Technology
A forestry residue becomes a durable removal
Recarbono runs the full removal lifecycle in one accountable chain, from the hillside to the registry. Here it is plainly first, then in full technical detail.
Process
The five-stage chain
01
Locate
Drone + satellite + AI biomass mapping
residue, quantified
02
Production
Pyrolysis → biochar + heat
450–700 °C
03
Analysis
Accredited partner laboratories
R₀ petrography
04
Verify
CarbonVision dMRV
CRCF-native
05
Credit
Durable removal credit
Puro CORC200+ · Isometric
New to biochar?
Start with the material itself: what it is, the 2,000-year evidence, and why the carbon doesn't come back.
CarbonVision
The evidence, not the adjective
Most carbon software shows you a glowing network. Here is what ours actually does, and why the integrity of a removal is decided at the moment the data is captured, not at the moment it is audited.
Built for the EU's framework: the evidence assembles to the CRCF methodology (Delegated Regulation 2026/285), not just the voluntary standards most platforms retrofit.
And when production starts, the batch register goes public: every batch browsable from weighbridge ticket to registry serial. The demonstration batch below is the format.
Live sensor stream
610 °C
reactor · RC-DEMO-0001
Captured at the moment it happens. A reading not taken is gone forever.
Independent by structure, not by adjective
Third parties judge
Verification authority sits outside the family: the registries' auditors and verification bodies rule on the evidence. CarbonVision never certifies its builder's tonnes.
Governed separately
Platform governance is separated from production, and the records are append-only. Auditors read the same trail we do, on demand.
No volume incentive
CarbonVision's revenue is not a function of Recarbono's credit volumes. The platform earns nothing extra from a bigger claim.
Built by operators, to open to others
It runs on our own reactors first, dogfooding rather than demoware, and is planned to open to other developers.
· Records are append-only: corrections are new entries, never edits
· Retention ≥ 5 years post-crediting (superset of Puro's 2-year and Isometric's 5-year rules)
· Auditors get read access to the raw trail on request, not curated exports
Standards mapping
What each standard requires, and how we capture it
Written for the person your buyer forwards this page to. Standards we build to, not certifications we hold; certification follows the first production tonnes.
| Standard | It requires | We capture it as |
|---|---|---|
| Puro.earth · Biochar Edition 2025 | A monitoring information system: time-stamped, quantitative records across production, sourcing and end-use, auditor-accessible, retained ≥ 2 years post-crediting. | CarbonVision batch records: append-only, time-stamped, spanning intake to application, with auditor read access. |
| Isometric · Biochar v1.3 | Weigh tickets on every delivery (arrival and departure), per-batch carbon analysis, chain of custody through storage and blending, 5-year retention. | Weighbridge tickets bound to the batch record; accredited laboratory analysis per batch; custody events logged end to end. |
| EBC / WBC | Product quality and safety per batch: carbon content, H/Corg, heavy metals, PAHs. | The accredited-laboratory panel, per batch. Results land as data, not PDFs. |
| EU CRCF · Reg. (EU) 2026/285 | H/Corg ≤ 0.7 measured per batch (no units above it), eligible end-uses only, retention samples and application records. | The per-batch laboratory gate before any issuance; end-use and application records carried on the same trail. |
The measured loop
Every stage, instrumented
01. Locate
AI biomass mapping
The chain of proof starts before the reactor. Drone survey, satellite imagery and AI models locate fire-risk residue and quantify it (volume, type, seasonality, accessibility), so feedstock is measured before a single tonne is collected. You cannot prove a counterfactual you never surveyed.
02. Production
Pyrolysis
Fire-risk biomass heated without oxygen at 450–700 °C. It doesn't burn; the carbon locks into a stable solid.
03. Sensing
IoT
Reactor sensors stream temperature, mass and moisture to a tamper-evident data lake.
04. Analysis
Accredited labs
Every batch will be sampled and analysed by accredited partner laboratories: the physical ground truth, flowing straight into our digital infrastructure.
05. dMRV & Credits
CarbonVision
Sensor streams reconciled against lab analysis into a conservative net removal, issued to registry, traceable from feedstock to retirement.
The journey of a tonne
From a forestry residue to a durable removal
01 · Capture
01 · Capture
Fire-risk biomass becomes biochar
Forestry and agricultural residue (biomass that would otherwise burn) is converted by pyrolysis into stable, carbon-rich biochar.
02 · Measure
Permanence weighed in an accredited laboratory
Every batch will be sampled and analysed by our accredited laboratory partners. Durability is assessed from laboratory analysis of the material itself, under the applicable methodology.
03 · Verify
Lab data flows straight into CarbonVision
No PDFs re-typed by hand. The CRCF-native platform assembles the audit trail and prepares the registry submission automatically.
04 · Lock
A durable, registry-issued removal credit
The result is a durable CO₂ removal credit: EBC-grounded, serialised, and issued on a public registry, traceable from feedstock to retirement.
Specifications
Design targets, replaced by operating data as our first site comes online.
Why it earns trust
When sensor and lab disagree, we round down
Conservative accounting costs a little headline volume and buys something far more valuable: credits an auditor can stand behind. Every figure is traceable to its raw record.
The infrastructure
What the chain physically runs on
Some of this is built, some is being built, and one piece is a partnership we have not announced. The status on each is stated, not implied.
Site 1 · physical
● In developmentThe facility
Feedstock yard and the phase-1 production unit. Process heat is recovered into the loop; biochar leaves as product, carbon stays locked.
Partner labs · physical
● Accreditation pathAccredited analysis
We partner with highly specialised accredited laboratories and integrate them into our digital infrastructure: the chain of proof. R₀ petrography measures permanence directly from the material, and results land in CarbonVision as data, not PDFs.
In development · exploring
● In developmentCompute & co-location
We're exploring co-location of our digital infrastructure with a datacenter partner: our energy and durable removals for their compute footprint. Partner named at announcement.
CarbonVision · digital
● In developmentThe data platform
Sensors on every reactor stream to a tamper-evident data lake; lab results arrive as data, not PDFs. And before the first sensor is installed, AI biomass mapping (satellite plus field data) locates the fire-risk feedstock worth building on.
See it in the field
The facilities this chain runs on, and the path from the first site to a million tonnes a year.
FAQ
Technology: frequently asked
How Recarbono measures each tonne, and who verifies and certifies it.