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Distributed biochar
The third tier, and where
it fits into your portfolio
The third tier, and where
it fits into your portfolio
Distributed biochar
VIRTUAL EVENT
Ikarus Janzen
Varaha
Ikarus Janzen
Varaha
Rob Brown
Isometric
Rob Brown
Isometric
Genevieve Hodgins
Supercritical
Genevieve Hodgins
Supercritical
17th June
4pm - 4:45pm BST
For the first time, biochar buyers have a third option.
Distributed biochar is produced in enclosed, IoT-monitored kilns at community scale. It is now certifiable under an Isometric module, held to the same MRV and permanence requirements as industrial biochar.
The catch: quality varies enormously across the projects now entering the market, and the questions that separate a strong project from a weak one aren't the ones most buyers know to ask.
In this conversation, we bring together Varaha, the operator behind the first certified credits; Isometric, the registry that wrote the standard; and Supercritical's climate science lead to work through what actually matters to a buyer: can you trust it, where it fits alongside your industrial credits, and how to tell a good distributed project from a bad one. You'll leave with the checklist to evaluate any distributed biochar project on the market.
Speakers
Ikarus Janzen is the Chief Commercial Officer and Co-Founder of Varaha, the leading carbon removal company in Asia. He leads all commercial efforts, including project financing, marketing, sales, and equity fundraising. Before Varaha, he launched one of the first climate tech venture capital funds, investing in transformative startups across energy, mobility, fintech, and carbon markets. He holds a Master’s in Business Administration & Electrical Energy Technology from RWTH Aachen University.
Ikarus Janzen
Chief Commercial Officer
Varaha
Genevieve Hodgins
Lead Climate Scientist
Supercritical
Dr Genevieve Hodgins holds an EngD in Carbon Capture and Storage and Cleaner Fossil Energies from the University of Nottingham, underlining her expertise in promoting carbon removals and advancing towards net zero. She specializes in carbon capture, waste management, and environmental sustainability and joined the Supercritical team in 2024 after successfully managing the GGR-D Biochar Demonstrator, the UK's largest biochar field trial, at the University of Nottingham that explored biochar's potential for carbon sequestration, soil health improvement, and ecosystem services across various UK sites. Additionally, she led the biochar production work package for the West Sussex County Council Greenprint project, and contributed to the PEF Paludiculture Biochar project and the University of Nottingham Biowaste-to-Biochar project.
Rob Brown is a Carbon Removal Scientist at Isometric, where he leads the development of biochar carbon-removal protocol and works across digital MRV, scientific review, and carbon durability and quantification. He holds a PhD in Soil and Environmental Science from Bangor University and brings seven years of research experience in biogeochemistry, including from work on the UKRI-funded GGR-D Biochar Demonstrator Project.
Rob Brown
Carbon Removal Scientist
Isometric
About Supercritical
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