Concepts
Carbon Neutral Commons is developing methods to use agricultural waste as both a renewable fuel source and a way of keeping the carbon within it captured from the atmosphere. Each year the world produces billions of tonnes of crops. While the edible parts are consumed, the inedible parts of the plant (known as “agricultural residues”) are mostly dumped, burned and left to rot. In the process, it releases carbon and methane back into the short-term carbon cycle.
Using a process called “gasification,” this plant matter can sequester carbon as it converts the potential energy into heat for cookstoves, small-scale electricity generation and power for agricultural equipment.
Gasifying biomass leaves behind carbon-rich char. This method of biological carbon capture and storage opens a possibility for bringing the atmospheric carbon back into balance. Char can also be processed into biochar and used as an organic way to improve soil quality and crop yields, replenishing the soil it comes from.
In this way, we hope to promote technology with economic and environmental gains for the benefit of all.
Using a process called “gasification,” this plant matter can sequester carbon as it converts the potential energy into heat for cookstoves, small-scale electricity generation and power for agricultural equipment.
Gasifying biomass leaves behind carbon-rich char. This method of biological carbon capture and storage opens a possibility for bringing the atmospheric carbon back into balance. Char can also be processed into biochar and used as an organic way to improve soil quality and crop yields, replenishing the soil it comes from.
In this way, we hope to promote technology with economic and environmental gains for the benefit of all.
Ted Redelmeier and Alexis Belonio were recently profiled on the Filipino TV show "Spotlight" in March 2015, see their interviews here:
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