biochar commercialization: the pathway forward
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Biochar Commercialization: The Pathway Forward
Biochar Markets
Matt Delaney
Delaney Forestry Services
NW Biochar Working Group Meeting
Salem, OR
December 11, 2014
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Agenda
Market OverviewMarket SegmentsKey Stakeholders and Roles
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• International Biochar Initiative: – http://www.biochar-international.org/node/5017
• New Market (800 tons produced 2013)
• ~$1 million per year
• Emerging Sector
State of the Biochar Market
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Organizations Involved
• Applied research
• Demo projects
• Established pathways Source: www.rffi.org
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• Enhance low-value biomass utilization
• Create new markets for non-timber based forest products
• Support job creation in rural communities
• Enhance water quality in priority watersheds
United States Forest Service: Biochar Interest
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Slash-pile burn in Oregon (photo
courtesy of Kathy Storm OFRI)
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• Biochar for enhanced wheat production (USDA ARS, WA)
• NRCS—biochar produced at the farm scale (CA)
• Biochar for re-vegetation of mine spoils (Roseburg, OR)
• Redwood Forest Foundation—semi-mobile biochar production (CA)
Interest of Agencies--NRCS, EPA, USDA ARS
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Market Status
• Biochar education/outreach
• Capital Press (2/6/14)
http://www.capitalpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140206/ARTICLE/140209932
Graph: Jim IppilitoUSDA-ARS-Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research Laboratory ID
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Market Status
• 2014 Message: people know about biochar
• Current challenges: customer needs, price, specs, supply chains
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Agenda
Market OverviewMarket SegmentsKey Stakeholders and Roles
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• Agriculture, horticulture, filtration, remediation
Market Segments
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Images courtesy of John Miedema, Autumn Freer, Tom Miles, Steve Griffith
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• Enhance plant productivity when used as a soil amendment
• Filter pollutants out of water (bioswales, ag runoff, stormwater, wastewater)
How is it being used?
Image courtesy of John Miedema
Image courtesy of Walking Point Farms
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Market Segments in the PNW—Filtration
• $6.3 million for bioswales—Bioswales Portland
• $4.5 million in Portland—Stormwater filtration media
• $4.0 million filtration media—1200z permits
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• Activity highlights
Developing Pathways
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BioLogical Carbon
• Based in Philomath, Oregon
• Biochar media & systems
• Work on stormwater filtration
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Freer Organics
• Based in Idaho• Bokashi and biochar blends• Vermicastings, vineyards,
orchards• Bioswales—Idaho Department
of Transportation
http://freerorganics.com/
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Redwood Forest Foundation Inc.
• Based in Mendocino, CA
• CIG Grant
• In woods processing of forest biomass
http://rffi.org/Biochar.html
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University of Nevada--Reno
• Dusty Moller
Wood Utilization Manager
Business Environmental Program
Small Business Development Center
University of Nevada--Reno
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Agenda
Market OverviewMarket SegmentsKey Stakeholders and Roles
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Process: Market Development
Research Demo Regulatory FinancialCommercial Production
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Research Demo Regulatory FinancialCommercial Production
Key Stakeholders and Roles
UniversityARS
EntrepreneurGrant—State, Federal, Foundation
Permits: Water, Air, Product Labels
EntrepreneurBusiness Partner(s)Agreements
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Agency Permitting and Certification
• OR Department of Agriculture—product labelling, growth claims, labelling, etc.
• Air Permit? Water Permit?
• OMRI, IBI, EU
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End Product Users
• Who are the major existing customers for each sector?
• What are customers concerned about? – Fertilizer and input costs?
– Fines for exceeding benchmarks, capital cost upgrades, cost of materials, avoided costs?
Customers
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Customer Needs: Stormwater Sector
• 2012 OSU stormwater 1200z permit holder survey – Dr. David Smith– Anne Simmonds, Camille Moyers (OSU
undergraduates)
• Are current 1200z permitted industries willing to switch to biochar?– All said yes, at the “right” cost, and
performance
• What is the “right” cost?– Some demonstrate the willingness to
switch for 25% increase in cost, for better performance.
– “I’ll pay whatever—so long as it works”
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Biochar Producers & Suppliers
• Specifications and particle size: how does it vary by customer type?
– Agriculture/Horticulture: pH, fertilizer costs, fine size fractions
– Filtration: pore size, ability to capture pollutants, larger size fractions
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Other Products on the Market
• Filtration: how does biochar compare to other products on the market?– Phoslock—to remove phosphorus http://www.sepro.com/phoslock/
– Sedimite—to remove contaminants, creosote from mill ponds http://sedimite.com/results/
– Granulated Activated Carbon
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Challenges for Agriculture/Horticulture
• Existing soil amendment costs
• “That biochar stuff is expensive”
• Water holding capacity—is there value?– Earlier germination
– Lower irrigation costs?
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Home Garden/Landowner Use
• Low cost production options
• Scale
• Backyard Biochar.net– http://backyardbiochar.net/
Images courtesy of Kelpie Wilson and Tom Miles
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Good Resources for Information
• NW Biochar Working Group: http://nwbiochar.org/
• Online groups: – LinkedIn: Biochar Offsets
– Yahoo
• International Biochar Initiative http://www.biochar-international.org/
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Conclusions
• Markets
• Activities--research, product development
• Market Development Process & Barriers
• Stakeholder Roles
• End Users“An Elegant Matrix…”
Photo: OSU Extension
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Questions?
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Matt Delaney
Delaney Forestry Services
(541) 990-4306
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1:00 pm—Questions for Breakout Session
1. What are the key market barriers for development of a NW biochar industry?
2. What are the resources needed to achieve these goals?
– Grants, financing, business planning, demo projects, other?
3. What are the opportunities to advance the collective impact of the NW Biochar Working Group?
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3:00 pm—Possible Categories: Priorities and opportunities for
collective action
1. Standardization, product grades, certification
2. Customers, sales, marketing
3. Demo projects, research
4. Other?