Welcome to Soil & Energy,
the innovative partner for sustainable agro-energy projects.
The Soil & Energy gGmbH develops and supports projects in India, Africa and Latin America that combine sustainable energy- and land use . Our approach: food and energy crops adapted for local cultivation and the regional/local use of that energy.
Central factors of our sustainable agro-energy projects are:
- Optimization of organic farming systems
- Integration of agroforestry elements
- Regional/local use of renewable energies (mainly from biomass and biogas)
- Establishment of local competence and training centres
- Income generation through participation of the rural population in new business activities of the initiated projects.
Soil & Energy, independently or by commission, carries out: feasibility studies, project development, project implementation, and the development of financing concepts.
NEWS
August 2010:
Mr. Kuber, the project manager of the pilot project in India attended a Train-the-trainer training on energy efficient stoves in Indonesia.
- Mr. Kuber, second from right
July 2010:
Our partner shipped the container with an oilmill and the parts for the HPTC biogas plant for the pilot project with Renuka Foundation to India .
The Renuka Foundation is organising the tree planting campaign 2010.
June 2010:
Participation at SusCon with presentation and table top on 15. and 16. June in Nuremberg.
The progress of the construction works in Karnataka show following photos:
May 2010:
Our partners from Karnataka sent us photos from the tree nursery.
March 2010:
From March 2 - 5 Soil & Energy participated at the "Methane to Markets" Expo in New Delhi, India.
Construction works for the oilmill and the biogas plant started in the pilot project in Karnataka, India.
February 2010:
Presentation at BioFach 2010 Congress in Nuremberg (Germany):
On Saturday 20.02.2010 Soil & Energy will present its pilot project in Karnataka at the BioFach Congress. The title is "Organic smallholders producing food, fibre and renewable energy" Details
Announcement for June 2010:
Participation at SusCon 2010:
SusCon 2010, Biodiversity – a strategic value in a greening economy international conference in Nuremberg (Germany) 2010, June 15-16
In the biodiversity year of the United Nations (2010) the conference will focus on entrepreneurial solutions for biodiversity issues. Program topics include: Business and biodiversity, Certification and verification, Benefit sharing and social entrepreneurship, Lifestyle and consuming biodiversity as well as Offset programs and biodiversity. More info: www.suscon.net
December 2009:
The Bavarian State Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forestry and the Bavarian State Chancellery co-finance our Pilot Project.
The Bavarian State Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forestry and the Bavarian State Chancellery support our effective and target-oriented project in the framework of the Bavaria-Karnataka Partnership Agreement and specifically regarding climate protection, decentralized energy generation and thereby the value creation in the villages of the project’s region.
November 2009:
Saturday, November 7th, at the Berlin conference, "Öko-soziales Wirtschaften" - Verantwortung jetzt! Gemeinsam Zukuft gestalten, we present our concept for sustainable agro-energy projects in the session, “Grenzen erweitern” - auf internationaler Ebene erfolgreiche sozial-ökologische Geschäftsmodelle entwickeln und umsetzen.
Sunday, November 8th, we participate at the VISION SUMMIT on Social Business in the session, "Parliament of Action - Workshop 3: Social Projects Heading for Social Business” moderated by Dr. Franz Alt.
October 2009:
After the first positives results of our 2009 Pilot Project in Karnataka, India, we plan another tree planting campaign for the year 2010, this time to include 100,000 oilseed producing trees and shrubs. Please contact us if you want to support this activity.
Events:
SusCon 2010, Biodiversity – a strategic value in a greening economy International conference in Nuremberg (Germany) 2010, June 15-16
