{"id":344107,"date":"2025-08-07T16:44:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T11:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=344107"},"modified":"2025-08-07T16:44:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T11:14:51","slug":"biochar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/biochar\/","title":{"rendered":"Biochar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The CO2 removal technologies such as biochar are expected to play a crucial role as the Indian carbon market set to be launched in 2026.<\/p>\n<h2>About Biochar<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_344112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-344112\" style=\"width: 326px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-344112\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-TH-1.jpg?resize=326%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"326\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-TH-1.jpg?resize=272%2C300&amp;ssl=1 272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-TH-1.jpg?resize=768%2C847&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-TH-1.jpg?w=792&amp;ssl=1 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-344112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; TH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Biochar is a type of <strong>charcoal rich in carbon<\/strong> and is produced from <strong>agricultural residue and organic municipal solid waste <\/strong>(also called <strong>biomass<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purpose:<\/strong> The main purpose for the creation of biochar is for <strong>carbon sequestration<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Formation:<\/strong> It is made by <strong>burning<\/strong> the biomass in a controlled process called <strong>pyrolysis<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>During pyrolysis, organic materials are <strong>burned<\/strong> in a container with very <strong>little oxygen<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>As the materials burn, they <strong>release little to no contaminating fumes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>During the pyrolysis process, the organic material is <strong>converted into biochar,<\/strong> a stable form of carbon that <strong>can\u2019t easily escape<\/strong> into the atmosphere.<\/li>\n<li>The energy or heat created during pyrolysis can be <strong>captured and used as a form of clean energy<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Physical characteristics:<\/strong> It is <strong>black, highly porous, lightweight, fine-grained<\/strong> and has a <strong>large<\/strong> <strong>surface area<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chemical features:<\/strong> Approximately <strong>70 percent<\/strong> of its composition is <strong>carbon<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>remaining<\/strong> percentage consists of <strong>nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen<\/strong> among other elements.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Applications of biochar as a carbon sink<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In Agriculture: <\/strong>Biochar can <strong>hold carbon in the soil<\/strong> for 100<strong>-1,000 years<\/strong> due to its strong and stable characteristics, making it an effective long-term carbon sink.\n<ul>\n<li>Applying biochar can improve <strong>water retention<\/strong>, particularly in <strong>semi-dry and nutrient-depleted soils. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It can <strong>abate nitrous oxide emissions by 30-50% (<\/strong>a greenhouse gas with 273-times the warming potential of CO2).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Soil retention:<\/strong> Biochar can also <strong>enhance soil organic carbon<\/strong>, helping restore degraded soils.\n<ul>\n<li>This process is modeled after a <strong>2,000-year-old practice in the Amazonian basin<\/strong>, where indigenous people created areas of rich, fertile soils called <strong>terra preta (meaning \u201cdark earth\u201d).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>In<\/strong> <strong>carbon capture applications<\/strong>: The modified biochar can <strong>adsorb CO2 from industrial exhaust gases.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In the construction sector:<\/strong> It can be explored as a low-carbon alternative to <strong>building materials. <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Adding 2-5% of biochar to <strong>concrete<\/strong> can <strong>improve mechanical strength<\/strong>, increase <strong>heat resistance<\/strong> by 20%, and capture 115 kg of CO2 per cubic meter, making building materials a stable carbon sink.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>In wastewater treatment<\/strong>: It offers a <strong>low-cost and e<\/strong><strong>ffective<\/strong> option to reduce pollution.\n<ul>\n<li>India generates more than 70 billion lt. of wastewater every day, of which 72% is left untreated. A kilogram of biochar, along with other substances, can treat 200-500 lt. of wastewater, implying a biochar demand potential of 2.5-6.3 million tones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The CO2 removal technologies such as biochar are expected to play a crucial role as the Indian carbon market set to be launched in 2026. About Biochar Biochar is a type of charcoal rich in carbon and is produced from agricultural residue and organic municipal solid waste (also called biomass). Purpose: The main purpose&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/biochar\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Biochar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,4182,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-344107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-environment","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}