Carbon Removal · Soil Rehabilitation
Climate Positive
Soil Restoration
from Organic Waste
A practical climate solution: activated biochar fertilizer that boosts soil function, lowers input intensity, and stores carbon where it belongs.
High Scalability by Design
Modular, Stepwise Scaling
Start with 1–2 carbonizers per mill and add capacity as tonnage grows — avoiding big upfront overbuild. Each sugar mill is a potential deployment site, and in Kenya alone over 90% of bagasse is currently unutilized.
Engineered for Wet Bagasse
Our system integrates modular dryers with syngas and recovered-heat feedback to handle real-world feedstock variability, stabilizing moisture content before controlled pyrolysis.
Multi-Feedstock Generalizability
The concept extends beyond bagasse to coffee pulp, tea waste, macadamia shells, and banana residues — each with its own local feedstock hub, creating a replicable model across agro-industries.
Grounded in Data, Built for Audit
Our approach is backed by global field evidence and designed for operational traction — not theoretical projections.
Backed by Global Field Data
Louisiana sugarcane trials demonstrate multiple-year yield increases and reduced fertilizer needs with biochar application — evidence that directly underpins our soil rehabilitation model.
Operational Traction Path
Our immediate path is commissioning Angata, integrating pyrolysis, and rapidly trialing activated biochar fertilizer on the estate's own fields — lower friction than selling into a fragmented retail market from day one.
Audit-Ready MRV
Continuous monitoring of pyrolysis parameters, feedstock characterization, and biochar analysis generates audit-ready evidence. Our approach is benchmarked against stringent buyer expectations including Isometric-style protocols.
Carbon Integrity by Design
We treat carbon integrity as a design constraint — not a compliance afterthought. Every process parameter is selected for verifiable, durable removal and transparent reporting.
Measurable Impact at Scale
Real numbers tied to actual bagasse availability — no assumption of instant adoption. Production scales by copying proven modules at each mill.
Rebuilding Soil from the Ground Up
Carbon removal is only half the story. Our activated biochar fertilizer directly rehabilitates depleted soils and improves smallholder farmer livelihoods — proven by field data.
Activated Biochar Fertilizer
We produce context-specific fertilizer recipes — press mud + biochar + nitrogen — designed for local soil conditions and manufactured at industrial scale at the mill.
Soil Organic Matter Dynamics
Biochar rebuilds depleted soil organic matter, improving soil structure, microbial activity, and long-term fertility. This is the foundation of sustainable yield recovery.
Water Retention & Nutrient Efficiency
Biochar's porous structure dramatically increases water holding capacity and cation exchange — reducing nutrient leaching so more of each fertilizer application reaches the crop.
Proven Yield Increases
Global field data, including Louisiana sugarcane trials, shows multiple-year yield increases and reduced fertilizer needs. Our target: ~20% yield improvement for participating farmers.
Trialed on Our Own Fields First
We run controlled comparisons on Angata's estate land — measuring yield improvement and fertilizer reduction with rigorous data before scaling supply to all outgrowers.
Integrated into Cane Supply Contracts
Biochar fertilizer is distributed through existing mill channels and embedded in cane supply contracts — no fragmented retail market, just direct farmer integration.
Coherent Execution, Realistic Scaling
Production is tied to actual bagasse availability — no assumption of instant country-wide adoption. Scaling means copying a proven module at each mill, not inventing new technology every time.
Phase 1–2: Angata Commissioning
Commission Angata Sugar — crushing, cogeneration, baseline bagasse management — and install initial modular pyrolysis units. Produce and apply activated biochar fertilizer on Angata's own land with controlled field comparisons.
Phase 3–4: Scale & Replicate
Scale supply to all Angata outgrowers backed by proven field data, integrated into existing cane supply contracts. Then replicate the proven module at other Kenyan sugar mills and, later, in other agro-industries and countries.
Financing Strategy
Seed funding and grants (MIT Climate & Energy Prize, climate funds) to de-risk first deployment. Carbon removal pre-purchase agreements (Carbonfuture and similar) to fund pyrolysis capex. Longer-term project finance anchored by mill offtake and farmer agreements.
Competitive Advantage
Our edge is not a patent — it's secure long-term feedstock access through a family-owned mill, on-the-ground farmer relationships and distribution, and the ability to design context-specific fertilizer recipes at industrial scale.
Our Team
Experience from Yale, ex-McKinsey, Ultraviolet, and Decarbo — combining climate science, engineering, and commercial strategy.