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December, 2024
Case Study: Stockholm Urban Greening Projects

Posted at 23:26h in Biochar for Remediation: Research and Case Studies

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""]Stockholm, Sweden, has been at the forefront of biochar applications in urban stormwater management since 2009. The city uses biochar-amended soils extensively to mitigate stormwater runoff, revitalize urban...

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December, 2024
Case Study: Delaware Highway Greenway Pilot

Posted at 23:04h in Biochar for Remediation: Research and Case Studies

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text css="" el_class="case-study"] Pilot program showcased biochar as a scalable solution for large-scale stormwater and infrastructure challenges. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""]A pioneering field study conducted in Middletown, Delaware, evaluated biochar-amended soils along...

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December, 2024
Case Study: Minneapolis Green Infrastructure

Posted at 22:34h in Biochar for Remediation: Research and Case Studies

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""]The City of Minneapolis is spearheading innovative green infrastructure programs, integrating biochar into bioretention systems and urban landscaping. Minnesota has published biochar specifications for stormwater management, setting a...

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December, 2024
Case Study: Formosa Mine Site Remediation Project

Posted at 22:09h in Biochar for Remediation: Research and Case Studies

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text css="" el_class="case-study"] Neutralizing acidic mine tailings [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""]The Formosa Mine, a former copper and silver mining site in Riddle, OR, designated an EPA Superfund site posed significant environmental and...

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December, 2024
Case Study: Hope Mine Site Remediation Project

Posted at 21:57h in Biochar for Remediation: Research and Case Studies

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text css="" el_class="case-study"] Protecting local drinking water in Aspen [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""]Hope Mine, a former silver mine near Aspen, CO, contained heavy metals including arsenic, cadmium, lead, and zinc, posing a...

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December, 2024
Case Study: Grizzly Creek Hydraulic Mining Site Remediation

Posted at 21:35h in Biochar for Remediation: Research and Case Studies

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text css="" el_class="case-study"] Remediation of suspended solids and mercury [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""]Sierra Fund used biochar to remediate the Grizzly Creek hydraulic mine site (CA) which has contributed significant sediment and mercury...

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December, 2024
Case Study: Tata Steel Uses Biochar to Reduce Emissions

Posted at 23:00h in Biochar for Infrastructure: Research and Case Studies

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text css="" el_class="case-study"] Using biochar to reach net zero by 2045 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""]Indian Company, Tata Steel began a trial in January 2023 to make good on its sustainability commitments to...

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December, 2024
Case Study: Can Biochar Help Create a Sustainable Steel?

Posted at 23:00h in Biochar for Infrastructure: Research and Case Studies

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text css="" el_class="case-study"] Using biochar to replace coal and coke [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""]The steelmaking industry is one of the largest consumers of energy and producers of global emissions, accounting for about...

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December, 2024
Case Study: Biochar as a Building Material

Posted at 21:56h in Biochar for Infrastructure: Research and Case Studies

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text css="" el_class="case-study"] Sequestering carbon and strengthening concrete [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""]A study from the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) hypothesized that woody biochars with higher surface area and water sorption capacity...

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December, 2024
Case Study: Rexius Compost and Soil Producer

Posted at 18:53h in Biochar for Agribusiness: Research and Case Studies

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text css="" el_class="case-study"] Soil nutrient values optimized with biochar + compost [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""]Rexius started out by creating two compost windrows, one with biochar and one without. In the windrow with...

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December, 2024
Case Study: Monterey Pacific Oasis Vineyard

Posted at 18:17h in Biochar for Agribusiness: Research and Case Studies

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text css="" el_class="case-study"] 35% improvement with compost + biochar [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""]Multi-year field trial comparing amendments of biochar only, compost only, and biochar + compost to a control (no amendment) to...

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December, 2024
Biochar’s Role in Slow-release Fertilizers

Posted at 17:55h in Biochar for Agribusiness: Research and Case Studies

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""]Slow-release fertilizers are a solution to many of the issues facing the fertilizer industry, when combined with biochar, instead of degradation that needs more and more fertilizer, the...

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December, 2024
Case Study: Soil Health in Dryland Wheat Production

Posted at 17:42h in Biochar for Agribusiness: Research and Case Studies

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text css="" el_class="case-study"] Biochar raised soil pH and increased crop yield by nearly 30%. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""]An ongoing study done by OSU looks at the effect of biochar application on a...

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December, 2024
Case Study: Biochar Enhanced Fertilizer Boosts Corn Productivity

Posted at 17:30h in Biochar for Agribusiness: Research and Case Studies

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text css="" el_class="case-study"] Combining biochar with reduced nitrogen maintained or increased yields [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""]A three-year study published in the European Journal of Agronomy looked at the effects of biochar combined...

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December, 2024
Case Study: Biochar Boosts Soil Carbon and Reduces GHG Emissions

Posted at 16:44h in Biochar for Agribusiness: Research and Case Studies

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text css="" el_class="case-study"] Comparing different soil amendments showed biochar is most effective in adding carbon to soil and reducing Greenhouse Gases [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""]A study published in the Journal of Environmental...

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December, 2024
Case Study: Oil Spill Remediation

Posted at 16:56h in Biochar for Remediation: Research and Case Studies

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text css="" el_class="case-study"] Sri Lankan team deploys biochar to remediate oil spill [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""]After a shipwreck created a large oil spill off the Sri Lankan coast in 2021, researchers explored...

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December, 2024
Case Study: Port of Port Townsend Stormwater Filtration

Posted at 19:06h in Biochar for Remediation: Research and Case Studies

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text css="" el_class="case-study"] Port of Port Townsend removes 97% of metals in wood-based biochar stormwater filtration project [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_separator type="normal"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""]The Port of Port Townsend, Washington conducted a pilot study using wood-based...

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October, 2024
Myno Carbon’s Role in Reversing Soil Degradation with Biochar

Posted at 15:43h in News

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At Myno Carbon, we are committed to combating soil degradation and climate change through innovative, carbon-negative solutions. We are excited to share that our efforts were recently highlighted in a Forbes article titled “How This Company Uses Biochar To Reverse Soil Degradation” by Jennifer Kite-Powell....

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October, 2024
Myno Awarded $20.4 Million USDA Fertilizer Expansion Grant

Posted at 14:54h in News

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We are excited to announce that Myno Carbon has been awarded $20.4 million from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Fertilizer Production Expansion Program to build a first-of-its-kind, large-scale biochar carbon removal facility (CRF 001) in Port Angeles, Washington. As currently envisioned, CRF 001 will...

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October, 2024
Tom Casten: A Lifetime of Innovation in Energy and Sustainability

Posted at 15:40h in News

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Congratulations to Tom Casten! We are thrilled to celebrate our Co-Founder Thomas Casten, who has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2024 CHP Awards! 🎉 With over 50 years of dedication to energy efficiency, Tom’s pioneering work in Combined Heat and Power (CHP), district energy,...

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