Biochar - the new black gold aus Berlin | Landwirtschaft | Biotechnologie

Biochar is a negative emissions technology. It's also recognized as both a great soil enhancer the most scalable way of doing carbon dioxide removal (CDR) today

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The startup plan entails to start a circular biochar project as a pilot facility and work out the (unit) economics. Validate the concept. Differentiate and carve out a niche (e.g. sell premium biochar tailored for crops such as wine, cannabis or organic produce). Add value: blend with compost, fungi or nutrients and sell as a ready to use product. Target regenerative farms, vineyards or greenhouses willing to pay a premium for soil health and sustainability.

There are some variables such as the type of biomass. Lease the equipment to keep the Capex low initially. Leasing makes it easier to pivot if the feedstock, location, or revenue model needs to change. Once profitable, scale up to other locations.

The revenue is pretty immediate and comes from two sources:

- Sales of biochar to agricultural / city gardening / farmers / construction
- Sales of carbon credits based on biochar carbon removal (BCR)

Other key factors:
- Choice of machine/ unit / technology with pros and cons
- Carbon credit registration
- Choice of location
- Permits

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Farmers, (reg) agriculture, construction, community vegetable gardens, vineyards.

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Type of location: close to ideal biomass source
Type of machine/ equipment with pros and cons
Permits depending on location/ country

Unsere Story

Biochar is a negative emissions technology. Biochar is also rapidly recognized as both a great soil enhancer and - through biochar carbon removal (BCR) - the most efficient and scalable way of doing carbon dioxide removal (CDR) today. CDR = negative CO2 emissions.

Biomass (organic waste) slowly heated in the absence of oxygen becomes biochar. This process is known as pyrolysis and can be done from small (mobile) units to larger facilities. Rather than decomposing or open burning of organic waste - which releases carbon and methane - the carbon is locked up for millennia instead. When buried, biochar sequesters carbon and enriches the soil. Applying biochar to soils can reduce other soil greenhouse gas emissions. In infertile soils, biochar can reduce loss of nutrients through leaching.