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The facility has successfully completed the preliminary assessment conducted by the Puro team, meeting the minimum criteria for listing as a future supplier on Puro.earth.
The facility has passed the third-party facility audit, verifying compliance with the methodology, as well as output audit, verifying the net volume of removed carbon. The facility has been issued CORCs and continues its removal operations, as well as monitoring and reporting to Puro.earth.
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We monitor a facility’s maturity as it moves toward industrial-scale operations. This status identifies whether a project is in development, under construction, or actively removing carbon from the atmosphere.
The feasibility study is ongoing. The Supplier is still collecting data to prove the concept.
The front-end engineering and design are ready and methodology compliant. There is a clear plan to monitor and measure. The LCA is up to the needed quality level or subject to small improvements. The technology has been used before. There are commercial agreements with the relevant business partners of the facility.
The facility is fully funded and is being implemented. Relevant infrastructure is being built.
The facility is operating as a carbon removal facility.
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More about Biocarbon Tech Asia
Biocarbon Tech Asia is a pyrolysis project being developed in Malaysia that will pyrolyse palm trunk waste, bamboo and other agricultural residue to produce biochar and green energy while sequestering carbon. The project intends to establish a truly circular model for operating palm plantations that will not only upcycle every waste stream generated on site but also remove carbon, reduce fertiliser dependencies and meet local energy requirements.
The palm processing activities in Malaysia’s palm plantations generate several waste streams like empty fruit bunches, kernel shells, waste effluent, mesocarp and palm tree trunks. Every year, these plantations fell old oil palm trees that have reached the end of their productive life to facilitate replantation. The poor physical and chemical properties of the trunks of these trees make them impossible to be repurposed for traditional timber and plywood uses. Thus, they are broken up, piled in a line and left to decompose on the plantation site, taking up to 5 years to fully compost. Composting is a form of recycling that does not fully utilise the potential of the material. Furthermore, since this felling occurs on a daily basis, the emissions that the composting activities generate on the entire site cannot be ignored.
Located in Sabah, East Malaysia, Biocarbon Technologies has already implemented several initiatives on its palm plantation to make their site operations green. Some examples include anaerobic digestion plant, biomass boiler to generate green electricity and running biomethane-fuelled truck fleets. However, it soon became clear that pyrolysis would be a better way of handling palm tree trunks than composting, both economically and environmentally.
Diverted from the being left to compost in the fields, the palm trunks will be chipped, dewatered and dried before being pyrolysed by two pyrolysis units to sequester carbon and produce sap (a substance used to enhance biogas production), biochar and syngas. The syngas, when burned, will produce green energy that will power different plantation operations. Through an existing steam generator, it will produce green electricity to meet local energy requirements. It will also support energy requirements of torrefaction, a process that will produce black pellets, a fuel essential for steel industry’s green transition. The biochar will be used on the plantation to reduce fertiliser requirements as well as sold for both, soil and non-soil applications like construction material substitutes.
Biochar: The biochar obtained can act as an excellent soil amendment for the surrounding palm plantations, delivering enhanced water retention, improved soil structure, microbiome support and improved environmental resilience. It will be mixed with fertilisers to impart these benefits to plantations within a 15 km radius, thus making the project truly circular. It will also be utilised in the construction industry by acting as a durable substitute material in the manufacturing of cement, concrete and asphalt.
Green energy: The excess green energy can not only self-sustain the process, but also run the chipping, dewatering and drying operations with still energy left for other plant activities. This excess heat will then be used to reduce biomass demands in an existing biomass boiler, effectively powering a steam generator that will supply the local area with green electricity. The heat will also be used to power a new torrefaction plant to produce black pellets for the steel industry’s green transition.
Green jobs and role model hub: The project will provide employment opportunities to the local population. It will also act as a role model for palm plantations worldwide, as we will share our operation model with the palm industry to help them maximise the upcycling of waste streams and unlock both, environmental and economic profits.
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