-growing plant, at a speed of 1.5 feet a day and reaching a height about
35 feet in two and a half years. AAKASH bamboo is cultivable, thorn less and
sterile, hence there is no need for replanting.
Salient features of AAKASH Bamboo
- The plant can grow unharmed by insects and other pests even in the absence of pesticides.
- It is a very good substitute for wood. It grows faster and requires less water.
- AAKASH Bamboo takes more carbon dioxide from the air than any other plant and produces 8 times greater amount of oxygen than any other plant, effectively cleaning the air better and greatly reducing the effects of greenhouse gases.
- Akaash Bamboo plant fibers are the strongest natural fibers, making bamboo textiles very durable.
- The fiber content in Aakash Bamboo plant is the strongest of natural fibers, making bamboo textiles very durable.
BAMBOO CULTURE AND MICROPROPAGATION
Highly sophisticated Micro propagation and Tissue Culture Lab in Sri Lanka and South
Africa AAKASH Plantation has a state-of-the-art where AAKASH Bamboos are
micro-propagated and primary hardening of plants is done.
IBPM SERVICES
AAKASH Plantation provides a Holistic Bamboo Support Services as Integrated Bamboo
Plantation Management Services which follows as: BAMBOO PLANTING , a bamboo plantation
that does not require high investment. If the suitable land is available, basic
equipment for manual operations can be used. Establishing a bamboo nursery is a
practical solution for maintaining a regular supply of planting material for plantations
and subsequently commercial utilization. Several factors should be considered in
selecting a site for a bamboo propagation nursery.
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BAMBOO PLANTING
A bamboo plantation does not require high investment. If the suitable land is available, basic equipment for manual operations can be used. Establishing a bamboo nursery is a practical solution for maintaining a regular supply of planting material for plantations and subsequently commercial exploitation. Several factors should be considered in selecting a site for a bamboo propagation nursery. -
INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT:
The leaf analysis, based on soil and water analysis, growth stages of the Bamboo and Nutrients for the bamboo plants are scheduled. -
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT:
AAKASH Plantation’s IBPM team regularly scouts and monitors the plants for any pests, pathological or entomological damages and controls them in the most economical and eco-friendly way. -
ENTERPRISE ENABLING:
AAKASH enables the unemployed youth and empowers women through employment and enterprise set-up training on bamboo handicraft furniture making and also assisting them in market linkages. -
LAND PREPARATION & PLANTING
At AAKASH, the IBPM team surveys and analyzes the soil’s physical, chemical and biological properties, water quality and climate data. Based on the location's necessity, air quality data (CO, GHGs and O2 Concentration) are also collected.After the analysis, site corrections are made at the planting site, erecting and establishing Secondary Hardening and Nurseries.The land is prepared based on spacing and the trenching is done; and basic potting and planting mixtures are prepared and applied. -
HARVESTING & MARKETING SUPPORT
The Bamboo plants become ready for harvesting from the sixteenth to eighteenth month, and with each subsequent year, there is a higher yield. Bamboo is a cash crop having a low gestation period, faster growth and promising economic returns.IBPM team supports in harvesting of clumps and preparing them based on the industrial requirements like chips, pellets, crushed extract or as clump.Assistance is also provided in furniture manufacturing and marketing. -
CARBON CREDITS::
Our Plantations are eligible from the 2nd year for carbon credit collection, where a bamboo clump’s average Carbon becomes 5kg/clump/year.
Energy
Taking an early step towards a sustainable energy ecosystem
CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES
Energy consumption is ever growing at an increased rate every year. Conventional sources
like Oil, Coal and Natural Gas are still dominant sources of Energy and are fueling the
world economy in a nonstop trail, leaving behind a high carbon footprint. Very little is
done to reduce the adverse effects of consuming energy from these sources. The emission
of greenhouse gases, thermal pollution, and water pollution are some major concerns that
are not adequately addressed and the negative impacts never be realized for the
generations to come.
There are alternative sources of energy that can gain prominence and reduce dependence
on these essential sources that threaten our generation. Renewable energy is one of the
answers to provide clean energy and mitigate climate change that is caused by the
conventional sources of energy.y.
Hydroelectricity, Solar and Wind are clean energy sources but they have their
limitations. Hydroelectricity for example can be harnessed only on rivers, while solar
energy can be captured only during the day. Wind energy on the other hand is also
dependent on the natural wind flow which cannot be consistent and only fairly reliable.
RENEWABLE BIO-ENERGY FROM AAKASH
AAKASH advocates the use of Biomass to meet the energy requirements in a clean and
renewable method. AAKASH has identified that Bamboo can provide as much energy as
the conventional sources with lesser environmental impact and carbon footprint than
those by oil, coal and natural gas.
Biomass is 100% sustainable and there is considerable control over the carbon
emissions. It also generates more employment without the need for migration of
labour.
Bamboo based Renewable Energy production provides for a higher carbon seizure. This
is important because it ensures that carbon does not rise up and trap heat in the
atmosphere which causes global warming. Bamboo, by their very nature, absorbs more
carbon dioxide than any other plants and hence it naturally provides for higher
carbon sequestration. Bamboo plantations on a large scale thus help mitigate climate
change.
AAKASH generates Energy from the Biomass in two ways:
- Steam generation, has the capacity of 10MW to any capacity.
- Gasification has the capacity of 0.5MW to 3 MW.
ELECTRICITY FROM AAKASH BAMBOO
Electricity is an essential part of human life in the present world. We need electricity
for everyday purposes like lighting, cooling, food preparation, transportation,
ventilation, space heating and more. We are majorly dependent on thermal power plants
for our electricity needs while a small proportion of it is supplied by other sources.
Thermal power plants use fossil fuels which are rapidly depleting. Greenhouse gases
emitted by these power plants also pose a threat to the global environment in the name
of climate change. There is thus an urgent need to seek alternative sources of fuels to
meet an increasing energy demand.
Electricity from biomass is one such answer providing clean energy. AAKASH has invested
in developing power plants that run on biomass obtained from specific kinds of Bamboo.
The feed materials are in the form of biomass, chips and wood pellets. These power
plants are not only environment friendly, they are also sustainable.
STEAM POWER PLANT
AAKASH produces electricity by Steam Power Plants that use Bamboo biomass. The
biomass fuel is combusted with oxygen from the air in a combustion chamber to
produce heat. A biomass boiler is used to convert the heat into steam, which is run
through steam turbines for electricity generation.
The power plant’s byproduct is in the form of Bamboo Ash which is used as
fertilizer.
AKASH GROUP has developed a business model which is specially designed for large end
users, such as the government, utilizing significant advancement in science and
technology to encompass a strategy for the on-site production of its energy
requirements.
Having successfully developed Energy projects in Sri Lanka and Myanmar, AAKASH is
now seeking new opportunities across the world to enable them with sustainable long
term solutions for Energy requirements and also to reduce their carbon footprint
together by assuring socio-economic growth and employment.
GASIFICATION
In addition to converting bamboo into biomass as chips and pellets and using them in
a combustion chamber, burning with oxygen, an alternative method of anaerobic
combustion where burning is done in the absence of oxygen which is also utilized to
produce gaseous fuels. This gas is then used in combustion for the production of
heat and steam to be utilized in gas turbines, which result in the production of
electricity.
AAKASH uses microbial conversion of biomass for fuels. Microbial conversion is an
anaerobic digestion process where a negligible amount of energy is consumed to
produce fuel called biogas. Biogas is employed as a fuel for gas for boilers and gas
turbines for electricity generation.
BIOFUELS
A cleaner, better and more efficient alternative to the conventional energy sources
In a bid to provide for the rising demands of automobile fuels and gas for household
cooking, AAKASH has extended its expertise on Bamboo to meet such essential
requirements.
BIO-CNG
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is less polluting to the environment than other popular
fuel such as Petrol and Diesel. At present CNG is mostly delivered through pipes
which are running for several thousand kilometers.
Bamboo is convertible into biogas which can be processed into Bio-CNG. Bio-CNG is a
renewable fuel that is identical in composition and better in purity than fossil
CNG. Bio-CNG from Bamboo generates income for the rural population and serves as an
import substitute. Every 300 acres of cultivated bamboo can feed one gas bunk on the
road side which does not need pipe lining for long distances. Bamboo based Bio-CNG
can be produced locally throughout the adjoining highways.
Agro Gas, a subsidiary of AAKASH has tested Bamboo and established a model of a
Bio-CNG plant in Pune, India. The technology is developed by Mr.Santhosh Gondlekar
after several years of continuous research and hard work. This is the first Bio-CNG
gas production and gas dispensing station in India.
Bio-CNG from Bamboo is also suitable for domestic and commercial use as a cooking
gas. This can reduce our dependence on natural gas which is more polluting.
ETHANOL
Ethanol is a form of fuel derived from the complex carbohydrate in plants. For
decades, scientists have been trying many potential plants for fuel. Many of the
plants happen to be in the food chain such as sugarcane, sugar beet, maize,
sorghum etc. Several years of research had led to the successful development of
bamboo cellulose to ethanol in countries like Japan, UK, China and Taiwan.
Scientific research for about a decade at the AAKASH, in the areas of
Biotechnology and Agronomy, has led to the development of Bamboo and High
Density Energy Plantation as a means to produce highest quantity of cellulosic
biomass at the affordable cost as a raw material for ethanol production.
CULTIVATION OF BAMBOO AS ENERGY PLANTATION
- Doesn't harm the environment
- Increase the oxygen while reducing the CO2 5 times faster than any other tree
- Harvested every year, from 2nd years onwards
- Planted once, harvested for centuries
- Biomass at a cost attractive for Bioethanol production
- Higher income from farm cultivation
- Increases the renewable energy
Eco Living
Oxygen Park - Bamboo plantation is bio-friendly and absorbs 35% more
CO2 and releases 35% more O2 than a regular tree plantation. Bamboo can be planted
substantially in public parks and make them as Oxygen parks where the O2 will be released
more and would create a better environment. It is commercially attractive and profitable to
construct such oxygen parks in hospital premises, commercial malls and also along the
roadside pavements.
Bamboo Plantation has immense commercial value addition to the paper, textile, furniture and
organic fertilizer Industries.
Bamboo Charcoal is one of the byproducts of the biomass conversion process that is used in
almost everything, from ice cream to toothpaste, water pacifiers, face masks and whatnots in
the Cosmetics Industry.
Above all, the countries that produce a lower amount of CO2 will ecologically have a better
standard of living than the ones that produce more of it.
Thus, AAKASH is technically equipped with the requisite technological support in the field
of bamboo plantation and renewable energy to provide any country in the world with
sustainable environment friendly industrial space that can be selflessly monitored.
Bamboo Village & Museum
Bamboo village & Museum is a showcase of different bamboo species, bamboo groves,
houses and huts constructed using bamboo; Bamboo dependent Industries & Enterprises
like Handicraft, Ornament making, Furniture making, Lifestyle and Cosmetic products
making.
Bamboo-grove Habitat
- A self-sustainable community develops and depends on bamboo as its major resource. Houses, resorts and buildings are constructed using treated bamboo, also the furniture and the interiors. The power production using bamboo as feedstock meets the power needs of the community.
- The bamboo clumps are harvested from the grove developed around the habitat, where the treated effluent water is used for irrigation of the bamboo plantation.
- The bamboo grove walking tour attracts tourists and the interactions with the inmates of the bamboo grove habitat forming a lifestyle experience.
- The Bamboo Grove Habitat is a carbon neutral, zero effluent discharge, Oxygen rich location.
AAKASH’s two-fold Concerns
AAKASH has a twofold concern in its business. The first one is global in nature where the
production and marketing of green electricity and bio-ethanol generation from bamboo
plantations is the prime aim.
AAKASH’s humanist concern: it is rural specific; aiming at the development of
self-sufficient energy producing rural centers and charitable institutions as a part of
their CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) activities - Venturing Philanthropy Investments
and Sustainability.
LifeStyle
Embrace a sustainable lifestyle with Bamboo products
What if you could make conscious choices to preserve the future of the planet while not compromising our way of life? Well it is possible! Go green with Bamboo. Embrace a sustainable lifestyle with eco-friendly products that becomes your everyday thing.
AAKASH facilitates a parallel industry of ‘Green Lifestyle Products’ that are more than appealing and are soft on Mother Nature. These products, elegant as they are, adding to your style quotient while at the same time protect our natural environment, human and ecological health by being a substitute to plastics and other non-biodegradable materials.
