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Conferences

  • Innovation Forum of the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture 2025: Presentation of ETH-Soil project and the cookstove developed in the project by Dr. Annett Pollex, Kerstin Wilde, Dr. Clement Owusu-Prempeh, Wiebke Wedekind, Sophia Bothe and Jan Kossak
  • Global Bioeconomy Summit 2024: Presentation of DBFZ's bioeconomy services and products by Dr. Annett Pollex and Sophia Bothe
  • DBFZ Jahrestagung 2024: Poster presentation by Dr. Annett Pollex: Bodenverbesserung und Kohlenstoffsequestrierung mit Pflanzenkohle
  • EUBCE: Poster presentation by Dr. Betelhem Muluneh: Ethiopia tests integrated crop residue and soil fertility management employing biochar-based fertilizer (BBF)
  • EU SPRI: Poster presentation by Kerstin Wilde: Exploring the space for net zero transformation: the case of fertilizer
  • IST: Presentation by Kerstin Wilde: Accelerating nature? An institutional perspective on the challenge of bioeconomy-inspired transformation in the chemical industry: the case of fertilizer de-fossilisation
  • Fachgespräch Biokohlen - Status Quo und F&E-Bedarf 2024: Presentation by Dr. Annett Pollex: Ökonomische Betrachtung der Herstellungskosten und Absatzpotentiale von Biokohlen unter Beachtung rechtlicher Vorgaben und Erfordernisse zum Einsatz von Biokohlen zur Substratherstellung, Düngemittelproduktion und C-Sequestrierung
  • German Biochar Forum 2023: Workshop DIN-Normung von pyrogenen Kohlenstoffmaterialien by Dr. Annett Pollex

 

 

Publications

Betelhem Mekonnen, Burkhard Wilske, Tilahun Abera, Konrad Siegfried, Abebe Nigussie, Shimelis Gitachew, Alemayehu Regassa, Reta Worku, Milkiyas Ahmed, Amsalu Nebiyu, Tilahun Firomsa, Abdurahman Husien, Gebeyanesh Worku, Amante Lema, Amsalu Tilahun, Merkeb Getachew, Kefyalew Assefa, Bayu Dume, Getachew Eshete: Ethiopia tests integrated crop residue and soil fertility management employing biochar-based fertilizer (BBF) in 32nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, 24-27 June 2024, Marseille, France. p. 165-169

Teka Tesfaye Mengesha, Venkata Ramayya Ancha, L. Syam Sundar, Annett Pollex: Review on the influence of pyrolysis process parameters for biochar production with minimized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon content, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, Volume 182, 2024, 106699, ISSN 0165-2370, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2024.106699.

Romas Adam; Annett Pollex; Thomas Zeng; Claudia Kirsten; Lisa Röver; Florian Berger; Volker Lenz; Hans Werner. (2023). Systematic homogenization of heterogenous biomass batches: Industrial-scale production of solid biofuels in two case studies, Biomass and Bioenergy (ISSN: 0961-9534), Nr. 173. DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2023.106808. 

Annett Pollex; Thomas Zeng; Sabine Bandemer; Axel Ulbricht; Kristina Herrmann; Dieter Bräkow. (2023). Characteristics of gasification chars: Results from a screening campaign. Biomass and Bioenergy (ISSN: 0961-9534), Nr. 179. DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2023.106962.

Events

3rd Soil Symposium: Healthy Soils for our Prosperity, 6 - 7 March 2025 in Adama, Ethiopia. More information