Biochar is a fine-grained charcoal rich in carbon, prepared by heating biomass in oxygen free air. It is added to soil to enhance the physical and chemical properties in order to amount of crops produced. The market has high growth rate due to increasing food demand and decreasing soil quality due to excessive use of chemical fertilisers.
Apart from increasing the soil quality as they have a lot of nutrients, biochar has other advantages like retaining carbon into soil from the atmosphere. It can be used for capturing the greenhouse gas CO2, responsible for global warming. It can retain nutrients from flowing soil water. Producing biochar results in additional energy which can be used again for the same process. It also increases the quality of soil by absorption of water.
The Europe market for Biochar is primarily driven by factors like increasing demand for organic farming, rising demand from the agricultural sector, stringent environmental regulations rising usage of biochar in livestock as animal feed, and its waste management applications among others. But the market is constrained by lack of awareness and high prices. However, the awareness about Biochar is increasing rapidly.
The Europe Biochar market is segmented by application into agriculture, gardening, households and others. Agriculture dominates the market having the largest market share of around 45% and is also the fastest growing segment. By technology, the market is divided into microwave pyrolysis, continuous pyrolysis, batch pyrolysis kiln, gasifier, hydrothermal, cook stove and others. By manufacturing the market is segmented into gasification, pyrolysis and others. Biochar is mostly produced by pyrolysis, hence it has the largest market share in this segment. By feedstock the market is divided into agricultural waste, forestry waste, animal manure and biomass plantations.
Geographical Analysis:
The Europe market for Biochar is geographically segmented into United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany and Spain. It is the second largest market in the world for Biochar. The European market is driven primarily as Biochar is used extensively in the production of meat as food stock. The growth is expected to be steady in the forecast period.
Major Key Players:
Some of the major companies dominating the Europe Biochar market are Biochar Products Inc., Diacarbon Energy Inc., Agri-Tech Producers LLC, Genesis Industries, Green Charcoal International, Vega Biofuels Inc., The Biochar Company, Cool Planet Energy Systems Inc., Full Circle Biochar, and Pacific Pyrolysis Pty Ltd.
1.Introduction
1.1 Market Definition
1.2 Study Deliverables
1.3 Base Currency, Base Year and Forecast Periods
1.4 General Study Assumptions
2. Research Methodology
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Research Phases
2.2.1 Secondary Research
2.2.2 Primary Research
2.2.3 Econometric Modelling
2.2.4 Expert Validation
2.3 Analysis Design
2.4 Study Timeline
3. Overview
3.1 Executive Summary
3.2 Key Inferences
3.3 Epidemology
4. Drivers, Restraints, Opportunities, and Challenges Analysis (DROC)
4.1 Market Drivers
4.2 Market Restraints
4.3 Key Challenges
4.4 Current Opportunities in the Market
5. Market Segmentation
5.1 Application
5.1.1 Agriculture
5.1.2 Gardening
5.1.3 Household
5.1.4 Other applications
5.1.5 Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, By Application
5.1.6 Market Attractiveness Analysis, By Application
5.1.7 Market Share Analysis, By Application
5.2 Technology
5.2.1 Microwave Pyrolysis
5.2.2 Continuous Pyrolysis
5.2.3 Batch Pyrolysis Kiln
5.2.4 Gasifier
5.2.5 Hydrothermal
5.2.6 Cookstove
5.2.7 Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, By Technology
5.2.8 Market Attractiveness Analysis, By Technology
5.2.9 Market Share Analysis, By Technology
5.3 Feedstock
5.3.1 Agricultural Waste
5.3.2 Forestry Waste
5.3.3 Animal Manure
5.3.4 Biomass Plantations
5.3.5 Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, By Feedstock
5.3.6 Market Attractiveness Analysis, By Feedstock
5.3.7 Market Share Analysis, By Feedstock
5.4 Manufacturing
5.4.1 Gasification
5.4.2 Pyrolysis
5.4.3 Other manufacturing
5.4.4 Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, By Manufacturing
5.4.5 Market Attractiveness Analysis, By Manufacturing
5.4.6 Market Share Analysis, By Manufacturing
6. Geographical Analysis
6.1 Introduction
6.1.1 Regional Trends
6.1.2 Impact Analysis
6.1.3 Y-o-Y Growth Analysis
6.1.3.1 By Agriculture
6.1.3.2 By Technology
6.1.3.3 By Feedstock
6.1.3.4 By Manufacturing
6.1.4 Market Attractiveness Analysis
6.1.4.1 By Agriculture
6.1.4.2 By Technology
6.1.4.3 By Feedstock
6.1.4.4 By Manufacturing
6.1.5 Market Share Analysis
6.1.5.1 By Agriculture
6.1.5.2 By Technology
6.1.5.3 By Feedstock
6.1.5.4 By Manufacturing
6.2 U.K
6.3 Spain
6.4 Germany
6.5 Italy
6.6 France
7.Strategic Analysis
7.1 PESTLE analysis
7.1.1 Political
7.1.2 Economic
7.1.3 Social
7.1.4 Technological
7.1.5 Legal
7.1.6 Environmental
7.2 Porter’s Five analysis
7.2.1 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
7.2.2 Bargaining Power of Consumers
7.2.3 Threat of New Entrants
7.2.4 Threat of Substitute Products and Services
7.2.5 Competitive Rivalry within the Industry
8.Market Leaders' Analysis
8.1 Biochar Products Inc.
8.1.1 Overview
8.1.2 Product Analysis
8.1.3 Financial analysis
8.1.4 Recent Developments
8.1.5 SWOT analysis
8.1.6 Analyst View
8.2 Diacarbon Energy Inc.
8.3 Agri-Tech Producers LLC
8.4 Genesis Industries
8.5 Green Charcoal International
8.6 Vega Biofuels Inc.
8.7 The Biochar Company
8.8 Cool Planet Energy Systems Inc.
8.9 Full Circle Biochar
8.10 Pacific Pyrolysis Pty Ltd
9.Competitive Landscape
9.1 Market share analysis
9.2 Merger and Acquisition Analysis
9.3 Agreements, collaborations and Joint Ventures
9.4 New Product Launches
10.Market Outlook and Investment Opportunities
Appendix
a) List of Tables
b) List of Figures
