| Pathway | Biochar |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Website | https://www.novocarbo.com/ |
| novocarbo | |
| Status | 🟢 Active (score: 80/100) — in active puro crediting window through 2029-02-10 |
| Company size | Small (10 to 49) (EU SME size class, derived from the LinkedIn size band; exact headcounts are not published) |
| CDR Focus | supplier |
| Registry-verified | Puro.earth (active crediting window through 2029-02-10) |
About
Novocarbo is a Hamburg-based climate tech company that builds and operates Carbon Removal Parks across Germany, using pyrolysis to convert biogenic residues into biochar while supplying renewable district heat. The company issues Puro- and EBC-certified biochar carbon removal credits and has active sites and partnerships in Grevesmühlen, Bochum and Dessau, plus a biochar-in-asphalt pilot with Hansa Asphalt.
Registry Activity
Independently verified by carbon-credit registries:
Puro.earth
- 3 projects · Biochar, 2022 · crediting period 2020-09-24 → 2029-02-10 (active) ↗
Data from Puro.earth and CarbonPlan OffsetsDB (Verra, Gold Standard, ACR, CAR, ART, Cercarbono, Isometric). Refreshed monthly.
Registry Memberships
- Puro.earth
History
- 2026-09-29 — news mention: Novocarbo: European cities are counting on carbon removal #CDR to compensate for a fifth of their em (source)
- 2026-09-16 — news mention: Carbon Dioxide Removal Market - A Global and Regional Analysis: Focus on Technology Type, Carbon Cre (source)
- 2026-09-15 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot
- 2026-08-05 — news mention: Novocarbo: A year ago, we shared insights from our first collaborations testing biochar in asphalt. (source)
- 2026-07-29 — news mention: Novocarbo: 🌱 Böden rücken als Kohlenstoffspeicher zunehmend in den klimapolitischen Fokus. Je nach B (source)
- 2026-07-22 — news mention: Novocarbo: ‼️ Just a few moments ago, the European Commission took a major step towards a competitiv (source)
- 2026-06-10 — news mention: #cdr #bmukn #lne #germanbiochar #novocarbo #carbonfuture #dvne #klimaschutz | German Biochar e.V. (G (source)
- 2026-06-02 — news mention: Novocarbo Rhine - Puro.earth (source)
- 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🟡 Moderate → 🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: screenshot
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot, liveliness
- 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟡 Moderate (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal, liveliness
- 2026-04-19 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟡 Moderate (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-18 — 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.