Torres-Morales et al. (2023): Investigating biochar as a net-negative emissions strategy in Colombia: Potentials, costs, and barriers
Eileen Torres-Morales, Dilip Khatiwada, Maria Xylia, Francis X. Johnson IN: Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, 6, 100229, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsust.2023.100229
Transforming residual biomass into biochar can potentially avoid CO2 emissions to be rapidly released to the atmosphere. This study aims to assess the sustainability of biochar production in Colombia as a NET. The research consists of five steps, literature review, expert elicitation, estimation of agricultural residues for biochar production, evaluation of biochar’s CO2 mitigation potential, and techno-economic analysis of biochar under different biomass availability and technologies scenarios.