Nu Generation Bio-Feedstock
The shape is like burger meat, the aroma is delicious, the protein content is similar to meat protein, but this is not for our food. This is the new bio raw material (bio-feedstock) which we call Tamanu Oil Cake (TOC), it is the dregs of the tamanu seed that has been extracted it’s Virgin Tamanu Oil (VTO).
So what is this TOC for? Almost all of our necessities that have been fulfilled so far from fossils, in the bioeconomy era can be replaced by this TOC. The production is easy, it can be taught to the wider community without having to use expensive tools or machines.
Its production potential is abundant because it can be planted in critical and very critical lands which reach 14 million hectares in Indonesia. These critical lands if not immediately planted will become a burden for the local community, if the rain becomes a source of floods and landslides, if the dry season does not leave any water.
By planting tamanu, the land will return to being an asset. When it rains it saves water and prevents floods/landslides, in the dry season it remains a water reserve and a source of shade.
Besides this ecological impact, the economic impact is no less interesting. Per ha of tamanu land, it can produce about 2 tons of VTO and about 7.5 tons of TOC.
TOC contains three main ingredients, namely carbohydrates, oils and proteins. The oil is easily extracted by hot press or using solvent extraction. This oil is then processed into 2nd generation drop-in biofuel, which is biofuel that no longer compete with food.
After the oil is extracted, it becomes Defatted Tamanu Flour (DTF), which can immediately be used as a high protein flour for animal feed.
Or it could also be further processed, the protein is taken first into Isolated Tamanu Protein (ITP), which is pure protein without taste and aroma, which is very flexible for high quality animal feed formulations.
The final waste is carbohydrates, besides being able to be used as animal feed, it can also be used for the production of 2nd generation bioethanol. Besides being able to be used directly for various industries — outside of food and beverage of course, the ‘dried’ bioethanol will become bioethylene (C2H4).
Bioethylene is the building block that can be used to build all forms of plastics, textiles, synthetic rubber and all other items that have been derived from fossil oil up to now.
