To hit Net Zero, emissions from every sector of the UK economy need to be abated, and carbon sequestration implemented to remove both past and hard-to-abate emissions, while protecting our precious natural environment.
Combining bioenergy with carbon storage and peatland restoration to tackle emissions from the land itself.
Reverse Coal provides a globally leading BECCS solution, that at scale can deliver a 1 million tonnes per year emissions contribution to net zero that yields bioenergy and carbon storage while improving UK food security.
At commercial scale, our Lapwing project delivers a pathway to achieving the UK government's target of restoring 35,000 ha of peatland in England. Complementing the aims of the DEFRA natural capital grant scheme, there is scope to replicate the model multiple times around the UK.
Raising water tables and managing wetland biomass brings benefits for wildlife, flood resilience and river quality.
Paludiculture, which raises water tables and harvests the biomass, can support wetland conservation sites and nature reserves as a cost-effective way to manage biomass removal.
Peatland restoration acts as a natural flood management technique, slowing the rate at which stormwater moves into river channels.
Diverting water from the Rivers Idle and Torne through the paludiculture creates a bio-filter that cleans the river. Removing nitrates from the aquifer supports river ecosystems and creates a safer environment for the public.
Using renewable heat and CO₂ to grow more of the UK's food at home, and creating jobs across the region.
Controlled environment agriculture, and high-tech glasshouses in particular, create opportunities for import substitution, increasing resilience and self-sufficiency and mitigating climate change, supply chain disruption and other stresses on the UK food system.
The Dutch glasshouse model we have identified is a tested, proven large-scale food production solution that can significantly reduce total UK food imports, in line with the Dimbleby report.
With a regional supply chain multiplier of around 5×, Reverse Coal would support over 5,500 jobs directly and indirectly once implemented.
Reverse Coal directly supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals for a better, more sustainable future for all. We work closely with local stakeholders to find solutions that support community growth as well as wider benefits for the planet.
