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Building a prosperous, carbon‑neutral Europe with renewables and regenerative agriculture.
About Us
Our mission is to provide THE best solution
Charles Wakefield, the founder of Castrol Motor Oil in 1896, pioneered a “Castor Economy.” Alongside Rudolf Diesel (creator of the diesel engine in 1900), he envisioned a clean, green, non‑toxic, sustainable castor‑based economy powered by the diesel engine. Today, 84% of the world’s energy still relies on fossil fuels and gas, and 97% of global transportation depends on fossil fuel, with the majority running on diesel.
SOLUTION: GREEN OIL = RENEWABLES.
Because our proprietary, high‑yield, long‑living, drought‑resistant patented castor strain(s) (WAINER RICINUS TREE) are not publicly traded, our oil prices (energy costs) are set via fixed, exclusive contracts — enabling economic and policy stability while mitigating market volatility and inflation. We work on 15‑year fixed contracts with our cooperative of farmers, with price reviews every five years.
Castor oil is essential to medical and technology advances, used in hundreds of applications across both industries. Recent breakthroughs include bio‑plastics: castor bio‑degradable plastic is up to 13x stronger than fossil‑based plastics. Blending 61% castor bio‑plastics with 39% fossil plastics retains biodegradable characteristics. That means we can eliminate the fossil plastic footprint by recycling and redistributing; if this new‑plastic mix reaches the ocean, it degrades and becomes fish or plankton food, and in landfills it behaves like compost/fertilizer.
CULTIVATING FOOD & ENERGY ON THE SAME LAND = MAXIMIZING EARTH’S POTENTIAL
GIVING EUROPEAN FARMERS A SECOND INCOME = DOUBLE EARNINGS PER HECTARE, PER YEAR, PER FARMING FAMILY.
Original projects
Previous Pilot Test in Nicaragua & Honduras showed to confirm viability and feasibility of concept with cooperation of over 700 farmers participating in initial R&D trials. www.ECOPOWER-INITIATIVE.com – Rainforest Reliance (rainforest-reliance.org)
Conclusion: European WAINER TREE Castor/Ricinus Biodiesel Production can replace fossil fuels entirely or at least by replacing 25% with our castor based eco-diesel as an additive one would eliminate the carbon footprint of fossil fuel making the European Transport Industry Carbon Neutral.
Estimated Retail 1 Litre Eco-Diesel 1.55c to 1.60c
We aim to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), Sustainable Marine Fuel (SMF) & Sustainable Bio-Gas (SBG) all cheaper than fossil fuel counterparts.
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Young Coffee Trees, together with Wainer Ricinus Trees (Providing Shade & Nutrients).
By cultivating Food & Energy on the same (marginal) land, we not only produce all the energy we require — we also produce an abundance of food crops such as maize/corn, beans, peanuts, chickpeas, soy, sunflower, and coffee, along with fruits and vegetables such as mangos, avocados, grapes, olives, tomatoes, lettuce, and spinach.
Here we show you how we produce our coffee together with our energy — maximizing our potential and Earth’s potential.
Ricinus WAINER Trees (Castor) together with maize/corn — maximizing our potential and Earth’s potential.
Test Trials in Italy
Throughout 2023, 2024, 2025 & now 2026 we conducted tests on our Wainer Tree strains in Europe (Italy), and the results were highly satisfactory. The Wainer Trees withstood extremely low temperatures during the winter of 2023, ranging from 2 to 7 degrees, and weathered occasional hail, frost, and snow. Post winter, they endured extreme droughts in July and August 2024, with intense heat in the high 30s for prolonged periods. Despite the absence of rainfall and significant leaf burn, our Wainer Trees adapted through natural resilience to both the extreme cold and the subsequent heat cycles, showcasing the robustness of our unique Wainer ricinus strains. These strains were cultivated from sea level, where temperatures soar above 40 degrees in the summer without rain for two to three months, to altitudes up to 1,000m and even 3,000m, surviving prolonged periods of extreme cold. This has enabled us to develop ricinus strains that are adaptable to any climate or environment. Given the unpredictability of today's weather due to climate change, the development of new crop variants capable of adapting to future changes is increasingly vital. Being prepared is always advantageous.
Food and energy production on the same land maximizes Earth's potential, provides European farmers with a secondary income, and reduces costs.
Sustainable Independent Solutions
Additional benefits & afterthoughts; All moneys Europe currently spends annually on the importation of diesel (Hundreds of Billions of Euros) purchasing Diesel from OPEC countries (20% of the world’s oil comes from Iran alone) that use those benefits against us, will remain in Europe and go towards benefiting the European Population - thus limiting foreign dependency and improving National and International Security.
In the event of a world war (currently on the thresholds) our above proposed plan may be the only feasible and viable option available and one that can be implemented in a relatively short time frame. Interesting facts; during WW1 the USA ran a successful Castor Campaign that spilt over into WW2, USA Castor cultivation was replaced entirely with fossil fuel from 1952. Today it is no longer viable or feasible to rely on expensive fossil pollutants.
Time to revisit the proven solutions of the past.
Currently in collaboration with:
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (enea.it)
European Forest Institute "Connecting Knowledge to Action" (efi.int)
Polytechnic University of Turin (polito.it)
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Years of Experience
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success rate
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Supporting a European economy
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