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create new value,” Lehmann said. “We’re here to tap into what businesses or local governments may not have thought about. For most industries, this is a completely new way of dealing with waste.”
The kiln represents a new model for creating a green future. “With pyrolysis, we can make green hydrogen and fuel a hydrogen car – or we can produce ethanol from the gases and put it into fleets right now,” Lehmann said. “It’s a compelling alternative to fossil fuels especially in those global regions that have limited access to transportation fuels and where crop production relies on boosting carbon in soil.”
Cornell’s pyrolysis kiln project began in 2010 when philanthropist Yossie Hollander and his family made a $5 million gift to the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future, the predecessor to the Atkinson Center, to advance biofuel technology for developing countries.
The kiln was designed and constructed by Full Circle Biochar, a California-based company eager to demonstrate economic feasibility of eco-friendly, biomass-based materials, which remains in close collaboration with Cornell on biochar research and development.
Lehmann explains that with pyrolysis,
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carbon negative and help to slow a warming climate. “Pyrolysis could be an important part of the basket of solutions, a portfolio of emerging technologies in a world where one-size-fits-all won’t work,” he said.
For information about the new kiln, go to www.pyrolysis.cals.cornell.edu
Biochar Research Offers Promise for Biomass