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One common misconception that I also used to hold , is that the biomass resource is small , and that there isn ’ t enough biomass to produce our energy requirement
atmospheric CO 2 into wood . Our facility is able to turn that wood into biochar , renewable fuel , and some CO 2 that can be used or sequestered underground . The other thing about the project is that it ’ s pretty large , so the impact can be big , in addition to producing a carbon-negative fuel .”
The business is planning more projects similar to SJR in other locations both in the US , and internationally . “ We ’ re bullish on hydrogen and methanol as well . Once you have a clean syngas , it ’ s very flexible as to what you decide to make . In addition to our core gasification technology , we ’ ve also commercialized a biomass pyrolysis technology . That tech can convert biomass into bio-oil and biochar . It ’ s more suitable to smaller-scale projects .”
Natural gas is an ideal biofuel as it can go into a pipeline system , which is similar to a power grid in many ways . “ Once it ’ s in the pipeline , it can be bought by anyone connected to that pipeline . That means almost anyone can use our biofuel . The pipeline system for natural gas has longestablished interchangeability standards , which means trading and usage is standardized . This opens up the market and our customers could be anyone from buildings and homeowners , to CNG fueling stations , or even other biofuel plants .”
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