Biochar is known as biological charcoal and it is obtained through heating biomass, such as forestry or farming residue without oxygen, creating a solid form of carbon, similar to fossil-based charcoal.

Applied Carbon was founded in 2020, as per ESG Today, to enable soil regeneration and carbon capture through this exact technology. The company's proprietary trailer, which incorporates the biochar machines, can be pulled by tractors across a field, collecting the crop residue and converting it in biological charcoal.

The resulted biochar, which can be combined with various nutrients chosen by the farmers, are then being spread across the field, feeding the earth with nutrients.

Jason Aramburu, Co-founder and CEO of Applied Carbon, said that "multiple independent studies indicate that converting crop waste into biochar has the potential to remove gigatons of CO2 from the atmosphere each year, while creating trillions of dollars in value for the world’s farmers. However, there is no commercially available technology to convert these wastes at low cost. Applied Carbon’s patented in-field biochar production system is the first solution that can convert crop waste into biochar at a scale and a cost that makes sense for broad acre farming."

Applied Carbon, previously known as Carbon Robotics, went through a rebranding in June to better reflect the company's activity.