About Powering Agriculture
Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development supports the development and deployment of clean energy innovations that increase agriculture productivity and stimulate low carbon economic growth in the agriculture sector of developing countries to help end extreme poverty and extreme hunger.
In India, agricultural productivity could be significantly boosted with more accessible machinery, and by providing a mobile energy source that runs on inexpensive renewables.
Thanks to PAEGC grant funding, Motivo is developing Hybrid Agriculture/Road Vehicles with Electricity Storage and Transformation (HARVEST) that solves a wide range of agricultural mechanization and power-related problems.
Motivo Power presentation at GloSho 2014. Photo: Michael Nystrom / Neon Tommy
Motivo’s HARVEST system was recently featured in the Los Angeles CleanTech Global Showcase. Motivo also was nominated by Neon Tommy as having one of the top 5 innovative ideas featured at a tech conference.
Motivo's HARVEST—Hybrid Agriculture/Road Vehicles with Electricity Storage and Transformation—is a multi-purpose platform that provides power for plowing, well-drilling, cold storage, and transportation, all while decreasing operating expenses by more than 60% when compared to a diesel tractor.
Praveen Penmetsa, CEO of Motivo Engineering, explains the transformational potential of Motivo's innovative solar-powered Harvest tractor in a recent Forbes interview. Farmers in remote areas will use this machine not only to work the fields, but to store and use power anywhere.
Motivo is developing a “Swiss-Army Knife” system—the Hybrid Agriculture/Road Vehicles with Electricity Storage and Transformation (HARVEST)—that solves a wide range of agricultural mechanization and power-related problems.
