What is Biochar?
Charcoal has been used by humans for centuries to heat homes and power industry. We use charcoal to durably sequester carbon and lock it away for centuries.
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Biochar is created by heating biomass in the absence of oxygen. Instead of burning, the material carbonizes and becomes resistant to decomposition. This valuable material can then be used to improve the health of the soil, while maintaining the removal of carbon.
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As a scalable, nature based solution to climate change, biochar can play an important role in helping to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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About Me
My name is Ben, I’m an analytical chemist by day and climate entrepreneur by night. I’ve been passionate about helping fight climate change for more than a decade. I reached the point financially where I could use my extra time and resources to help make a difference. Carb Seq was founded to help in the fight against climate change. I was tired of seeing companies promise net zero by 2035 or 2040 but doing relatively little to help the earth today. Miscanthus biochar offers a scalable, extremely low-cost way to remove carbon from the atmosphere. It may not be the most technologically advanced solution, but ultimately it comes down to putting as many tons of carbon back into the ground as possible.
If you are like me and are tired of the inaction on climate change, I would love your help. You could tell your friends and help spread the word about Carb Seq. If you have the means to donate, pre ordering carbon removal would be even better. Your help, whether it is spreading the word or pre-ordering carbon removal, will help to scale up faster and do more to help the climate. No one person or technology is going to solve this problem alone, but if we work together, we can make a difference.
Our Process
The grass grows with little fertilizer or pesticide required
The volume of biomass is reduced to lower the energy required for carbonization
Grow
Densify
Plant
Plant fast growing hybrid grass Miscanthus x Giganteus
Harvest
Grass is harvested annually using commercially available farm equipment
Char
Densified biomass is turned into biochar for long duration carbon storage
Development Timeline
Spring 2024
Plant pilot scale test
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Winter 2024
Optimize carbonization and determine net negativity
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Spring 2026
Plant first production scale acreage
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Fall 2024
Complete pilot scale densification and carbonization system
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Winter 2025
Deliver first pilot scale carbon capture
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Winter 2028
Deliver first production scale carbon credits
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