Company Profile

TerViva has developed a low cost, environmentally-responsible feedstock for the production of biodiesel. At the heart of TerViva’s technology are elite strains of Pongamia, a leafy tree that produces non-edible vegetable oil. The firm's proprietary trees exhibit robust growth in marginal soil and use minimal quantities of water and fertilizer. The energy output of a gallon of Pongamia diesel is significantly more than the energy used to produce that gallon. Native to India and Australia, pongamia is a long-living tree that produces an annual harvest of seeds that are similar to soybeans. On a per-acre basis, pongamia produces eight times the amount of oil than a soybean with a fraction of the inputs (water, fertilizer, pesticides, etc.) and is thus cheaper to maintain while being much more sustainable and environmentally friendly. TerViva™ has compiled an exclusive library of high-yielding, patentable pongamia genetics from around the world and has developed propagation techniques for scalable, consistent results. The core of the IP platform is the elite pongamia genetics, which are iteratively advanced through a number of exclusive partnerships. TerViva™ is also working on a molecular marker program to identify traits for breeding, such as oil yield and salt tolera