Biochar Products is in the early stages of developing a biochar 10 Dry Ton Per Day biochar plant to be located on the old Ellingson Lumber mill site near Halfway, Oregon. The plant will be portable so it can be moved into the forest during months where fuels reduction projects are occurring. Chipped waste wood can be utilized on site and the bio-oil and charcoal hauled out of the forest as a completed product.

Bochar Demonstration Plant Projected Benefits

• Replaces traditional "slash and burn" method of forest management
• Utilize 3500 Tons of Forest Fuels/Yr
• Produce 300,000 to 400,000 gallons of Bio-oil/yr
• Produce 700 Tons of charcoal/yr
• Provide 12-14 full time and 8 to 10 seasonal family wage jobs in Halfway, OR

Objectives for the Demonstration Plant

• Demonstrate an industry that can have a significant impact on reducing greenhouse gases
• Demonstrate an industry that utilizes waste forest fuels
• Demonstrate an industry that produces carbon negative heating oil
• Demonstrate the benefits of char amendment to soils to improve local farmland
• Demonstrate scalable industry for economic development in rural communities
• Demonstrate that the biochar industry can provide living wage jobs
• Demonstrate a model that can be replicated nationwide

For more information, contact Eric Twombly, BioChar Products founder.