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dss+ Spinoff Black Bull Biochar Wins £3m Government Contract

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Monday, July 11, 2022
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LONDON, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Black Bull Biochar (BBB), a British start-up with a mission to establish a sustainable, circular biochar market within the UK, has been awarded a £3m government contract. BBB will use the funds to pilot a B2B digital platform which unites agricultural, industrial and research partners in order to scale the use of biochar, enabling the rapid removal of carbon from the environment. The contract award follows BBB's success in the final round of the Direct Air Capture (DAC) & Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) technology competition, run by the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), with funding provided through the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP).

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  • LONDON, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Black Bull Biochar (BBB), a British start-up with a mission to establish a sustainable, circular biochar market within the UK, has been awarded a 3m government contract.
  • The platform will also measure and verify the efficacy of biochar and the impact it has on emissions reductions and carbon storage.
  • Alex Clarke, co-founder and CEO, Black Bull Biochar said, "The government's programme enables Black Bull Biochar to build a new pathway that scales carbon removal rapidly.
  • Black Bull Biochar (BBB) is a start-up with a mission to scale up the use of biochar a leading greenhouse gas removal technology by creating a first-of-a-kind platform and network that helps key stakeholders within academia, industry, agriculture and government to overcome the systemic barriers to widespread adoption of biochar.