Solör Bioenergy

Advancing carbon credit technology

Solör Bioenergi is an energy company that utilises wood waste and surplus heat to supply district heating, steam, electricity and biofuel to hundreds of thousands of people in Sweden and Norway. Their guiding principle is the circular economy: wood waste is converted into heat, energy recovery and renewable fuels with minimal waste. As the climate demands more, Solör dares to invest in innovation – such as the production of certified biochar at some of their district heating plants, as a way to reduce emissions, generate biochar and sellable carbon credits.

Pioneering climate positive heat production

Instead of investing in new biochar technology, Solör uses its existing, proven boilers. By reprogramming the boilers, they can utilise existing technology and infrastructure to produce both heat and biochar. Today, Solör has converted a handfull of its district heating plants to biochar production, and with hundreds of plants in Sweden and Norway, they are creating enormous potential for rapid upscaling.

Increased demand for Swedish-certified carbon credits from these converted boilers would drive further conversions and utilise the enormous potential of the existing infrastructure to create Swedish carbon credits from biochar. To read more about Solör, visit their website.

By investing in carbon credits from Solör, you are helping to accelerate and significantly increase the production of biochar and carbon credits – and to achieve your climate goals now and in the future.

Facility

At Solör in Skurup, biomass is transformed into biochar, paving the way for sustainable energy and carbon capture.

Biomass

From biomass to biochar; creating a sustainable carbon removal method.

Pyrolysis

Through pyrolysis, biomass is heated with limited access to oxygen to create biochar. The released gases are burnt to generate clean energy.

Retrofitting

Biochar is being produced in a retrofitted boiler using existing infrastructure. An easy and scalable approach to carbon removal generation.

Boiler

Retrofitting boiler components to produce biochar, rapidly transforming traditional systems for a more sustainable future.

Biochar

Thanks to its excellent water and nutrient retention capabilities, biochar can be used in urban substrates, creating new types of soils adapted to modern city conditions.

Mixing

Biochar at the mixing site, where it, along with macadam and compost, is mixed to create an urban soil.

Substrate

A peat-free biochar soil that retains water and nutrients in the soil without degrading, allowing plant roots to flourish.

Application

A raingarden in Skåne; one of many green spaces utilizing biochar to enhance the vitality of urban greenery with integrated stormwater management.

Application

With the use of biochar, new more sustainable urban soils are possible which helps cool cities and provide ecosystem services.