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Sliglas

Description

Efficiently transforming residual biomass (woodchip from sawmills) into biochar for carbon dioxide removal

Sector

A2.4Support services to forestry

Needs/ Problem statement

Current carbon removal methods lack sustainability, efficiency, or permanence. A scalable, permanent CDR solution is needed: one that repurposes residues, supports soil health, and provides trusted credits for net-zero goals.

Objective

To deliver a scalable biochar-based CDR solution that permanently sequesters carbon, transforms biomass residues into valuable resources, improves soil health, and generates high-integrity carbon removal credits to support climate and net-zero targets.

Bioeconomy fields

Crop residues and perennial plants✓

Designer crops for optimised biomass content✓

Algae biomassnull

Waste or recycled material✓

Microbial assisted processing✓

Biorefineries null

Feedstock

Biomass residues

Outcomes and final product

Biochar and CDR credits

Mobility

Static

Value chains

1
2
3

3 - High potential - Significant arisings of feedstocks available currently.

C Sink

1
2
3

3 - High potential - strong potential for carbon sequestration at the feedstock and product level).

Intended user

Farmers and foresters (15 tonnes of oven dry input biomass resulting in 5 tonnes of dry biochar and 13 tonnes of Carbon removal per day)

Complexity of the process

1
2
3

2 -easy to use /replicate

Final user

Farmer✓

Forester✓

Researchernull

Advisornull

NGOnull

Training organizationnull

Processor or retailernull

Consumernull

Public Authority + LAGnull

Othernull

Economic sustainability

1
2
3

2 - Medium potential - Expected to bring 2 or 1 economic benefits.

Social sustainability

1
2
3

2 - Medium potential -Expected to bring 2 or 1 social benefits.

Environmental sustainability

1
2
3

3 - High potential - Expected to bring at least 3 significant environmental benefits.

Added value

Very low
Low
Intermediate
High
Very high

Food/Feed = High

Equipment maintenance costs (€/year)

5% of investment

Investment cost (€)

1-5M

Operational costs (€)

75% of sales

Return of investment (€)

3x

Return of investment (Year)

10

Coherence with BBioNets

1
2
3

3-green

Country

IE

Official website

https://sliglas.com/

OG Region

IE04Northern and Western

Geographic Scope

Regional

Focus Area

FA 5E: Fostering carbon conservation and sequestration in agriculture and forestry

Key words

Climate change (incl. GHG reduction, adaptation andmitigation, and other air related issues)

Main source of funding

Other public (national, regional) research funds

Period

2024-present

Duration (months)

12

Number of partners by type

Farmer:

null

Forester:

null

Advisor:

1

Researcher:

null

NGO:

null

Processor or retailer:

1

Training orgaznization:

null

Consumer:

null

Public Authority:

1

Other:

null

Status

Ongoing

TRL

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

TRL 5 – technology validated in relevant environment (industrially relevant environment in the case of key enabling technologies)

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