Rainbow Bee Eater

Rainbow Bee Eater’s sole purpose is the removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide at large distributed scale with sustainable benefits to the environment, community and economy.

ECHO2 Modules produce low cost, hydrogen-rich Syngas, high-quality Biochar, Smoke Water and Carbon Dioxide Removal Certificates (CORCs) from clean organic residues such as agricultural crop and timber wastes that would otherwise be burned or land-filled.

ECHO2 Syngas is a sustainable fuel that can be used to replace fossil fuels such as LPG and natural gas for a variety of purposes including renewable heat and electricity. ECHO2 modules convert ~1/4 of the biomass energy into ECHO2 Syngas, a clean cool mixture of hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen. Enrichment of ECHO2 Syngas to circa 99.999% hydrogen has been studied and is understood to be technically feasible and economically attractive. ITP Report link.

ECHO2 Biochar is a sustainable high carbon, +1000 year permanence product that can be used in horticulture, agriculture and various industrial products with a variety of benefits. Biochar improves the performance of farming soils, composts, fertilisers, animal feeds and of building and construction materials. ~1/2 the biomass weight and ~2/3 of the biomass energy becomes biochar.

ECHO2 Smoke Water is the biomass moisture and smoke chemicals released during the process. These smoke chemicals are natural bio stimulants that all terrestrial plant and soil life have evolved with, and which greatly improves their productivity, resilience and vigour.

ECHO2 CORCs: Biochar is recognised by the IPCC as one of three scalable and low cost natural methods of carbon drawdown, along with soil carbon and afforestation.

High temperature (+550C) biochar such as ECHO2 produces, when applied to soils, locks up atmospheric carbon dioxide as ‘inertinite’, a very stable form of carbon, for millions of years.

We are the first company outside Europe to produce and sell Puro.earth certified carbon dioxide removal certificates (CORCs). The ECHO2 system typically generates ~1 CORC per tonne of feedstock (2.0 to 2.5 CORCs per tonne of biochar).