Robinson Carbon, the carbon products division of Robinson Lumber Company, is investing $16.3 million in a new biochar production facility, set to be developed in the city of Alexandria in Louisiana.
The company has shared that the construction work of this project is expected to begin this month, with production scheduled to launch in the second quarter of 2027.
As shared in the project announcement, the biochar facility will be constructed at England Park in Alexandria, where it will use wood residues to create the biochar product.
According to its developer, this facility will have the capacity to process approximately 100,000 metric tons of wood residuals on an annual basis, producing 16,500 metric tons of biochar.
This project marks another positive signal for carbon removals in Louisiana this month. Days ago, Newlab, Shell GameChanger, and Louisiana Innovation launched a statewide open call that aims to back direct air capture, enhanced rock weathering, marine CO2 removal, biomass-based approaches, and innovations in sensing, measurement, reporting, and verification.
With this biochar investment, Robinson Carbon expects to create a new market for wood residuals generated by Louisiana sawmills.
In that regard, the company is partnering with nearby mills to source the raw feedstock material. The planned Alexandria facility will operate two rotary drum pyrolysis reactors to turn Southern yellow pine residuals into biochar.
Through these operations, Robinson Carbon expects to generate approximately 40,000 carbon dioxide removal certificates each year once it receives certification under the Puro Standard.
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