Pyronam – Restoring the Savanna Landscape

For cleaner air

For healthy soil

For better business

Let’s restore savanna landscapes and secure our future

I – INTRO

Our mission is to restore savanna landscapes in Namibia through a lucrative and environmentally friendly use of bush biomass.

Thereby creating income opportunities for farmers and jobs in rural areas, improving fertility of local soils, mitigating climate change.

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Reversing desertification, restoring food security

Namibia to become the world’s leading carbon negative nation

II – THE BIOCHAR SOLUTION

The biochar solution to three pressing challenges in Namibia

01.

Bush encroachment destroys the savanna ecosystems with negative consequences for grazing, biodiversity and groundwater.

02.

Degrading soils and desertification threaten food security and lead to increased demand for imported food and artificial fertilizers.

03.

Lack of jobs in rural areas leads to poverty and rural exodus.

Conversion of bush biomass into biochar. Use of biochar as a soil amendment and carbon removal agent. Financed through carbon credits.

III – Introducing the PyroNam Farmer Partnership

PyroNam leases a piece of land from the farmer for pyrolysis plant and infrastructure.
PyroNam builds and operates the pyrolysis plant at its own expense.
Farmer delivers bush biomass to the plant and is paid by weight (point of sale).
PyroNam does the rest.

IV – CAPACITY DATA

Performance of a PyroNam plant

The PyroNam pilot plant is put into operation. The proprietary technology enables the production of high-quality biochar, wood tar and wood vinegar in an efficient and environmentally friendly way.

Biochar production capacity > 1,000 t / year

Input capacity > 3,000 t dry FSC certified bush biomass

Operation 24/7 in three shifts 330 days / year with 21 PyroNam employees

> 2,000 t CO2 net removed per year

V – SDGs

A total of 10 out of 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are supported.

PyroNam’s Biochar strategy not only permanently removes carbon from the carbon cycle and can make degraded soils fertile, but offers a host of other benefits for Namibia and its people.

VI – OUR TEAM

Contacts in Namibia

Timo Herbrand

Managing Director

Carlos Arrufat

Managing Director

Contacts in Namibia

Henrike Geldmacher

Managing Director

Callie Steenkamp

Project Manager

Sven Michael Schelhorn

Project Manager

VII – PyroCCS

PyroCCS is a biochar project developer for the Global South

PyroNam is the Namibian subsidiary of the German PyroCCS GmbH, founded by Carlos Arrufat and Timo Herbrand to promote biochar as a global strategy.

They have developed one of the most affordable and rapidly scalable CDR solutions, which is the basis for the Biochar Challenge Team’s submission to the XPRIZE Carbon Removal Milestone competition. The team placed finalist as one of the top 60 out of a total of 1,132 participating teams.