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Methodology, market and technology: notes from building the removal economy.

Isometric illustration of a laboratory analysis station: a precision balance weighing black biochar beside sample vials and an analyzer cabinet.
Methodology12 Jul 2026 · 7 min read

How we count a tonne, conservatively

A walk through the reconciliation between IoT sensor streams and accredited laboratory analysis, and why we always round down.

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Isometric illustration of a containerized pyrolysis unit beside a mill building, residue feeding in and biochar pouring into a big bag.
Market14 Jul 2026 · 9 min

Should your mill own a pyrolysis unit?

The arithmetic that decides whether on-site pyrolysis pays for an olive mill, a winery or a nut processor, including the two errors that make bad projects look good.

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Soil14 Jul 2026 · 7 min

What our biomass suppliers actually sign

Carbon registries will not certify a tonne they cannot trace. What that genuinely asks of the person who owns the land, and how little of it lands on their side.

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Isometric illustration of two platforms: a warehouse rack of stored biochar bags on one, a truck being loaded for delivery on the other.
Market14 Jul 2026 · 8 min

Offtake or prepurchase?

The two ways to buy removal before it exists. One trades schedule risk for balance-sheet safety; the other trades counterparty risk for priority. They are not interchangeable.

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Isometric illustration of big bags of biochar moving along a conveyor through a scanning gate.
Policy13 Jul 2026 · 9 min

The CRCF's biochar methodology is here: what it actually changes

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/285 has been in force since May. The H/Corg gate, the two permanence methods, and why only cement, concrete and asphalt qualify.

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Isometric illustration of a cross-sectioned biochar chunk on a display stand, its honeycomb pore structure under a magnifying lens.
Science12 Jul 2026 · 8 min

Why biochar lasts for centuries

The chemistry that makes pyrolysed carbon resist decomposition for centuries, and how permanence is measured, not assumed.

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Policy12 Jul 2026 · 8 min

What the EU's CRCF means for removal

Europe's new framework for certifying carbon removals, in plain terms, and what it changes for buyers and suppliers.

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Isometric illustration of a row of glass jars holding biochar samples on an inspection bench under a camera arm.
Market13 Jul 2026 · 8 min

What buyers should ask of any CDR supplier

Five diligence questions that separate durable, measured removal from the rest, including the answers that should worry you.

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Isometric illustration of a pyrolysis reactor with sensors, its data streaming through transparent pipes into a dashboard panel.
Technology13 Jul 2026 · 8 min

Inside the CarbonVision dMRV stack

Edge devices, gateways and a batch-scoped ledger: the architecture that turns a reactor into an audit trail.

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Isometric illustration of a tractor spreading black biochar over a field beside a barn.
Soil13 Jul 2026 · 8 min

Biochar's co-benefits for farmland

Water, nutrients and fire risk: where the evidence is strong, where it is conditional, and where biochar is oversold.

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