In between the “awareness” activities on energy security and development sustainability, there are also real research and development activities going on, ranging from new products/services, to the redesign of supply chains, production processes, and, of course, products.
Everybody read about biofuels in the US and their effect on the agricultural business- but few instead consider the example of Brazil, aiming to achieve complete energy independence with a blend of technologies.
As promised in “Sharing intellectual property“, this is a the first publication.
This example is not a theoretical example: it is material from a real project- but, of course, some information is not available online.
I used to share this information with specific startups, but the interesting part is not producing the final spreadsheets (what I call “number crunching”).
It is the process that takes you from the idea up to having a completed business plan. And you will find here both the process the material to apply it to your own new activity.