Biomass Energy Plant

Kawi Industries utilizes two main categories of input options for the biomass briquettes: (a) farm residues: maize stalks/maize cobs, coconut husks and shells, and (b) processing residues: biomass waste generated in industries which process agricultural outputs like sawdust, sugarcane bagasse, coffee husks, rice husks, and furniture waste.

Kawi uses binders formulated from cassava flour for holding the carbonized materials together. The use of high quality and uniquely formulated cassava starch -binders has been one of our trade secrets in the processing of quality carbonized briquettes – which has been our main product line since inception.

Kawi Industries is in the process of acquiring and setting up a plant to undertake the industrial production, distribution and selling of briquettes, pellets, and complementary products as from the 1st quarter of 2021. The firm’s production process will involve the sourcing and compacting/densification of agricultural and agro-industrial residues into high density biomass fuels. This follows a successful 3 years piloting phase.

Compared to products made of other unsustainable raw materials, briquettes offer the following advantages to our customers:

  1. They have higher heat content [calorific value] vis-à-vis conventional fuels are more consistent and have a longer burning duration.
  2. They are user friendly since compatible with multiple technologies and have varied households and industrial uses.
  3. They are cheaper than competing fuels in terms of heat per unit.
  4. They are environmentally friendly since they produce lower emissions and indoor pollution.
  5. They are made from readily available materials.

Potential application areas for the technology are:

  1. Private households [cooking, water, and space heating]
  2. Catering and hospitality [cooking, grilling, water, and space heating]
  3. Food processing [distilleries, bakeries, canteens, drying, oil milling, coffee roasting]
  4. Other industries [generation of heat and steam, dyeing and bleaching, tobacco curing, brick kilns, tile making, pot firing, fuel for gasifiers to produce electricity, etc.]