Biochar Industry Status...
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Biochar Industry Status Update
Brought to you by:
Lopa BrunjesCo-founder & Managing Partner
The Biochar Company
There are
>110 Biochar companies
worldwide.
Swami Googleananda says:
68% 32%Total of 76 respondents. Therefore, it logically follows that:
However, this represents a 95% increase over 2010’s 39 responses.
2010
2012
A lot of us believe that the biochar industry represents a growth opportunity:
(42)
(23)
(4)
(7)
2009 was a big year for biochar.
2009 2010 2011
Other notable years, according to the survey: 1905,1989-90, 1997-98
2012Year
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>50% of the biochar companies surveyed in both 2010 & 2012
are not 100% focused on biochar as their main business activity.
:
Biochar Technology: Stages of Development
2010
2012
: 12 : 6 : 3
: 5
< $100 $100 - $1000 $1000 - $10K
$10K - $50K $50K - $100K : 2
$100K - $500K : 3
$500K - $1M : 3 : 2
$1M - $2M : 4
>$2M
Technology prices
Average Throughput per hour)
2010
2012
North AmericaUSAWisconsinoregonColoradoCaliforniaMAssachussettsNew hampshirehawaiimichigannorth carolinafloridawashingtonvirginaVirginia
CanadaTorontoPrince George, BCCalgary, Alberta
Central AmericamexicoCosta Ricanicaragua
Outlying Islandshaiti
South AmericaBoliviaperuchile
AsiaIndiaThailandLaos China - Guizhou province
AfricaPietermaritzburg, South AfricaKokstad, South AfricaWestern KenyaZambiaKenyaSenegalUganda
EuropeUKwest sussexDerbyshireisle of wightwales
AustraliaKunghur NSW Australia
HungaryBULGARIANetherlandsGermanybarrit, DenmarkZaplana, Slovenia
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Retail Prices for biochar range from
$.12 /lb to $6/lb
Average price: $1.67/lb
mode price: $2
pounds of biochar sold to date:(by the 14 organizations that responded to the question)
861,348(430 tons)
primary customers
between the 13 respondents to this [sensitive] question,
$11.6Mhas been raised
3R Technologies Technologies Ltd.Adam + Partner“Advanced BioRefinery, Inc.aka ”ABRI Tech”Advanced Gasification TechnologyAgritech ProducersAgriThermAgro PlasAirTerra Inc.All Power LabsAlterna BioCarbonAmbient Energy, LLCAnthro TerraAqueous SolutionsAvello BioenergyAztec WonderBESTBig Char aka Black is Green Pty LtdBiocarboBiocharm/Energy Anew)Biochar FundBiochar Global SolutionsBiochar MachineBiochar MerchantsBiochar NowBiochar Productsbiochar solutionsBiz-Solutions LLCBlack CarbonBlack Earth Products
Blue-LeafBurt’s GreenhousesBuyActivatedCharcoal.com, aka CharcoalRemedies.comCarbon Brokers Int’lCarbon Char/ East Coast CompostCarbon roots InternationalCarbon GoldCarbonscapeChip EnergyCleanfuelsCoaltec EnergiesCool Planet BiofuelsCrucible CarbonDiacarbon Energy DynamotiveE-Genesiseco-carboneEcoEraEncendia BiocharEnergy-IncEnergy QuestEnsynEprida Power and Life SciencesET Environmental Technologies, Inc.Full CircleGreen Diamond SystemsGreen CellGreen Charcoal International
Green HarvestGreen PyroHawaii biochar productsHM3 EnergyHyrdoCarb GmbHICMInternational K&K EnterpriseInternational Tech CorpInterra Energy, LLCIwamoto corporationLambiotte & Cie, S.A.Landscape EcologyMaxWest Environmental SystemsNew EarthNew England BiocharOrganic Power SolutionsOutback BiocharPacific PyrolysisPermaMatrixPoultry Litter Solutions, LLCPro-NaturaPyregQuadra Projects IncR & A Energy SolutionsRe:charRenewable Oil Corporation Pty LtdRenewable Oil InternationalSeaCharShelburne FarmsSixth Element Sustainable Mgmt
South Fork Wood ProductsSouthern Biochar LLCSupreme GrowersSustainable Energy LtdSustainable Power CorpSwiss BiocharSynGest IncTenaska Inc.Terra BiocharTerra Humana Clean Tech-nology Ltd.TesakiThe Biochar CompanyThermyaThompson SpavenThree Seconds to Oil, aka MBOPTolero Energy IncTopellTransfield Services Pty LtdTucker MachineVagga Till VaggaVee-Go Energy (an e2m company)Vuthisa TechnologiesWorld BiocharWorld StoveWyssmont