We track the progress of a carbon removal project through our certification framework. This roadmap moves from a preliminary assessment of eligibility toward full certification under the Puro Standard.
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.
Development status
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 Novocarbo Rhine
Novocarbo is a leading operator of pyrolysis plants and an international trading platform for biochar and its derivatives. We draw from a vast network of strong partnerships and collaborations with research institutes to push the frontiers in biochar applications. We leverage this breadth of knowledge and experience in operator concepts for industrial clients offering carbon removal as a service.
Carbon removal through industrial pyrolysis technology:
We sequester atmospheric carbon into biochar and put that valuable carbon to use: in healthy, fertile soil, blue-green infrastructure to substituting fossil carbons in circular economy concepts. We actively remove carbon from the atmosphere through biochar by converting high volumes of biogenic residues into sustainable carbon removal on an industrial scale.
Once incorporated into the soil the carbon it contains is removed from the natural cycle for centuries: The most stable and safest CO2 sink and the only commercially proven Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) technology becomes reality.
Novocarbo GmbH The Novocarbo GmbH leverages a breadth of knowledge and experience to lead the way to developing a strong and sustainable biochar industry. We are a leading operator of pyrolysis plants and an international trading platform for biochar and its derivatives, Novocarbo draws from an extensive network of strong partnerships and collaboration with research institutions to push the frontiers in biochar applications.
Our highly customizable biochar solutions can be used across a number of industries, such as soil amendment, and water treatment and as an additive to decarbonize industrial products such as textiles or sustainable building materials. We provide biochar solutions to various green city projects and construction sites throughout Europe.
SWISS BIOCHAR With our company Swiss Biochar we bring 10 years of experience in developing high-performance substrates. Here we refine our biochar with a scientifically proven high-quality process for green/blue infrastructure and agriculture applications which can be tailored to the customers’ needs.
Novocarbo's goal is to participate in the mitigation of climate change actively. We are constantly striving to gather and generate new vital knowledge in regard to products, market dynamics and development.
This Carbon Removal Site is a direct integration at our technology developer's site PYREG. We call it heritage site as we started all operations, R&D trials and distribution networks from this location.
Examples of Usage:
-Biochar for soil remediation and amendment in agricultural applications, as feed additive and bedding for livestock – through our exclusive partnership with Beiselen, one of Germany’s largest agricultural retailers
-Biochar for wastewater and stormwater treatment -Biochar as additive/filler material for industrial composite materials such as concrete & high-performance polymers
-Biochar as additive/amendment for high-performance substrates -through Swiss Biochar, Europe’s oldest biochar company recognized for their Swiss Terra Preta products, see also Skanska City Project
The incorporation of the material into industrial value chains allows for compensating CO2 emissions by insetting.
Our manufacturing process technology is state of the art. Once activated, the autothermal process nearly runs on its own and requires just marginal additional energy input which we source from renewable energies, resulting in a CO2-negative production process. Excess heat and energy are fed into the grid. With our biochar, we improve the CO2 balances of products by distinctively tailoring and incorporating our materials into products. Our process ensures the highest product quality and integrity through compliance with internationally accepted standards such as the European Biochar Consortium (EBC) standard.
Biochar added to compost results in methane reductions during the process. It further reduces nitrous oxide emissions, nitrate, and phosphorus leakage, helps reduce the utilization of mineral fertilizers and therefore protects water, and soil and boosts biodiversity. Do you want to explore biochar? Let us help you find the best biochar solution for your application together with our highly proficient expert team.
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