Our sustainable process delivers the natural alternative for soil enriching fertiliser.

Employing Nature

WHO WE ARE

We are a team of passionate scientists, economists and engineers.

Our aim is to deliver more efficient, environmental and profitable ways for agriculture to use its resources.

For two years we have been refining our agronomic products and processing technology to be an impactful global company.

Created in Norway – adapted for the world.

Employing Nature Our systems turn organic waste into valuable resource. We work with natural processes to build scalable solutions that fit with and enhance current farming practice.

Products

NutriholdTM – Bio-stimulating soil enricher

NutrimixTM – Composting catalyst for animal manure

Dry VermicastTM – Soil improving fertiliser

Processes

VortairTM – Airflow mechanical separator

Vermicomposting – Earthworm composting

System

Circular Economy

WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT NOW

The world needs clean, efficient and sustainable alternatives to existing farming methods which will protect soil health and maintain food production.

The food production demands of an increasing global population has been met by widespread use of nitrogen fertilisers (100 million tonnes per year).

The production of nitrogen fertiliser is an energy intensive and expensive process. Farming has become reliant on its input leading to damaged soil health and high nutrient loss into waterways.

Soil is a valuable and finite resource. It is vital to deliver systems that return the nutrients and biological processes that protect its health.

DUE TO INCREASING POPULATIONUN PREDICTS GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION WILL NEED TO INCREASE 70% BY 2050

65% OF GLOBAL ARABLE SOIL IS DAMAGED

NITROGEN FERTILISER USE ACCOUNTS FOR FEEDING 48% OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION

7.125 BILLION↑

65%

48%

HOW WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Our products come from a system designed to use the natural resources, processes and nutrients that are available to farming now.

Large quantities of animal manure is available to the farming industry. Current spreading of this as fertiliser is ineffective with up to 75% of nutrients being lost to run-off and to the air. with damaging consequences for the environment.

Our products and system are focused on creating a lossless transfer of these nutrients to the soil. This creates a circular economy for the farmer with a direct link between their resource and their fertiliser.

We have three key sites testing and delivering this system.

PILOT PLANT

Grivimoen (Bø), NorwayOperational in Q3, 2016

FUNCTIONS

R&DVermicompostingPreparation of dry Vermicast

FARM

Søve, NorwayOperational in Q4, 2016.

FUNCTIONS

Model Farm – animal manureComposting, Vermicomposting

BIOREFINERY

Stormo. Norwayoperational in Q1, 2017

FUNCTION

Production of NutriHoldModel RefineryPreparation of mixture for farmersPreparation of dry Vermicast

FARM

BIOREFINERY PLANT

THREE KEY SITES

HOW IT WORKS

There are fundamental properties that make our products effective.

Introduction of hydrophilic Carbon

Carbon that has positive attraction with water creates more complex compounds which hold more moisture and nutrients in the soil. This helps to fix carbon in the ground, reduces the amount lost as greenhouse gas and prevents the dramatic loss of nutrients through run-off that is seen with liquid manure spreading and the application chemical fertiliser. The nutrients are delivered in slow release for steady, healthy plant nutrition.

Increased surface area

Increasing the surface area of particles – through the action of earthworms and the fine granulation of our Special Cyclone process – creates a better environment for microbial activity. Enhanced microbe and enzyme content catalyses the natural humification process, making nutrients in the soil and compost readily available for plant growth while retaining moisture and long term soil health.

Dried and granular

We deliver our product, with its concentrated nutritional quality and humification capacity, as a water soluble powder. This makes it easy and inexpensive to standardise, package, transport and apply using conventional logistics and farming systems.

COMPLEX CARBON COMPOUNDS FIX EFFECTIVELY IN SOIL

SLOW RELEASE OF NUTRIENTS MEANS NO LOSS TO RUN-OFF

LARGE SURFACE AREA INCREASES HEALTHY MICROBIAL

ACTIVITY FOR SOIL HEALTH

EASY TO TRANSPORT EASY TO APPLY

Chemical Fertiliser

SB NutriholdDry Vermicast

TIME

NUTRITION

PRODUCT

NutriholdTM A bio-stimulating mixture, high in nutrients, which enhances the capabilities of soil by improving both its chemical and physical properties.

Through the action of our unique technology – Special Cyclone – the physical properties of the ingredients are maximised to obtain small homogeneous particles, coated with carbon, with strong binding capabilities. This is an active soil improver for plant root health and growth.

The final product is granulated. It will be marketed for sale in the independent market and/or to Standard Bios biorefinery partners (franchisees) in Norway and internationally.

SOURCE

Standard Bio has partner relationships with local suppliers and farmers working together regionally.

INPUT

Chicken Manure has a high nutrition value.

Clay has a high cation exchange capacity bonding negatively charged cations to its surface – this enables detention of nutrients and water.

Silt has a rich mineral composition.

Charcoal is a carbon source.

COMBINE

The particular blend of ingredients is chosen for optimal plant root health.

PROCESS

This mixture is treated at elevated temperatures to disinfect and remove pathogens. This stage will grind and homogenise the product.

FORESTRYMININGFARM

CharcoalChickenmanure

Clay/silt

Blending

Drying & Heating

NutriholdTM

VORTAIRTM

PRODUCTISE

The granulated product is packed and distributed.

PRODUCT

NutrimixTM A Blend of NutriholdTM with pre-processed wood and straw creates NutrimixTM a product that enables farmers to turn animal manure into highly nutritious and valuable composting material.

Wood and straw absorbs all fluids from the wet, heat-disinfected animal manure. The active carbon and bio-stimulating action of NutriholdTM is a catalyst for decomposing and making available the nutrients as a compost material.

This product acts as a key stage in our biorefinery package, providing a way for famers to capture more of the nutrient value of their animal manure without the gas and run-off pollution and loss created with liquid manure storage and application.

SOURCE

Standard Bio has partner relationships with local suppliers and farmers working together regionally.

INPUT

This mixture is treated at elevated temperatures to disinfect and remove pathogens. This stage will grind and homogenize the product.

TREATMENT

The animal manure is treated at elevated temperatures using a Standard Bio heater, on the farm to disinfect and remove pathogens.

BIOREFINERY

Animal manure

Heating

NutrimixTM

Composting

FORESTRYFARM

Wood/straw

Blending

NutriholdTM

COMBINE

The NutrimixTM is mixed with the treated animal manure and stored for composting.

PRODUCT

Dry VermicastTM A nutrient rich natural soil improving fertiliser.

Through the action of earthworms – consuming and casting – compost is broken down in to very small particles making the nutrients readily available for plant growth. It fertilises without any salinisation issues that are present with chemical products, creating a healthy and sustainable environment within the soil system.

Vermicast has, and is, widely used as a small scale natural fertiliser, particularly in developing countries. Its benefits as an effective, cheap but labour intense solution are known. Using our Special Cyclone process we can dry and granulate vermicast at an industrial and scalable level creating an innovative product with global impact.

This product is a key product deliverable in our biorefinery package.

INPUT

The compost generated by combining NutrimixTM and farm animal manure is used as feed for a large population of earthworms. The process of consuming, digestion and excretion is vermicomposting,

PROCESS

This vermicompost is sifted, heated and dried to leave only Dry VermicastTM, a nutrient rich fertiliser and soil improver.

BIOREFINERY

Animal manure

Heating

NutrimixTM

Composting

Vermicomposting

FORESTRYFARM

Wood/straw

Blending

Drying & Heating

Granulation

Dry VermicastTM

NutriholdTM

VORTAIRTM

PRODUCTISE

The granulated product is packed and distributed.

PROCESS

Special Cyclone The core of our technology is the Special Cyclone – a mechanical separator with highly adjustable characteristics. Air at low pressure is accelerated and directed into the cyclone from several nozzles, and the innovative nozzle design delivers high air velocity with low pressure drop. Process temperature is controllable. The Special Cyclone is currently in testing at Elkem Technology facilities.

NOZZLE / CRUSHING ZONE

CONE

FINE FRACTION TO FILTER

AIR

FEEDSTOCK

COARSE FRACTION TO FILTER

BENEFITS • Quick and easy setup• High capacity drying and

grinding in one single step • Separation of same size particles

possible based on density and/or brittleness

• Parameter changes gives immediate results / Time effective

• No thermal energy introduced • Low operating cost which opens

a lot of possibilities

PROCESS

Vermicomposting The process of breaking down organic matter in to compost through the action of worms. Their castings have been shown to contain reduced levels of contaminants and a higher saturation of nutrients than organic materials before vermicomposting.

Worms and vermicast are natural pest controllers leading to lower need for insecticides and chemicals.

Our plant in Bø, Norway is currently producing Dry VermicastTM for testing in the local market.

DIGESTER

The earthworm is nature’s engineer, they provide natural aeration and drainage as they burrow through soil eating all organic matter as they go. The action of this digestion breaks down organic materials into readily available nutrient for plant growth.

REPRODUCER

Earthworms can multiply their population with remarkable speed, doubling their population every 30 days on average.

FERTILISER

The business end of the earthworm delivers the finest fertiliser and soil improver nature has to offer, Vermicast.

PLANT

FARM

FORESTRY

RETAIL MARKET

MINING

BIOREFINERY

Charcoal

Wood/straw

Vermicompost

Vermicompost

Vermicast

Drying & Heating

Animal manure

Blending

HeatingNutrimixTM

Blending

Blending

Separation

GranulationComposting

Vermicomposting

Dry VermicastTM

Cocoons

NutriholdTM

NutrimixTM

VORTAIRTM

ChickenmanureClay/silt

SOIL

SYSTEM

Scheme of our biorefinery package – Circular Economy