RT Journal Article
T1 Biochar production from late-harvest grass – Challenges and potential for farm-scale implementation
A1 Heinrich, Thomas
A1 Park, Hyunjin
A1 Orozco, Richard
A1 Ding, Zhengqiu
A1 Álvarez López, Vanessa
A1 Mosquera Losada, María Rosa
A1 Steinbeis, Leopold
A1 Hoffmann, Thomas
K1 Grass
K1 Biochar
K1 Negative emissions technology
K1 Regulatory assessment
K1 SWOT
AB Grasslands play a crucial role in European agriculture and ecology, but are often underutilized due to low-value end-products. The utilisation of late-harvest grass for biochar and heat generation on farm-level is being studied as a potential negative emissions technology. Technical (energy provision and carbon sink), economic (cost vs. benefit), political (regulatory framework) and social (SWOT) perspectives are being evaluated. Technical feasibility has been demonstrated with three different farm-scale technologies and the energetic and carbon-sink potential evaluated. When a continuously operating allothermal unit is evaluated, 35 % of the input biomass energy content can be utilized for heating a farm, in combination with the potential to provide a carbon sink. The cost-benefit analysis shows important monetary savings when including the agronomic value (based on the market price) of the produced biochar. An assessment of the regulatory framework of biochar production in Germany presents a multitude of regulations applying to such technologies some of which provide a hurdle to navigate and may incur excessive costs for farmers as small-scale biochar producers. A SWOT analysis of a case in Brandenburg, Germany highlights strengths and opportunities, but also obstacles such as lack of infrastructure and regulatory support. This study highlights the need for further development of suitable technology and research on the long-term economic and carbon sink potential of biochar
PB Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Institution of Chemical Engineers
SN 2352-5509
YR 2023
FD 2023-03-08
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/44202
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/44202
LA eng
NO Thomas Heinrich, Hyunjin Park, Richard Orozco, Zhengqiu Ding, Vanessa Álvarez-López, María Rosa Mosquera-Losada, Leopold Steinbeis, Thomas Hoffmann, Biochar production from late-harvest grass – Challenges and potential for farm-scale implementation, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Volume 37, 2023, Pages 256-267, ISSN 2352-5509, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2023.02.019.
DS Minerva
RD 30 abr 2026