North America’s Biggest Biochar Plant Takes Shape in Canada
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A group of Canadian and French companies will build a C$80 million ($60 million) plant in Quebec to turn forestry waste into biochar, a black substance which can store carbon for hundreds of years and improve soil quality at the same time.
The facility in Port-Cartier — about 850 kilometers (528 miles) northeast of Montreal — will be completed next year with an initial annual capacity of 10,000 tons per year, which will be tripled by 2026, making it North America’s largest biochar plant. The plan was announced in a joint statement by Canadian cleantech startup Airex Energy Inc, lumber producer Groupe Remabec and French waste-treatment group Suez SA on Wednesday.