Looking for Biochar technologies for European Union contest: Submit letter of intent by Feb 29, 2012

International call for biochar technology and product quality contest

Submission date of Letter of Intent: before February 29, 2012

On behalf of the European Commission (contracted FP7 REFERTIL Consortium), we are searching for available commercial, industrial or pilot scale tested recycling technologies suitable for economical biochar production and use in an open ecological soil environment. We would like to clearly identify market available industrial biochar vendor(s) and the biochar technology owner(s). Laboratory scale, research units or home made biochar kit solutions will not be selected for evaluation.

The best available biochar production technologies will be selected for detailed environmental and efficiency assessment and evaluation in the EUFP7 REFERTIL project framework.

The EU is taking the initiative to develop official, accredited and EU27 mandatory standards for biochar production and applications, which progress is happening within the REFERTIL project frame October 1, 2011 - October 1, 2013.

The goals of the REFERTIL EU biochar standardization are clear: to improve recycling and utilization resource effciency, and to develop a new economy with associated environmental benefits. REFERTIL is searching for cooperation with industrial biochar technologies with sustainable economical and environmental performance to expand the market opportunities for competitive biochar producers.

Biochar technologies, products and applications will be evaluated free of charge before the end of 2012 and compared “apple to apple”--the evaluation will effectively help and guide all interested and involved partners in the biochar business.

A process evaluation and confidentiality agreement will be signed with all biochar cooperative partners and only public information will be launched. The 'win-win” position for the competitive and advanced biochar technology vendors will be an professional and independent evaluation report, furthermore highlighted and listed in the EU Commission reports.

If you are advanced biochar technology vendor and would like to progress in the EU 27 biochar markets, than please confirm your participation intention by sending a signed Letter of Accession / Letter of Intent before February 29, 2012, including your confirmed intention that you will submit technical, economical and environmental public information about your technology. Please also enclose to your letter a Company/Organization intro, CVs, references of the key persons, and contact information (name, e-mail address, web page, skype, etc.). Thank you for your cooperation.

For and on behalf of the EU FP7 REFERTIL (289785) European Union biochar standardization programme: http://www.refertil.info  

Att: Mr. Edward Someus, e-mail: biochar@3ragrocarbon.com    or   edward.someus@gmail.com