Energy

Cactus Biofuel

Opuntia biogas & bioethanol feedstock

Spineless cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) grown as an arid-land energy crop across a South African grower network and supplied as biogas and bioethanol feedstock. High biomass yield on marginal land with minimal irrigation — a low-carbon substitute for fossil feedstock.

In Review

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Capacity available: Feedstock programme (ZA network)
Unit basis: Metric Tonne (wet) / m³ biogas
HS classification: 1212.99 / 2711.29
Sourcing: 1 regions

01 — Specifications

Product specifications

Feedstock	Opuntia ficus-indica (spineless cactus)
Conversion	Anaerobic digestion (biogas) · bioethanol
Biogas quality	≈ 55–65% CH₄ on digestion
Moisture	High-moisture cladodes, digested fresh
Land use	Arid / marginal land · low irrigation
Network	Aggregated South African grower base

02 — Visual dossier

Across the supply chain

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Rows of prickly pear cactus growing on a sunny plantation

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A field of cacti across an arid valley landscape

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Close-up of a prickly pear cactus pad in a green field

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Prickly pear cacti on an arid mountainside

03 — Sourcing

Indicative sourcing regions

South Africa

Indicative sourcing regions within the BloomBridge network. Origin, grade and availability are confirmed per transaction under mandate.

04 — Logistics

Logistics & delivery

Incoterms offered

FOB
Ex-works

Handling & carriage

Independent inspection at load and discharge
Custody-controlled documentary handling
Multimodal freight and logistics coordination

05 — Documents & assurance

Documents & blockchain verification

Feedstock / Biomass Analysis

Sustainability & Carbon Statement

Certificate of Origin

Offtake / Programme Agreement

FloraChain · DarkHorse Anchoring

Anchored

Example record. The hashes, block heights and accounts shown are illustrative. Live FloraChain transactions and document anchors for Cactus Biofuel are issued per deal and released under NCNDA to verify across the documents pertaining to the client — secured end-to-end by DarkHorse quantum encryption.

FloraChain Transaction Hash

31F43B45C79FBA539C10203F1FEBDE74E5C25CE8B93C077272707ECF8B3E7480

DarkHorse Memo

DarkHorse|verifiable|371da220952728fbd80e22330ca138a9e0a3bead08a4331e39382e42b105c788|darkhorse://dataroom/XmM776LhqJdab476snhc/Xmq1IvR91kQjMGVAhXAr

Document Digest (SHA-256)

371d8da45e19eb6015bdb6f208124a773c47ef3e9f95e5420440b6f2be2e0fe1

Registered By

flora1vguj6mvz9sg5wkc6psmjt272hsndyrt40fc7rm

Block height

#4,460,894

Status

Success (0)

Gas used

77,569 / 78,830

Network

FloraChain

Document LedgerAccess under NCNDA

Feedstock / Biomass Analysis31F43B45C7…1CCDE849 · #4,460,757
Sustainability & Carbon Statement31F43B45C7…48AA514B · #4,460,620
Certificate of Origin31F43B45C7…74B5B4F3 · #4,460,483
Offtake / Programme Agreement31F43B45C7…95A3B080 · #4,460,346

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