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Since the start of the industrial revolution, humans have emitted approximately 2,400 gigatons of CO2. About half remains concentrated in the atmosphere. In order to achieve meaningful reductions in CO2 concentrations, a variety of technologies will be required.
Biomass carbon removal and storage (“BiCRS”) offers a unique path to CO2 removal by leveraging billions of tons of CO₂ being captured via photosynthesis and converting it via pyrolysis into valuable low-CO2 products and carbon credits.
With its integrated pyrolysis and carbon capture model, GCS will offer a unique mix of environmentally friendly, bio-based carbon credits:
One ton of carbon is equal to 3.67 tons of CO2. When used in soil, biochar creates a carbon pool out of biomass that would ordinarily decompose. Durability is measured by the relative hydrogen and carbon content—biochar that is higher in carbon and lower in hydrogen is considered more permanent. GCS biochar has remarkably high and stable carbon content (~95%) and a very low hydrogen carbon ratio of 0.11 and oxygen carbon ratio of 0.025. As a result, GCS biochar has high permanace and can persist in soil for centuries if not thousands of years.
Bio-oil, which retains much of the carbon from the original biomass, can be sequestered. The pyrolysis bio-oil can be injected and stored deep underground in salt caverns and disposal oil and gas wells where it sinks and solidifies, and the carbon becomes permanently sequestered…effectively putting oil back in the ground. Every ton of GCS bio-oil is equivalent to roughly 2 tons of CO2.
Carbon-capture integrated with pyrolysis technology offers a unique, comprehensive, and environmentally friendly solution for removing CO2 and storing it permanently. The integration of technologies to capture and store carbon permanently while at the same time producing bio-carbon products has significant societal benefits, including decarbonizing industry supply chains or being availbale as carbon credits.
Similar to bio-oil, liquified CO2 can be injected deep underground where it is stored permanemtly. GCS has done significant research and testing on integrating carbon capture off pyrolysis flue gas. All CO2 produced from the production of biochar can be captured and liquefied, effectively producing a BECCS credit.