Live Energies Agro-Services Private Limited (LEAS) is a research and technical consultancy company established in 2008 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The primary aim of our company is to evolve technologies, methods and tools for facilitating sustainable development through liquid fuel/fuel feedstock production from unproductive tropical soils. We also do mediation of international trade in commodities and technologies related to renewable energy.
Projects
Microcredit supported Jatropha production in India – a “proof of concept”
Aim of the project was to evaluate viability of small scale jatropha farms on wasteland owned by small farmers. Small scale farmers owning unused wasteland in drought prone areas were provided financial and technical support to plant Jatropha for the production of Jatropha bio-oil… Read More
Projects
Cassava (Manihot esculenta) on eroded soil
Bio-ethanol is an alternative or supplement to gasoline (petrol) and has become established as an alternative motor fuel due to cost advantages or policy mandates. As a fuel, bioethanol can be used in the pure form or via blending to conventional gasoline. Future ethanol projects need to address regional conditions (climate, soil quality, employment and infrastructure) in order to be viable and sustainable…. Read More
Projects
Opuntia ficus indica and Euphorbia tirucalli as biogas feed stock
Biogas production technology is well advanced these days. If enough suitable feedstock provided, it could be a solution for energy shortage in remote areas in many developing countries. A continuous feedstock production can facilitate steady power supply to promote development of such regions. Nevertheless the feedstock production should not compete with food production… Read More
Ongoing Research
Jatropha selection and breeding project
Jatropha curcas is widely spread in all tropical countries but domestication of Jatropha began only in the last decade. The common Jatropha produces non-edible seeds because of the presence of a plant secondary compounds called phorbol esters in the seeds and other plant parts. It is a very sturdy plant and can withstand dry conditions once established. Even then many projects in the past failed because of the lower seed production yield of the wild collected seeds… Read More