Novatio, founded in 2017, brings clean energy solutions to the agriculture industry in Colombia, including remote farming communities where poverty rates are high, and access to infrastructure and basic services is limited.
Through its social and environmental programs, Novatio provides families in rural Colombia with technical and financial assistance to transition their farms and homes to clean energy sources. The enterprise supports families to install and use biodigesters, which naturally break down organic material, such as food and animal waste, to produce biogas and nutrient-rich fertilizer to grow crops. Biogas is a sustainable, green fuel for cooking, reducing household pollution and protecting health.
Novatio emphasizes raising awareness of the health and economic benefits of using biodigesters and ensuring families have the skills to treat and repurpose their waste as a valuable resource. The 90 farming families supported by Novatio have saved up to $350 annually on fuel and approximately four hours of labour a week typically spent collecting and cutting wood.
Over the past six years, Novatio’s work to bring clean energy solutions to rural communities in Colombia has produced 40,000 m3 of biogas, preventing 166,000 tons of CO2 emissions and saving 150 tons of wood being cut down from protected forests.
