Engineering company Pyrocal has been selected as preferred contractor on a Canadian regional government project, with the Toowoomba-based business to contribute its Continuous Carbonisation Technology (CCT) process for converting biosolids into biochar. According to a statement from Pyrocal on Monday, its pyrolysis process will be integrated into the Capital Regional District’s (CRD) Residuals Treatment Facility…
RMIT University says a new pyrolysis method developed with South East Water, Intelligent Water Networks and other water authorities could enable better-priced, more sustainable bio-oils for industrial use. According to a statement from the university on Thursday, the PYROCO process can turn biosolids (treated sewage) into biochar with the right properties to act as a…
An innovation developed at RMIT University has been used for the first time in a major infrastructure project, with coffee concrete being laid into a footpath along a busy road in Pakenham as part of Victoria’s Big Build. Major Road Projects Victoria (MRPV) and project contractor BildGroup used concrete mixed with biochar made from spent…
By Sirjana Adhikari, Deakin University; Ellen Moon, Deakin University, and Wendy Timms, Deakin University As the climate changes, large parts of southern Australia are projected to get drier. Extreme rains are also becoming more common. For farmers, these changes pose big risks. What can we do to manage changes already locked in? One adaptation is…
In the final part of our The New Reinventors editorial series, we hear from BioCarbon. Brent Balinski speaks to co-founder and Director John Mellowes, whose focus has shifted from agricultural clients to those manufacturing steel. This website regularly reports on the attempts to reduce the greenhouse gas output of steelmaking, which according to the World…