Halophyte-based Energy & Agro-ecological Transitioning (HEAT) 

Partners: Seawater Solutions Ltd (Lead), Seawater Solutions Ghana Ltd

Country: Namibia

Technology: Targeting poor or marginalised groups or fragile contexts

Stage: Late

Stage: 9

The Halophyte-based Energy & Agro-ecological Transitioning (HEAT) Project seeks to commercialise halophytic agro-ecological approaches and bio-energy technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa by introducing saltwater-irrigated biomass production in degraded soils for localised transitions to clean energy and land regeneration.

The project will be undertaken in Ghana and Namibia with a range of partners from the UK, EU, and African registered entities with a track record of working together in various global geographies. Targeting both bio-energy production and carbon sequestration, the project will test a combined integrated production and processing model in tandem with a service-based business model with existing partners and investors with the aims of operationalising/commercialising the results by the end of the project timeline.