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The technical and economic analysis of generating biochar together with electricity and/or heat from poultry litter (PL) waste is the subject of this study. To carry out this study, the process simulation software ECLIPSE is used. Modelling and simulation have been conducted over the selected system: the pyrolysis/gasification process integrated with an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC). The facility will be capable of processing 1500 kg of PL every hour. The simulation shows that when a reference PL is used the yield of biochar from the process is around 398 kg/h with a 38% carbon content. Electricity generated by the ORC system is 388 kW h_e. Recovered low grade heat for space heating is estimated at 1831 kW h_th. The results of the economic analysis suggest that when paying £20/tonne for handling and storing the feedstock without any options of selling either heat or electricity, the break-even selling price (BESP) of …