Description

Brodie Biomass (BBL) is dedicated to sustainable farming and environmental stewardship through biochar production. Located near Brockham in Surrey, England, BBL utilizes locally sourced timber offcuts and coppiced wood to create high-quality biochar. The biochar is to be used on their own farmlands to enhance soil quality and crop yields and will be sold to neighboring farmers and garden centers. The company's innovative pyrolysis technology supports a zero-waste approach, transforming wood residues into valuable compost blends. BBL is scaling up its operations with plans to expand production, financed partially through carbon credit sales.

Application

• Agriculture: Biochar is applied to BBL's own fields to improve soil health and crop yields
• Retail: Biochar and biochar-compost blends are sold to local farmers and garden centers.
• Water Filtration: Investigating biochar use for cleaning lakes and ponds, then returning it to the land as activated material.
  
  

Co-benefits

• Conversion of timber offcuts and coppiced wood into biochar instead of fuel.Improvement of soil quality and crop yields on their own farmlands.
• Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by avoiding the burning of wood residues.Reduction of reliance on chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
• Creation of green jobs in the local community.

Emissions avoidance

The Brodie Biomass project reduces emissions by:

• Reducing the need for fossil-fuel-based fertilizers.
• Preventing the combustion of wood residues, which releases CO2.
• Utilizing local feedstock, minimizing transportation emissions.

Additionality

The revenues from the certification sales plays a key role for for BBL to be able to: