biochar production

German farmers in the Lower Oder Valley National Park on the eastern border with Poland faced a dilemma: what to do with grass that was useless as animal feed. Like many of their counterparts in Europe, these agricultural producers were keen to avoid wasting a potentially valuable natural resource. They turned to the Leibniz Institute […]

Calgary, Alberta–(Newsfile Corp. – December 18, 2023) – Petrox Resources Corp. (TSXV: PTC) (“Petrox”) announces that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent (the “LOI”) dated December 14, 2023 to acquire all of the shares of M&L Renewable Technology International Ltd (“M&L”), a private Alberta corporation (the “Proposed Transaction”). M&L is a private […]

Abstract: Biochar has been recognized as an effective soil amendment for reducing nitrogen leaching in agriculture, but its large-scale implementation is impeded by the costly production process due to high energy requirements for thermal decomposition of feedstock. This study aimed to develop a novel pyrolysis system utilizing concentrated solar radiation to produce biochar and explore […]

Biochar’s potential for carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation is a major driver shaping the market expansion Rockville , Dec. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As per Fact.MR, a provider of market research and competitive intelligence, the global Biochar Market is projected to rise at a CAGR of 14.1% to reach a US value of […]

As part of its Diamond Jubilee year celebration, the CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT), Bhubaneswar, organised a national workshop on Biochar and Bio-resources on December 14-15. The workshop was inaugurated in the presence of chief guest Principal Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment,Dr Arabinda Kumar Padhee, Director, CSIR- IMMT Dr Ramanuja Narayan […]

Application closing date: 08/01/2024 Salary: £37,841 per annum Job category/type: Research The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to appoint highly motivated candidates as Research Fellows on the project Integrated Capture and Conversion of CO2 to Fuels, funded by the Centre for Advances in Sustainable Energy (CASE); Green […]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) together with the Department of Agriculture and the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka with funding from the European Union (EU) recently launched a Farmer Field Schools Programme to train 6,000 smallholder paddy farmers across four key rice-growing districts on sustainable approaches to paddy cultivation. The […]

Environmental pollution is a global phenomenon and troublesome fact that poses a grave risk to all living entities. Via coupling carbonaceous feedstocks with outstanding microbial activity, kinetic experiments were established using the consortium of Proteus mirabilis and Raoultella planticola, biochar-derived sunflower seed husk (SHB) and rice straw (RSB), and their composites, which investigated at 30 […]

Environmental pollution is a global phenomenon and troublesome fact that poses a grave risk to all living entities. Via coupling carbonaceous feedstocks with outstanding microbial activity, kinetic experiments were established using the consortium of Proteus mirabilis and Raoultella planticola, biochar-derived sunflower seed husk (SHB) and rice straw (RSB), and their composites, which investigated at 30 […]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) together with the Department of Agriculture and the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka with funding from the European Union (EU) recently launched a Farmer Field Schools Programme to train 6,000 smallholder paddy farmers across four key rice-growing districts on sustainable approaches to paddy cultivation. The […]