A UK Council Just Built Its Own Biochar Carbon Removal Unit
This one’s different. Not a tech startup. Not a corporate buyer. A local council in rural England just became the first UK local authority to partially own a biochar carbon removal system. Shropshire Council has partnered with Raft Energy and Biodynamic Carbon (a joint venture between the council and Carbon Hill Ltd.) to produce activated biochar and generate verified carbon removal credits. How it works The system — already operational near Welshpool — integrates biochar production with existing anaerobic digestion (AD) infrastructure. Raft Energy’s product, ActiCH4R, is an activated biochar that gets added to biogas plants. The biochar: ...