climate change, adaptation, natural resource mgmt - how biochar can help

Climate Change, Adaptation &

Natural Resource Management

Kathleen Draper

ithaka institute for carbon intelligence

Research | Education | Consulting

How Biochar Can Help

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AGENDA

• what is biochar?

• biochar research

• how biochar can help fight & adapt to

climate change

• biochar uses

• natural resource management &

biomass optimization

• making biochar

• biochar’s triple bottom line

• biochar opportunities in New York


what is biochar? the Carbon family

Charcoal Biochar Activated Carbon

Feedstock Hardwood, sawdust + Binding Agents

Ag, forestry & other organic materials/waste

Coconut shells, peat, coal, petroleum pitch

Common Uses

Fuel (Cooking) Soil Amendment Remediation Filtration Binding Agent (livestock)

Filtration Odor Control Remediation Binding Agent (humans)

Relevant Qualities

Burnability Low smoke

Adsorption/Porosity CEC Sequestration

Adsorption

Cost $ - $$ $$ $$$

Production Slow Pyrolysis; Kiln

Slow Pyrolysis; Kiln; Gasification

Pyrolyzed at 600 – 900C + activated at 250C OR Chemically impregnated & cooked @ 450 – 900C

Carbon Footprint

Carbon Neutral: May lead to Deforestation

Carbon Negative (in many situations)

Carbon Positive

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Soils

Energy

Climate

Change

Animal

Health

Remedi-

ation

Other

BIOCHAR

RESEARCH

Heat

Electricity

Syngas Bio oils

Fuel Cells

Anaerobic

Digesters

Restoration

Filtration

Mines

Marshes

Deserts Wetlands

Building

Materials

C Sequestration

NOX

Landfills

CH4

Toxin Binding

Agent

Bedding

Odor Control

Manure Handling

Yield

Water Holding Capacity

Microbial Activity

Textiles

Food

Preservation

Batteries

NPK

pH CEC

Cosmetics

biochar research

mitigation & adaptation

Carbon Sequestration

Renewable Energy

Methane Reductions • Livestock

• Landfills

Reduced Fertilizer Use

Waste Upcycling

Soil Resilience

Green Roofs

Sustainable

Agriculture

Food Security

Water Efficiency

Disaster Recovery

Building/Infrastructure

Vegetation Management • Fire Control

• Invasive Species

how biochar can help climate change

Possible Benefits & Uses

in Dairy Operations 1. 1% biochar addition into feed as binding agent

• Improve feed conversion ratio

• Reduce methane emissions

• Reduce odors from manure

2. Combine biochar with manure

• Retains more nutrients during composting

• Stable C and enhanced nitrogen cycling

• Reduces nutrient leaching into eco-system

3. Use in anaerobic digestion to boost methane production

4. Filter dairy wastewater

5. Used as bedding material

6. Neutralize toxins from footbaths (e.g. copper)

biochar & dairy

biochar uses

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biochar & viticulture

Possible benefits &

uses in viticulture 1. Reduced seasonal inputs (e.g. carbon

additions)

2. Improve yield consistency within a vineyard

or block.

3. Improve hydraulic management of water

drainage and water holding capacity of soil.

4. Boost YAN.

5. Enhance cation exchange capacity and

nutrient retention.

6. Promote beneficial microbial activity in

soils and pathogen suppression

7. Healthier root growth and transplant vigor.

8. Less labor intensive vineyard floor

management

9. Better aggregate stability, buffering

capacity, bulk density and reduce

compaction.

10. Neutralize toxins in soils.

biochar uses

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The Built Environment

Building Materials

Asphalt

3D Printing

biochar uses

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Renewable Energy

Biomass Energy

Anaerobic Digestion,

Microbial Fuel Cells

biochar uses


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Sustainable Packaging

Filtration

Micro-Beads

New Carbon Sinks biochar uses


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natural resource management biomass optimization

Source: K. Wilson for World Bank

making biochar Pyrolysis & Gasification

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BIOCHAR’S TRIPLE

BOTTOM LINE PLANET PEOPLE

PROFIT

SUSTAINABLE

GROWTH

COST

SAVINGS

GREEN JOBS

ECO-

EFFICIENCY

FOOD

SECURITY

CLIMATE

CHANGE

MITIGATION &

ADAPTATION

ECO-

SYSTEM

SERVICES HEALTH

Soil resiliency, H2O filtration, etc.

Industrial Ecology

Waste Optimization

Energy, tipping fees

RESILIENT

REGIONAL

ECONOMIES

ithaka institute for carbon intelligence Research | Education | Consulting

biochar opportunities

in new york state

• Agriculture

• Green Waste

• Disaster Recovery

• Landfills

• Sewage Treatment

• Invasive Species


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