Un Sustainable development goals

Economic growth must be inclusive to provide sustainable jobs and promote equality.

Payment for imported fuel for electricity generation can be a heavy financial burden for countries with low indigenous fossil fuels, e.g. Pakistan’s energy imports account for a quarter of all import costs.

The Capricorn Power Barton Heat Engine allows communities and countries to use renewable resources to generate their own electricity, preserving funds and alleviating poverty.

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.

The Capricorn Power Barton Heat Engine can work with, and improve the economic viability of biochar production.

Biochar improves horticultural and agricultural productivity.

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

Reducing the cost of electricity by:

• enabling the use of abundant, low cost, widely distributed, energy sources,
• reducing or eliminating the cost of transporting energy inputs,
• reducing the capital cost of generation systems, and
• reducing the reliance on electricity grids, so eliminating many network, market and government charges.

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

Generating electricity locally, reliably and sustainably, and at lower cost, enables local businesses and creates job opportunities.

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation.

Local electricity generation using local energy sources is more resilient because it is less prone to:

• interruption in the fuel (e.g. diesel) supply chain
• failure of a single, large, centralised power station
• the electricity grid being damaged by extreme weather, accidents or military attack.

Reduce inequality within and among countries.

Fossil fuel resources are not evenly distributed among countries.

The Capricorn Power engine reduces inequality within and between countries by enabling the generation of electricity from indigenous, renewable energy sources.

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

Making cities more sustainable by generating electricity from local resources, and reducing the cost of dealing with materials which would otherwise be treated as waste and incur transport and disposal costs.

Reducing materials transport also reduces traffic congestion, risks, and local pollution.

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Using local, renewable energy sources for electricity generation is more sustainable and responsible than consuming finite fossil or nuclear energy sources.

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.

Reducing emissions by:

• generating electricity from zero CO₂ sources instead of fossil fuels.
• eliminating the energy lost in distributing electricity.
• reducing or eliminating the need for fuel transport, and the associated emissions.

Helping to reverse emissions by enabling cost effective production of biochar, so enabling carbon sequestration that actually works.

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

Generating electricity from sustainable biomass sources enables the economic production of biochar which can help to restore terrestrial ecosystems, improve soil health and productivity, and improve plant and soil resilience.

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development.

Enabling partnerships such as between farmers and food processors, to use agricultural crop residues and food processing byproducts to generate electricity for use on farm and in factory, and biochar to sequester carbon and increase farm productivity.