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We are a New Energy Challenge finalist! Let`s meet at the web summit in November in Lisbon!
The competition for European scale-ups & start-ups in renewable energy PYREG is proud to be among the 10 remaining finalists of the New Energy Challenge (NEC). Jointly organized by Rockstart, Shell, Unknown Group and YES!Delft, the New Energy...
Talking about Biochar with PYREG CSO Robert Kovach by YourCentralValley.com Local News
"Carbonization of biomass to produce Biochar for use in Regenerative Agriculture” PYREG held its first Biochar symposium for Growers in the California Central Valley. Why? Biomass residues are valuable materials! With PYREG NetZero Carbonization...
Biochar from sewage sludge: the phosphorus fertilizer for a safe and sustainable agriculture
The Danish EPA gives green light for application of biochar from sewage sludge for use in farming: Biochar from sewage sludge can now be used as a fertilizer. If the pyrolysis takes place at temperatures > 500˚C for more than 3 minutes, and the...
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“BENEFITS OF BIOCHAR TO CALIFORNIA GROWERS & NUT GROWERS” JULY 13TH, TULARE, CA
PYREG is hosting its first Biochar Symposium for California nut growers, vineyards and biomass processors. Together with other experts from across the biochar industry, we look forward to educating you on how to apply NetZero carbonization...
PYREG wins the prestigious Watt d’Or award from the Swiss Federal Office of Energy.
With the PYREG prototype for the Swiss biochar pioneer Verora AG, both companies have now been awarded. The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (BFE) awards the PYREG GmbH as technology partner of the Swiss Verora AG with the renowned Watt d'Or, the...
Flagship project: Climate-neutral district heating in Basel
Swiss energy service provider IWB produces regenerative heat and CO2-absorbing biochar from green waste. The Basel based IWB has realized the first climate-neutral district heating project in Switzerland. Using our newly developed PX1500, IWB is...
The wastewater association Main-Taunus chooses a climate-protecting and cost-saving way to recycle phosphorus from sewage sludge
With the PYREG PX 750, the Abwasserverband Main-Taunus has commissioned the worldwide most advanced carbonization and phosphorus recovery plant. From now on, municipal sewage sludge is sanitized and recycled into phosphorus fertilizer on site in...
Biochar from biosolids: the climate-positive alternative to conventional phosphorus fertilizer
PYREG Biochar from biosolids proves a negative global warming potential by a factor of 10 compared to conventional fertilizer. In a 2019 study by the German Federal Environmental Agency, the result is that conventional fertilizer production in...
Biochar to mitigate climate change – how it works
The German Biochar Association and EBI explain and emphasize the importance of biochair in the fight against climate change. Here is the latest work, an easy-to-understand film. Please share it as much as possible! "Einfach loslegen", das war der...
The European Biochar Certificate (EBC): A proven voluntary industry standard
PYREG plants are EBC type-certified. This is a voluntary, uniform and verifiable industry standard for climate-protecting biochar production in Europe. With the growing sales figures in North America and Asia, we are introducing these quality...
People prefer ‘natural’ strategies to reduce atmospheric carbon
The "more natural" the higher the acceptance of a CCS method such as biochar production. A cross-disciplinary collaboration at Cornell University found that a majority of the U.S. public is supportive of soil carbon storage as a climate change...
Taking responsibility for CO2 from biomass
Biogenic residues, such as those released for disposal in industrial processes as well as those that have so far simply been left to rot (e.g. wood cuttings), pose a considerable climate problem: they contain carbon. In conventional disposal...
Biochar as Negative Emission Technology (NET)
The strict requirements of the EBC In order to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, as called for by the EU, two fundamentally different strands of action are required: on the one hand, the reduction of carbon emissions, and on the other, the...
Sweden: Max Burgers turns waste into biochar and saves the climate
Max Burgers, Sweden’s favourite hamburger restaurant chain, is currently participating in a pilot biochar project enabled by our partner Skånefrö, a Swedish producer and supplier of EBC-certified premium biochar. Max Burgers is a pioneer in climate...
SWEDEN: Climate commission recommends use of biochar
Sweden aims to become climate-neutral by 2045 and has had a special commission draw up a strategy for this. The comprehensive report was presented yesterday. On 850 pages, it describes "paths to a climate-friendly future". It is not without reason...
BIOCHAR: Approval for organic farming throughout the EU
Biochar may now be used throughout Europe in organic farming as a fertilizer/soil conditioner. What a breakthrough! In Germany, for example, biochar has so far only been allowed to be used in the form of charcoal in agriculture. But now, in...
NEW ASSOCIATION: PYREG is a founding member of European Biochar Industry Consortium
Biochar has a great deal of (climate protection) potential and therefore deserves even more attention. At the European level, a new association was founded a few weeks ago, the European Biochar Industry Consortium (EBI), which is now also online...
MANURE-PROJECT: Recycled carbon fertilizer spread for field trials
On a field near Bingen on the Rhine, students of the Technical University of Bingen handed out around 300 kilograms of carbon fertilizer from chicken manure and pig manure over an area of 1,700 square metres. This fertilizer was produced as part of...