All Entries Tagged With: "bio char"

Outback Biochar Seeking Biomass for Biochar Production

Outback Biochar is looking for organic waste that we can convert to biochar (bio char).  If your company or someone you know is dealing with disposal or risk management issues related to organic waste then we would love the opportunity to speak with you.
Demand for biochar is growing and we need biomass to convert to [...]

CSIRO: Biochar Fact Sheet

CSIRO Biochar Fact Sheet – From the CSIRO Website
Adding biochar (bio char) to agricultural soils has been getting a lot of attention due to the apparent benefits to soil quality and enhanced crop yields, as well as the potential to gain carbon credits by active carbon sequestration.  Studies have shown that biochar can aid in:

nutrient [...]

Obama Supports Biochar

Obama invests in biochar (bio char) and algae-to-fuel (Original Article)
18 September 2009
The US DOE has awarded Arizona Public Service (APS) a $7.5 million (€5 million) investment in algae-derived biofuels and biochar.
The investment was part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The project was launched as the White House released proposed regulations for implementing tough [...]

Biochar Coming to West Australia

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POULTRY farmer Rob Kestel is confident a large-scale pyrolysis plant proposed for Western Australia will provide an effective way to dispose of chicken litter by making biochar (bio char).
The proposed plant, to be built near Bunbury, south of Perth, is expected to produce three megawatts of power [...]

Don Burke Joins Outback Biochar

Don Burke has teamed up with Outback Biochar to give Australian home gardeners the opportunity to experience the benefits of biochar (bio char)  first hand.  Biochar has been garnering world wide attention for its potential role as a tool to combat climate change.  Biochar is a by-product from a renewable energy production process called pyrolysis.  [...]

Geoengineering no replacement for reducing greenhouse gas emissions

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The Royal Society of London has released a major report on geoengineering titled, “the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climate system, in order to moderate global warming”.
Geoengineering may become the plan B if efforts to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases continue to be insufficient. These schemes [...]