CapChar to capture and store heat from biochar production at Hampshire farm

Stuart Stone
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Adam Samuel, co-founder of CapChar, and Catherine Daley, CEO and founder of Carbon350 | Credit: CapChar
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Adam Samuel, co-founder of CapChar, and Catherine Daley, CEO and founder of Carbon350 | Credit: CapChar

Project delivered in partnership with Carbon350 builds on previous Cornwall pilot combining biochar production, thermal energy storage, and digital carbon measurement

CapChar has fired up a new system combining carbon-removing biochar production with heat recovery and storage on a farm near Petersfield in Hampshire, in a bid to reduce both carbon emissions and energy...

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