VIP 10-40 Steam Engine
Village Industrial Power
Using agricultural waste as fuel, the VIP 10-40 supplies thermal, electrical, and mechanical power.
The Village Industrial Power V-10-40 steam engine produces heat that can be used either to produce hot air or hot water, depending on the agricultural application required. It is clean-burning and able to run on numerous biomass feedstocks. V-10-40 was previously named as V-10 steam engine. Village Industrial Power is located in Bradford, Vermont with additional operations in Nairobi, Kenya and Maharashtra, India.
This product is currently being distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa with operations in Nairobi, Kenya and India with operations in Pune.
Village Industrial Power is the sole distributor and manufacturer of the V-10-40 steam engine.
To be determined after establishment of mass production. An initial range is 10,000 USD – 15,000 USD. Interview with Representative in 2018
Primary competitors include the HPS Biomass Gasification Power Plant and All Power Labs.
Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
Target users are individual farmers, farming communities, and private sector farming and agricultural businesses with access to solid biomass fuel.
