Case Study: Carbon Drawdown Initiative achieves scalable CO₂ soil monitoring with Paessler PRTG

Carbon Drawdown Initiative monitors 40,000 soil data points daily with Paessler AG

The Carbon Drawdown Initiative, a German research organization, needed to automate the collection of sensor data to measure CO₂ absorption across multiple arable fields at scale. Their challenge was to find a precise and continuous monitoring solution to replace manual laboratory methods, which were not viable for their goal of issuing CO₂ removal certificates. They chose PRTG Hosted Monitor from Paessler AG to address this need.

Paessler's solution involved using PRTG Hosted Monitor to collect approximately 40,000 data points daily from hundreds of buried sensors across four European field sites. The platform unified diverse soil and weather readings into a single dashboard and allowed for full historical data export. This provided the scalable, automated monitoring required to validate their research and plan for future expansion across hundreds of fields.

Carbon Drawdown Initiative GmbH