Fueling a Greener Future with Pongamia

Revitalize land and communities around the world while decarbonizing transport with Terviva’s high-yield, low carbon, and rapidly scaling feedstock.

Pongamia is a climate-resilient tree which thrives in subtropical climates and can grow on underutilized land. It’s a carbon-sequestering, perennial crop used as a reforestation species across India and Southeast Asia.

Through an equitable and transparent supply chain, we produce crude pongamia oil, a second generationfeedstock with an ultra-low CI score. It has the ability to be seamlessly converted into biodiesel, renewable diesel or sustainable aviation fuel as a drop-in replacement for fossil fuels.

A Fuel Alternative with Impact

  • 0.52g CO2e/kg Crude Pongamia Oil setting new standards follow CI crop-based feedstocks.
  • Highly Valued: among the most sustainable feedstocks, similar to GHG and ILUC impact of UCO
  • Seamless integration: can integrate with most existing refining infrastructure (FAME/HVO pathway).

GHG Reduction:

90%

potential
reduction

as a drop-in fuel compared to fossil fuel

Pongamia Feedstock CI Scores Associated with Production*

(*Estimates of CI score based on GREET, ICAO, and Neste references, these numbers are not inclusive of the total final CI score for individual pathway production*)

Green, Certified, & Globally Compliant

  • ISCC Plus & EU Certified: Wild harvest supply chain and crush production meet RED II and global sustainability criteria.
  • Sustainable Land Usage: Sourced from pongamia trees thriving on underutilized land. Doesn’t displace food production which differentiates it from other crop-based feedstocks.
  • Natural and ethically sourced raw material.

Established, available, & scalable

  • Abundant & expansive wild harvest and orchard model supply chain.
  • Terviva’s proprietary elite cultivars are high-yielding trees: producing up to 3-4 MT of pongamia beans per orchard acre planting (area dependent), an estimated 35-40% oil content can be extracted from the beans, maximizing productivity. 
  • Reliable & growing feedstock source: ongoing reforestation projects and orchard plantings globally.
  • Global footprint: with supply centers across 3 continents.
  • Exclusive IP: maximize crop yields and create high value fractions of pongamia beans, making Terviva the first to increase the value of pongamia for biofuel and additional applications.

Long term potential

for carbon insetting
and/or offsetting with

Reforestation projects

rooted in nature

Terviva Biofuel is just one branch flourishing within the Terviva ecosystem. As part of the Terviva family, we’re rooted in a mission to fuel a greener future.