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T.I./19 Gisela Favre y Romaine Bonvin Schmidt (Management)
Tlf: +00/41/21.784.27.45
SWISS Email: info@swiss-biochar.com SWITZERLAND
BIOCHAR www.swiss-biochar.com
TO WHOM IT OFFERS VALUE AND WHAT VALUE To whom What value
Agricultural companies that generate wastes (wineries, alcohol factories, processors, - Processing of organic matter by-products into a valuable product, allowing them to enter
canneries, etc.). a new market.
Agri-food sector companies

Wood processing companies (forest cleaning, sawmills, etc.). - Converting wood waste into a valuable product, allowing them to enter a new market.
Companies that process organic matter and plastic
outside the agri-food sector
Engineering companies that offer solutions in energy generation and waste management. - Distribution opportunity in Spain and France. SWISS BIOCHAR is interested in having a
Companies that offer technological solutions and distributor for the Spanish and French markets.
services to the agri-food sector

Companies that want to invest (or diversify) in
other activities

Local authorities, R&D centres, entities that - Entities fostering Circular Economy in general. - Benchmark of Good Practice to spread in its region.
promote circular economy in general
Fit in Circular Economy Contribution to environmental impact Contribution to economic impact Contribution to social impact
Design for Circularity - Conversion of agricultural and forestry waste into - Allows the economic recovery of low-value waste. - Allows employment to be generated
Maintenance/Repair high quality soil substrates in the rural area, which is very
Reuse and recirculation - For every 1,000 kg grape marc processed, 330 kg necessary, complying with the strictest
Remanufacturing biochar is generated and 500 kg CO is captured emission regulations.
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Revaluation - Self-sufficient process from the energy point of view
Recycling - Way to avoid climate change
Energy recovery - Particularly suitable for intense agricultural regions
Product as a Service

REFERENCES ALREADY INTRODUCED
VALUE PROPOSITION FOR “END USER” IMPLICATIONS FOR “END USER” PHOTOS / IMAGES
IN THE MARKET
- Industrial plant that transforms agricultural waste (grape marc, - For its activation in the field it is advisable to Biochar sample.
chips, miscanthus, etc.) into biochar (charcoal). mix it with mature compost (50/50).
- Meets European Biochar Certificate - Not suitable for use in alkaline soils

- Pyrolysis at 650°C - Biochar sale price:
* Small scale (9 kg sacks): € 3/Kg.
- To be applied to crops * Large scale (big-bag 360 kg): € 1/Kg. NovoCarbo (Germany) 2014 Verora (Switzerland) 2012
Remains of pruning and shavings Green cuts
- Effective way to retain nutrients and water in crops - Complete plant with all its peripherals to
produce 230 t/year
- Process without energy consumption (self-sufficient) Investment: € 642,000
Operation cost: € 150,000/year
- A way of generating value activity in the agricultural setting

- Pyrolysis generates gases (syngas) whose subsequent combus-
tion raises the temperature to 1,200°C, which is what is used to heat Greenpoch (Belgium) 2016 Sonnenerde (Austria) 2012
the biomass in the kiln Green cuts Paper mill sludge, cereal husk
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