Biochar Industry Status Update

Brought to you by:

Lopa BrunjesCo-founder & Managing Partner

The Biochar Company

There are

>110 Biochar companies

worldwide.

Swami Googleananda says:

68% 32%Total of 76 respondents. Therefore, it logically follows that:

However, this represents a 95% increase over 2010’s 39 responses.

2010

2012

A lot of us believe that the biochar industry represents a growth opportunity:

(42)

(23)

(4)

(7)

2009 was a big year for biochar.

2009 2010 2011

Other notable years, according to the survey: 1905,1989-90, 1997-98

2012Year

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>50% of the biochar companies surveyed in both 2010 & 2012

are not 100% focused on biochar as their main business activity.

:

Biochar Technology: Stages of Development

2010

2012

: 12 : 6 : 3

: 5

< $100 $100 - $1000 $1000 - $10K

$10K - $50K $50K - $100K : 2

$100K - $500K : 3

$500K - $1M : 3 : 2

$1M - $2M : 4

>$2M

Technology prices

Average Throughput per hour)

2010

2012

North AmericaUSAWisconsinoregonColoradoCaliforniaMAssachussettsNew hampshirehawaiimichigannorth carolinafloridawashingtonvirginaVirginia

CanadaTorontoPrince George, BCCalgary, Alberta

Central AmericamexicoCosta Ricanicaragua

Outlying Islandshaiti

South AmericaBoliviaperuchile

AsiaIndiaThailandLaos China - Guizhou province

AfricaPietermaritzburg, South AfricaKokstad, South AfricaWestern KenyaZambiaKenyaSenegalUganda

EuropeUKwest sussexDerbyshireisle of wightwales

AustraliaKunghur NSW Australia

HungaryBULGARIANetherlandsGermanybarrit, DenmarkZaplana, Slovenia

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Retail Prices for biochar range from

$.12 /lb to $6/lb

Average price: $1.67/lb

mode price: $2

pounds of biochar sold to date:(by the 14 organizations that responded to the question)

861,348(430 tons)

primary customers

between the 13 respondents to this [sensitive] question,

$11.6Mhas been raised

3R Technologies Technologies Ltd.Adam + Partner“Advanced BioRefinery, Inc.aka ”ABRI Tech”Advanced Gasification TechnologyAgritech ProducersAgriThermAgro PlasAirTerra Inc.All Power LabsAlterna BioCarbonAmbient Energy, LLCAnthro TerraAqueous SolutionsAvello BioenergyAztec WonderBESTBig Char aka Black is Green Pty LtdBiocarboBiocharm/Energy Anew)Biochar FundBiochar Global SolutionsBiochar MachineBiochar MerchantsBiochar NowBiochar Productsbiochar solutionsBiz-Solutions LLCBlack CarbonBlack Earth Products

Blue-LeafBurt’s GreenhousesBuyActivatedCharcoal.com, aka CharcoalRemedies.comCarbon Brokers Int’lCarbon Char/ East Coast CompostCarbon roots InternationalCarbon GoldCarbonscapeChip EnergyCleanfuelsCoaltec EnergiesCool Planet BiofuelsCrucible CarbonDiacarbon Energy DynamotiveE-Genesiseco-carboneEcoEraEncendia BiocharEnergy-IncEnergy QuestEnsynEprida Power and Life SciencesET Environmental Technologies, Inc.Full CircleGreen Diamond SystemsGreen CellGreen Charcoal International

Green HarvestGreen PyroHawaii biochar productsHM3 EnergyHyrdoCarb GmbHICMInternational K&K EnterpriseInternational Tech CorpInterra Energy, LLCIwamoto corporationLambiotte & Cie, S.A.Landscape EcologyMaxWest Environmental SystemsNew EarthNew England BiocharOrganic Power SolutionsOutback BiocharPacific PyrolysisPermaMatrixPoultry Litter Solutions, LLCPro-NaturaPyregQuadra Projects IncR & A Energy SolutionsRe:charRenewable Oil Corporation Pty LtdRenewable Oil InternationalSeaCharShelburne FarmsSixth Element Sustainable Mgmt

South Fork Wood ProductsSouthern Biochar LLCSupreme GrowersSustainable Energy LtdSustainable Power CorpSwiss BiocharSynGest IncTenaska Inc.Terra BiocharTerra Humana Clean Tech-nology Ltd.TesakiThe Biochar CompanyThermyaThompson SpavenThree Seconds to Oil, aka MBOPTolero Energy IncTopellTransfield Services Pty LtdTucker MachineVagga Till VaggaVee-Go Energy (an e2m company)Vuthisa TechnologiesWorld BiocharWorld StoveWyssmont