What we do
We develop technology that drastically scales the transformation of waste biomass into marketable bio-products for rural communities to combat air pollution, catastrophic wildfires, and climate change.
Company's story
Our Specialty
The Problem
Most crop and forest residues (biomass) are loose, wet, bulky, therefore making them expensive and difficult to collect and transport. As such, most rural communities are shut out from the benefits of the bioeconomy, and their only recourse is to burn their non-merchantable residues in open air. This creates significant air pollution, and increases the risks of catastrophic wildfires.
Our Solution
We are developing small-scale, low-cost, portable systems that can latch onto the back of tractors and pick-up trucks. Such systems can deploy to rural, hard-to-access regions to locally upgrade and densify the residues on-site into higher-value bio products such as biochar based soil amendments for agricultural applications, biofuels, and chemicals without requiring external energy input. Therefore, we enable rural communities to create a closed-loop bioeconomy locally, allowing them to become more resilient and independent from the potentially vulnerable international supply chains for their key commodities and inputs. Finally, by reducing wildfires and open-air biomass burning, and by allowing these communities access to the increasingly lucrative carbon market for the first time, we also promote environmental justice among the most vulnerable populations.
About Takavator
- Process crop and forest residue in-site and save on logistics cost
- Portable versions of the equipment can process hard to access biomass
- Low power requirements, can be operated in off-grid areas
- Can process a wide variety of crop and forest residues
- Prevents air pollution from the open burning of crop and forest residues
Our Product
Our versatile, customizable thermochemical process turns different types of crop and forest residues into higher-value bio products such as chemicals, biofuels, and biochar-based soil amendment products for agricultural applications. The proper management of
non-merchantable residues also has benefits in stemming polluting open-air burning and reducing the risks of catastrophic wildfires.
Most crop and forest residues (biomass) are loose, wet, bulky, therefore making them expensive and difficult to collect and transport. As such, most rural communities are shut out from the benefits of the bioeconomy, and their only recourse is to burn their non-merchantable residues in open air. This creates significant air pollution, and increases the risks of catastrophic wildfires.
Our Solution
We are developing small-scale, low-cost, portable systems that can latch onto the back of tractors and pick-up trucks. Such systems can deploy to rural, hard-to-access regions to locally upgrade and densify the residues on-site into higher-value bio products such as biochar based soil amendments for agricultural applications, biofuels, and chemicals without requiring external energy input. Therefore, we enable rural communities to create a closed-loop bioeconomy locally, allowing them to become more resilient and independent from the potentially vulnerable international supply chains for their key commodities and inputs. Finally, by reducing wildfires and open-air biomass burning, and by allowing these communities access to the increasingly lucrative carbon market for the first time, we also promote environmental justice among the most vulnerable populations.
About Takavator
- Process crop and forest residue in-site and save on logistics cost
- Portable versions of the equipment can process hard to access biomass
- Low power requirements, can be operated in off-grid areas
- Can process a wide variety of crop and forest residues
- Prevents air pollution from the open burning of crop and forest residues
Our Product
Our versatile, customizable thermochemical process turns different types of crop and forest residues into higher-value bio products such as chemicals, biofuels, and biochar-based soil amendment products for agricultural applications. The proper management of
non-merchantable residues also has benefits in stemming polluting open-air burning and reducing the risks of catastrophic wildfires.
Our story
Our Purpose
We exist to create human-centric innovations that enable environmental justice.
Rural communities are impacted significantly from the effects of climate change and pollution. However, they are often ignored as stakeholders in new value chains being created in the fight against climate change and environmental degradation. We think this is an injustice. Through small-scale, low-cost, decentralized deployments, we create an opportunity for everyone to be a part of the bio-economy.
Our Values
Be curious, be bold, be resilient
Convention doesn’t bind us. We are driven by the spirit of exploration, adventure and innovative attitude. We are courageous and always ready to take up challenges.
Inclusiveness and collaboration with communication
Best decisions are made when everyone brings themselves forward to engage, collaborate and openly communicate. We value the diversity we bring to the table.
Customer is the core
Interact and understand to focus on ideas that are customer and community centric. We use deep customer insights to provide innovative and unique solutions.
Be empathetic
We are aware of each other’s perspective and maintain mutual respect towards our customers and teammates.
Do right in everything
We are ethical, act with transparency and uncompromising integrity in everything we do.
Take ownership and be accountable of the end results and the success. We promote distributed leadership by empowering our teammates and building trustworthy relationships to practice effective delegation.
We exist to create human-centric innovations that enable environmental justice.
Rural communities are impacted significantly from the effects of climate change and pollution. However, they are often ignored as stakeholders in new value chains being created in the fight against climate change and environmental degradation. We think this is an injustice. Through small-scale, low-cost, decentralized deployments, we create an opportunity for everyone to be a part of the bio-economy.
Our Values
Be curious, be bold, be resilient
Convention doesn’t bind us. We are driven by the spirit of exploration, adventure and innovative attitude. We are courageous and always ready to take up challenges.
Inclusiveness and collaboration with communication
Best decisions are made when everyone brings themselves forward to engage, collaborate and openly communicate. We value the diversity we bring to the table.
Customer is the core
Interact and understand to focus on ideas that are customer and community centric. We use deep customer insights to provide innovative and unique solutions.
Be empathetic
We are aware of each other’s perspective and maintain mutual respect towards our customers and teammates.
Do right in everything
We are ethical, act with transparency and uncompromising integrity in everything we do.
Take ownership and be accountable of the end results and the success. We promote distributed leadership by empowering our teammates and building trustworthy relationships to practice effective delegation.
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