🇨🇳 What is the potential of biochar carbon removal in China? 🇨🇳

💡 The question is when, not if, China will become a - or the - global leader in carbon removals. 

🤩 I remain puzzled how little is reported about the status quo and potential. As such, I was thrilled to see this study by Han et al (2026) which looks at the potential of retrofitting China’s existing biomass plants (N = 426) with pyrolysis units for residual biomass only.

📈 What did it find? Up to 30Mt of carbon removal per year through BCR could be done through retrofitting alone, with up to 1,880Mt (!) of theoretical potential using existing available biomass (which would require 1,828 new plants though…).

💬 Appreciate this is all still very much hypothetical, but at least a good discussion starter.

🙏 Please do share any information you have seen on the current or future potential of CDR/BCR in China.

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