Welcome to biochar.news
Biochar is a jack-of-all-trades: it is environmentally friendly, stimulates growth, is climate-friendly, promotes animal welfare, improves soil …
For this reason, you will find a wide variety of information on diverse platforms. Our Pflanzenkohle.news aims to provide you with concise, well-founded information that covers the theory and practice of biochar. Whether you are a novice or expert, we provide you with the latest news, specialist articles and event tips. We will also gladly answer any questions you may have – we are in contact with leading biochar experts.
Welcome to biochar.news
Biochar is a jack-of-all-trades: it is environmentally friendly, stimulates growth, is climate-friendly, promotes animal welfare, improves soil …
For this reason, you will find a wide variety of information on diverse platforms. Our Pflanzenkohle.news aims to provide you with concise, well-founded information that covers the theory and practice of biochar. Whether you are a novice or expert, we provide you with the latest news, specialist articles and event tips. We will also gladly answer any questions you may have – we are in contact with leading biochar experts.
Biochar. What is it, anyway?
Biochar is charred biomass. It is usually produced in environmentally friendly, pyrolytic processes where biomass (e.g. green waste, wood chips or fruit seeds) is not burned but charred. Depending on the quality level, it is also used in the form of feeding char or activated carbon. Biochar is an excellent source of energy, water and nutrients. That is why it has such diverse applications: in the garden and vineyard, in urban areas and agricultural land, in industry, medicine and stables… In contrast to hard coal or lignite, biochar is absolutely environmentally friendly and plays an important role in the fight against climate change. Almost zero carbon is released during its production process; instead, most of it is bound in the biochar over the long term. What’s more, the production of biochar is not in competition with food production, as it is usually produced from excess biomass.
Fighting the greenhouse effect
Biochar binds so much carbon that it is considered CO2-negative. This means that it can substitute large quantities of CO2 and thus reduce the greenhouse gas effect. But it is not only carbon that is extracted from the atmosphere; the ability of biochar to bind large quantities of water-dissolved nutrients results in significantly lower nitrous oxide and methane emissions in livestock and crop farming.
Improving animal welfare
For a long time, biochar in the form of activated carbon has been regarded as an important means for binding toxins in (animal) medicine. But biochar has many more uses: In the barn, it promotes feed efficiency as a feed additive and reduces large-scale release of harmful ammonia and methane emissions. It can also significantly reduce the use of antibiotics.
News
Upgrading agricultural soils with Terra Preta
Thanks to biochar, a mighty soil rich in nutrients and humus has developed in some areas of the Amazon over the centuries. This can also be achieved on European soils. Bruno Glaser, soil biogeochemist and professor at the University of Halle, comes to this…
Separating pollutants with biochar
Pollutants from soil, water and gases can be removed with biochar. According to Weber (Industrielle Anwendungen von Biomassekarbonisaten. Adsorptionsmittel, in: Quicker/Weber 2016, Biokohle), these can be organic pollutants…
Biochar in metallurgy
The production of metallic raw products is one of the most important industrial sectors. Germany, for example, is one of the world’s leading countries in the production of steel, aluminium, lead, copper and tin. According to the authors Schulten…
All information.
Compiled for you.
Would you like to know more about biochar and its applications? Then you should take a look at our service page. There you will find current news, important addresses, informative videos, further specialist literature to download, contact persons and much more.
Do you have any questions
or suggestions?
We are here for you. Just send us an e-mail. We look forward to talking to you.
