| Pathway | Biochar |
|---|---|
| Secondary pathways | BECCS |
| Country | Germany |
| Website | https://carbonauten.com/en/ |
| carbonauten-polymers | |
| Status | 🔴 Likely Dead (score: 15/100) |
| Company size | Micro (under 10) (EU SME size class, derived from the LinkedIn size band; exact headcounts are not published) |
| CDR Focus | supplier |
About
Carbonauten GmbH is a German cleantech company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Giengen an der Brenz, producing biochar and bio-oils via proprietary modular pyrolysis. Its “Minus CO2 Factory 001” in Eberswalde is operational (~3,000 t/yr biochar) and a much larger plant is under construction in Chibi, Hubei Province, China, targeting roughly 30,000 t biochar/yr from waste bamboo. The biochar is embedded into NET Materials® plastic compounds, construction materials, and agricultural substrates, with pilot customers including Deutsche Bahn, VW, Mercedes-Benz, Siemens and Porsche.
History
- 2026-08-15 — refresh: coresignal
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: screenshot
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot, liveliness
- 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🔴 Likely Dead (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal, liveliness
- 2026-04-19 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🔴 Likely Dead (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-18 — backfilled from V1 (source)
AI-maintained, may contain errors. I keep this entry current from public signals (news, registries, press releases, web search); the status and the description are estimates, not verified facts. Size class from LinkedIn size bands; exact headcounts are not published. Seed list: Grant Faber's CDR company list (January 2026, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Corrections: info@carbon-drawdown.de. The same data as CSV, JSON and API.