Supply Landscape
Public-facing map of biochar CDR suppliers and projects that appear in CDR.fyi reports and company press. Research date 2026-09-14 . No private financials , unpublished capacities, or invented delivery curves.
Related: Market Hub · Historical Deals · Buyers and Offtakes · Market Volumes and Pricing · Industry Hub
1. Market structure (supply side)
Pattern Evidence Source Extreme supplier concentration Exomad Green ~60% of BCR tonnes sold since 2022Snapshot 2025 Global South delivery leadership Top 4 suppliers by tonnes sold were Global South–based; 74% of tonnes sold Snapshot 2025 Delivery leaders ≈ sales leaders Top 4 by tonnes sold also among top by tonnes delivered Snapshot 2025 Small-order delivery paradox Suppliers with many small orders have delivered more than sparse large-order peers (to date) Snapshot 2025 New megatonne entrants 2026 Liferaft, Empacar, AMP first appear at 100 kt–1 Mt scale Q1 2026 + pressNear-term inventory scarcity narrative Operational projects’ near-term tonnes framed as constrained vs long-dated promises Supercritical–Exomad Apr 2026
Only 36% of durable CDR suppliers listed on CDR.fyi had a registered sale as of the 2024 YIR framing—broad supplier lists ≠ bankable supply (YIR ).
2. Major suppliers appearing in public data
Exomad Green (Bolivia)
Field Public fact Role Largest BCR supplier by tonnes sold (~60% since 2022); leading durable CDR deliverer in multiple CDR.fyi periods Cumulative sold >2.35 Mt after Q1 2026 Supercritical + Senken deals (CDR.fyi Q1 2026 )Produced to date >320,000 t durable CDR (Apr 2026 Supercritical/Exomad release)Facilities Concepción & Riberalta (expanded); third under construction; two more planned (May 2025 release) Pathway Forestry residues (else open-burned) → biochar → local agricultural soils Agronomy evidence Company field report with CIAT (Santa Cruz): yields numerically +15% (biochar alone) to +32–34% (biochar + NPKS + microbes), but yield ANOVA not significant — Exomad Green Corn and Bean Field Study (PDF ) Certification Puro.earth Biochar Methodology; Carbonfuture MRV+ on Microsoft dealsFlagship offtakes Microsoft >32 kt (2023); Microsoft ≥1.24 Mt / 10y (2025); Supercritical up to 500 kt / 3y (2026); Senken 105 kt (Q1 2026) Ambition cited 1 Mt CO₂ / yr by 2027 Sources Exomad May 2025 ; Supercritical Apr 2026 ; Snapshot / Q1 2026
Liferaft (United States)
Field Public fact Role First-time supplier with 1 Mt Microsoft offtake (Q1 2026) Geography Iowa & Illinois (West Liberty / Muscatine County called out) Pathway Ag + municipal biomass → pyrolysis → biochar–compost mix → approved soil uses Commercial Facilitated by Supercritical; ICROA-endorsed registry (unnamed in release) Source Liferaft Mar 2026
Empacar S.A. (Bolivia)
Field Public fact Role Industrial circular-economy company entering BCR; >305 kt CORC procurement by Altitude Pathway Forestry & agricultural residues; industrial pyrolysis; Bioflux program support Registry intent Puro.earth or equivalent Scale signal Multiple sites under development; secondary coverage cites ~70 kt/yr design for Ascención de Guarayos and first issuance 2027 —treat secondary figures cautiously Source Altitude Mar 2026
AMP / Commonwealth Sortation (United States)
Field Public fact Role AI MSW sortation → organics → biochar; Google 200 ktCO₂e by 2030 Geography Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA), Virginia — 20-year contract; up to 540,000 t MSW / yr processed End use (initial) Landfill daily cover; future construction/cement pathways eyed Co-work Methane-impact quantification frameworks with Google Source AMP Mar 2026
Varaha (India)
Field Public fact Role Google 100 kt by 2030; cumulative sold >500 kt (CDR.fyi Q1 2026 ); $20M funding Q1 2026 Pathway Invasive plants / agricultural waste → biochar; smallholder networks (Reuters/Google coverage) Sources Google Jan 2025 ; Q1 2026
Charm Industrial (United States) — biochar path
Field Public fact Role Google 100 kt biochar purchase by 2030 (distinct from Charm’s bio-oil sequestration business) Note Also sells other BiCRS products; do not conflate all Charm volume with BCR Source Google Jan 2025
Carba (United States)
Field Public fact Role Microsoft 44 kt / 5 years; landfill burial / daily cover Registry Isometric ; 1,000-year durability; low-oxygen burial moduleOther DOE Carbon Negative Shot Pilot $7M grant referenced Source Carba Apr 2025
3. Other suppliers named in CDR.fyi abridged reports
These appear in Snapshot 2025 / 2024 YIR delivery or contracting narratives without full deal tables in the abridged posts :
Supplier Region (as framed) Context Wakefield Biochar United States Tide Platform supplier; US delivery leaderboard Pacific Biochar United States US delivery leaderboard Aperam Bioenergia South America Q4 2024 contracting; delivery leaderboard Carboneers Africa Q4 2024 contracting; delivery leaderboard Planboo Africa Q4 2024 contracting; delivery leaderboard Early Puro CORC suppliers (Microsoft history) EU / AU examples in Puro posts Carbofex, Carbon Cycle, Freres/ACT, ECHO2 (Puro Microsoft post )
Expand individual company notes only when primary sources justify it—avoid stub spam.
4. Registry / pathway mix on the supply side
Pathway Example suppliers Notes Soil application + Puro CORCs Exomad, Empacar (intent), many EU Puro projects Dominant historical BCR issuance stack Soil / compost blend + ICROA registry Liferaft Registry brand unnamed in press MSW organics → biochar (landfill cover) AMP Methane co-narrative Low-oxygen burial Carba Isometric 1000y module Polygeneration biochar + bio-oil firm Charm Separate products
Method deep-dives: Puro Biochar Methodology Edition 2025 · Verra VM0044 · Isometric Biochar Protocol · CSI Global Biochar C-Sink .
5. Geography sketch
Region Supply role (public) Bolivia Exomad + Empacar; Snapshot “Bolivia leads biochar supply” via Exomad (2024 YIR) India Varaha United States Liferaft, AMP, Carba, Charm biochar, Wakefield, Pacific Biochar Africa Carboneers, Planboo (named in Snapshot contracting/delivery) Europe Numerous smaller Puro-certified facilities (70+ biochar projects since 2019 per Puro); Nasdaq/SEB buyer link
Purchaser geography remains heavily US corporates buying global supply (YIR ).
6. Gaps / honesty box
No authoritative public capacity register (nameplate tCO₂/yr) for all BCR plants.
Private offtake stacks beyond press releases.
Exact Puro vs Verra vs Isometric vs CSI share of delivered tonnes not in abridged CDR.fyi posts.
Financial health, capex, and margins—out of scope unless disclosed.
Artisanal vs industrial segmentation deliberately collapsed in Snapshot 2025 (“biochar in its entirety”).
Primary links
See also
Historical Deals · Buyers and Offtakes · Market Volumes and Pricing · Industry Hub · Production Hub · Product Standards EBC IBI · Puro.earth Overview · Risks and Controversies · Market Hub · Key Sources