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Circular Carbon

Circular Carbon GmbH

Biochar DE Biochar EU · in CRCF scope

Operated one of Germany's largest biochar production plants in Hamburg since 2022, turning biogenic residues such as cocoa shells into biochar and renewable energy. Circular Carbon GmbH is in insolvency proceedings: in June 2025 the Charlottenburg local court ordered provisional insolvency administration over the econnext group, including Circular Carbon GmbH and CC Projekt Hamburg GmbH & Co. KG, and a sale process was started. The company website is no longer reachable. Whether the Hamburg plant continues under a new operator is open.

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MethodBiochar Project locationDE CRCF eligibilityIn the EU, so within CRCF scope. Actual eligibility also requires the methodology for this activity to be adopted. CRCF permanence classPermanent removal: centuries, does not expire
The class the CRCF sets for this activity type, not the term of this project.
StatusDeveloper-stated · Biochar Websitecircular-carbon.com SourceBBL, provisional insolvency administrator, press release of 11 June 2025 Last checked2026-10-04 ListingCompiled by CRCFProjects from public sources

This profile was compiled by CRCFProjects from public sources. The developer has not checked it, and the status is not independently verified by us. No project holds a CRCF certificate yet, and the first units are expected in 2027.

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