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Some really great biochar applications discussed here. Check out Cornelia’s website: https://biokai.co.nz/about-us/ … Continue reading
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The report on biochar activity at the Future Whenau Summit (21-23March, Lake Hawea Station) that has been pending for the ABE newsletter and morphed into YouTube content from the day. Ben Elms leads a demonstration and talk on biochar. Nice … Continue reading
I managed to get myself invited to Puro’s Asia-Pacific 2025 CDR Summit in Singapore. This was hosted by Standard Chartered Bank in collaboration with the Carbon Business Council. I went to this event having some past engagement with Puro in … Continue reading
I had an epiphany while running a comparison between a couple of TLUDS at Simon Days about 10 days ago. I’ve been trying to get more char out of my system by raising the afterburner about 50mm above the main … Continue reading
The Canadian Biochar Consortium have initiated a large-scale on-farm trial to determine the viability of different types of biochars for agriculture use. Another focus, less relevant to New Zealand under the present political climate, is the use of biochar as a tool … Continue reading
The Second burn of the TLUD was an attempt to increase the feedstock value by adding new material in through the secondary air gap during the process. WE started with a half barrel of chips as a way to test … Continue reading
About a year ago I asked an incinerator maker to build me a TLUD based on a design I’d seen on YouTube. Yesterday it worked properly for the first time. The main burner barrel has 50 x 25mm holes in … Continue reading
From putting it in the garden to help the vegetables grow, through using it to purify water, to burning it as a clean fuel for the BBQ, charcoal has many familiar uses. Perhaps less familiar is biochar, an alternative term … Continue reading