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Day 1

Day 2

08.00

09.00

09.10

Morning registration, breakfast and networking

Welcome from The Energy Huddle

Chairperson's opening remarks

Conference day one: Tuesday 9 March

BUILDING A SCALEABLE, COMMERCIALLY VIABLE BIOCHAR INDUSTRY

09.20

Keynote address: Scaling the biochar industry: Moving beyond testing to commercial opportunities and aligning offtakes

Identifying the current global demand landscape for biochar applications
Creating sufficient demand for physical product to achieve scale
How should projects balance carbon credits, biochar and heat or energy revenues?
How resilient and certain is the future of the voluntary carbon market?

09.50

Keynote stakeholder panel: Unlocking the real value of biochar projects through commercial revenue models

Explore a holistic view on the market, and identify the importance of biochar sales, carbon credits and utilisation of heat and energy streams to move the industry forward

What do viable project economics look like across offtakes, financing and revenue streams?
What are the current bottlenecks in building a viable and scalable biochar market?
Assessing the price of biochar and making it commercially viable to stimulate demand?
How are producers aligning with buyer needs to secure long-term offtake agreements?
Creating robust financial models and contractual structures that improve project bankability

10.10

Morning coffee break including 1-2-1 meetings stations

11.00

Global project developers’ panel: A deep dive into global projects and how developers are overcoming economic and operational challenges

Take a deep dive into global biochar projects and explore comparative advantages of operating in: UK, Europe, USA and Global South

How are projects positioned to secure biochar sales, credits and utilise waste streams?
Securing a reliable source of feedstock and unlocking underutilised biomass resources
What strategies are being used to mitigate technology and project delivery risks?
How can projects secure contracts and revenues to build a business case for investment?
What are the benefits and challenges of co-locating biochar projects with operations that supply feedstock or utilise waste streams?

11.40

Regulatory panel: How governments are stimulating biochar production: Updates on CRCF and EU/UK ETS

Explore regulatory updates and different approaches across Europe and globally on how policies are accelerating biochar production

How are EU governments stimulating biochar production?
How will the EU ETS review and CRCF implementation shape the future of carbon removals?
How are governments viewing biochar permanence and long-term carbon storage?
How can regulation and standards work together to accelerate market development?
What are the proposals for biochar to be in a compliance markets?

12.20

12.50

ACCESS TO BIOMASS AND NEW FEEDSTOCKS TO UNLOCK OPPORTUNITIES

Panel discussion: Securing a consistent source of feedstock: Biomass supply and utilisation opportunities for biochar project developers

Explore how biomass feedstocks can be better utilised within the biochar industry, and assess the supply, logistics, pricing and quality considerations shaping feedstock sourcing decisions for biochar project developers

What are the current feedstocks and availability for biochar production?
How can biomass collection improve the supply chain and supply for biochar production?
How can companies access homogenous material that has been pre-treated and at the right spec?

Networking lunch

14.00

Identifying opportunities from wastewater residues and its use as a biochar feedstock

What applications can be developed with this type of biochar derived from sludge?
Understanding technology limitations and which equipment will accept feedstock
What challenges does sludge waste classification create for applications and regulation?
What grant funding opportunities are available for biochar innovation in wastewater treatment and PFAS removal?

14.30

TESTING BIOCHAR QUALITY AND CREATING NEW STANDARDS

Panel discussion: Creating standards across pyrogenic biocarbon material, unifying specifications and building trust

Navigating the changing certification landscape and harmonising standards across international markets including EBC and IBI Biochar Standards

How can European and international standards align with common specifications?
Which certification schemes will be available and approved by the European Commission?
Understanding regulatory alignment so technology is developed that meet specifications
How can industry overcome quality inconsistencies to secure certificates and carbon credits?
Registry methodology updates and how they align with ICVCM and the EU CRCF

15.00

Short presentation and Q&A: Testing feedstock and proving the quality of biochar for application on a global scale

How can feedstock selection influence product quality and commercial value?
How grading helps buyers identify the right biochar for different applications?
Building confidence in the market through data and quality to provide commercial settlement

15.20

Afternoon coffee break and interactive huddles

Join laser-focused group discussions. Collaborate with like-minded attendees and shape new strategies. Reflect on insights from the main stage and through candid and open discussions you will leave with clear, actionable takeaways.

Huddle 1: Incorporating biochar into a standardised framework and unifying specifications across biochar, biocarbon and bio coal

Huddle 2: The carbon credit landscape: Exploring demand and purchasing decisions

Huddle 3: Can biochar become a global commodity and be transported at scale?

Huddle 4: Farmer’s adoption of biochar as a soil amendment: case studies and benefits

Huddle 5: Transformative tech in biochar: Testing and commercial applications

16.30

COMMERCIALISING WASTE STREAMS AND FINDING VALUE THROUGH HEAT NETWORKS

Heat and electricity panel: Utilising green energy streams and integration into heat networks and the grid

Hear from experts on the uses of heat energy and how to commercialise revenue streams whilst maintaining value for carbon credits and creating an infrastructure that works

Exploring projects that generate waste heat and integration with district heating networks
Setting up collaborations to building projects to incorporate waste streams
What are the options in converting syngas into natural gas and synthetic natural gas?

THE BUYER'S LANDSCAPE: EMERGING DEMAND MARKETS

17.00

Keynote closing panel: Where does the biochar go? Exploring end-user markets and securing long-term commercial offtake agreements

Identifying markets that make biochar more commercially viable
Structuring and securing longer offtake agreements with buyers of biochar
How are companies diversifying applications for biochar within materials and products?
How is the trading landscape developing to secure supply?

Chairperson’s closing remarks

17.30

17.40 - 19.00

Networking Drinks reception

Join fellow participants for evening networking with canapés and special surprise entertainment to round off the day!