- Enable Earth is a Thailand-based startup transforming farm waste into biochar, carbon credits, and green heat as part of a multi-revenue circular business model.
- Revenue streams include selling biochar to large farms, generating and managing carbon credits with international partners, and capturing excess process heat to supply as clean energy for industrial use.
- The long-term vision includes expanding energy applications to provide both heat and electricity, fostering more circular and sustainable systems for large industrial partners.
The startup was founded by Pasinee Tangsuriyapaisan to tackle biomass waste, mostly from animal feed corn, in northern Thailand.
This waste was often burned or left in landfills, contributing to pollution.
“We started here in northern Thailand to turn this biomass waste into a climate solution,” Tangsuriyapaisan told AgNavigator at this year’s Agritechnica Asia 2026 held in Bangkok, Thailand, in May.
She sought to adapt the models she had already seen in Europe, Australia, and the US.
Tangsuriyapaisan’s ultimate vision is to address multiple pain points simultaneously while also generating revenue from several streams.
Beyond biochar sales, she has also identified opportunities in generating revenue from carbon credits and the heat derived from its production process.
The carbon credit component would be managed internally, supported by partners specialising in digital monitoring, reporting and verification (DMRV) and lifecycle assessment (LCA).
At the same time, the biochar production process yields significant excess heat, which the company can capture and reuse.
“We are leveraging the excess heat from the process to produce clean, green heat that can be supplied to industrial boilers. If we leave it unused, it would be a waste,” said Tangsuriyapaisan.
This creates an opportunity to replace conventional fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or direct biomass combustion.
“The technology already exists. It’s about connecting that heat to existing boiler systems,” she said.
A circular solution
Looking ahead, the company plans to deepen its focus on energy applications, including both heat and electricity generation.
According to Tangsuriyapaisan, it has already received interest from potential partners exploring these possibilities.
“They can give us their waste, and we return heat and electricity back to them. It becomes a more circular system for big companies.”
The firm’s target customers are firms with established net-zero commitments, particularly those working to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions and seeking alternative energy sources.
Tangsuriyapaisan said an ideal solution would be to co-locate with industrial facilities, integrating its systems directly into factories that produce biomass waste and consume large amounts of energy.
Boosting biochar
On the agricultural side, Enable Earth sells its biochar primarily to larger farms while sourcing raw biomass from smallholders.
The company sees an opportunity for biochar amid issues of rising input costs and soil degradation concerns.
However, while the science behind biochar is well established, its commercial use in South East Asia remains limited.
“There is a lot of research and studies, but there is no practical use case at scale in South East Asia. Most of it is still in field trials. What we are trying to do is show in the real world that it works,” said Tangsuriyapaisan.
To strengthen its offering, Enabler is working with RegenSoil, a company that enhances the functionality of biochar with microbes and minerals.
By improving the performance of biochar, the companies aim to bridge the gap between experimental results and practical deployment.
