Biochar Lab
CARBONE-URBAIN.COM
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Biochar Lab
Help cities building
a carbon sink based, profitable and regenerative hub of activities
Cities between 75,000 and 3M inhabitants,
Carbon Coop, Zero Carbon Territories
500k€ or 6.5k€ per kWe installed
Our Goal
Our Target
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Investment range
Biochar Lab
Beachhead market
Organic or not
Working for distribution
Greenhouses (pro, heated)
In "Carbon Coop" Cities
Urban Farms
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Biochar Lab
(buyback or Green PPA)
rental fees
biochar, soil, compost
carbon credits
Urban planners
Carbon Coop Cities
zero carbon
roadmap
regenerative
services
electric power, heat
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install fees
sources: E-CUBE, Engie, sirenergies.com
Biochar Lab
Energy grid
Urban Farms
Waste management
Afforestation
Biochar Lab
sources: cordis.europa.eu, Reset-Energy
Benefits for urban farmers:
- Switching from natural gas, securing power at stable cost.
- Vegetal Productivity boosted by CO2 injection (+ 20%)
- Lighter logistics
- Freshness of products
- Better image and LCA
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A tool for Compensation & Sequestration
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sources: Atlantec, city of La Rochelle
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capture & landscape conservation
are becoming important
strategies for cities
Biochar Lab
Financial Key Factors: (5 year estimate)
- Public support for urban farming, cogeneration
- Long rental periods for greenhouse
- Power Purchase Agreements & Carbon Credits prices
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sources: CTIFL, France AGRIMER
sources: Carbon Dioxide Primer https://cdrprimer.org/read/chapter-2
WOOD: 60 year storage
HUMUS: 5 year storage
BIOCHAR: 1000+ year storage
3 B TONS / year by 2040
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Biochar Lab
Malcolm
Hammer
My expert
in urban
planning
My expert
in funding
& finance
Goals & date: install a kernel of biochar lab in 8 to 10 cities
Founder's dream: set a model of urban carbon sink as a basis for a circular & regenerative economy
Revenue target: 3M€ revenue energy, waste management, afforestation and urban agriculture
Biochar Lab
CARBONE-URBAIN.COM
Malcolm Hammer
mh@composturbain.com
Thanks !
Electricity prices day-ahead (Epex spot France) 24 / 06 / 2022
shutdown of 2 nuclear reactors at Chooz
fist mention of embargo on russian oil
russian gas shutdown
Additional Slides / Energy
source : https://www.kelwatt.fr/
Natural Gas prices 06 / 2022 : forecast 2025
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Additional Slides / experts
- Hortinergy (Greenhouse management, France)
- Carbon Zero AG Nando BREITER (Biochar prod. , Switzerland)
- SLB Group Stéphane LEDENTU (Biochar prod. , France)
- NetZero Guy REINAUD (Biochar production, France)
- GRDF Philippe ETIENNE (Energy provider, France)
- Fibois Olivier SILBERBERG (Wood sector body, France)
- AgroParisTech Christine AUBRY (Agronomic research, France)
- Coopérative Carbone La Rochelle Laurent PENSIVY (France)
- Reset-Energy Valerio MANELFI (Biochar machines, Italy)
- Watershed Kristin THAYER (Carbon credits marketplace, UK)
- La Fabrique à Feuilles (Urban Farming, France)
- Saveol (Greenhouse operator)
- Groof (Greenhouse & carbon capture, Germany, France)
- CTIFL ( Technical center for greenhouse)
- Adrien CHAUSSINAND (Innovation & Energy consultant, France)
- Enercoop (Energy Provider, France)
Additional Slides / experts
- Ecole du Breuil (Horticulture & research, France)
- DTEC (Ecologic transition & climate Dpt Ville de Paris)
- Plantation Paris (Urban Farming, Paris France)
- CDDM (Technical center for greenhouses, Nantes France)
- Coopérative Carbone Paris Métropole (Paris, France)
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BiocharLab-CLP2022-Deck
By Malcolm Hammer
