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USA, 17 July 2023: Kore Infrastructure and the Tule River Economic Development Corporation (Tule REDC) are partnering to develop a carbon-negative biofuels project in Porterville, California.
The project will use Kore’s proprietary technology to convert dead, dying, and diseased trees from the Sierra Nevada Forest into carbon-negative UltraGreen Hydrogen™ and biocarbon.
The project is supported by a USD 500,000 grant from the California Department of Conservation (CDC). The CDC’s Forest Biomass to Carbon-Negative Biofuels Pilot Program is designed to help reduce wildfire risk and decarbonize transportation in California.
The Kore-Tule REDC project will remove and process 48 tons per day of non-merchantable dead, dying, and diseased trees. This will help to reduce the risk of wildfires, which have become increasingly common in California due to climate change.
The project will also generate two metric tons of fuel cell quality hydrogen (99.999% purity) per day. This hydrogen can be used to decarbonize shipping container handling equipment at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. It can also be used by other local users as demand for fuel cell quality hydrogen expands.
In addition to hydrogen, the project will also produce about 10 tons of biocarbon daily. Biocarbon is an elemental carbon co-product with multiple benefits. It can be used as a soil amendment to increase plant yield while reducing irrigation and fertilizer needs. It can also be used to decarbonize difficult to abate industries such as cement manufacturing.
The Kore-Tule REDC project is a significant step forward in the fight against climate change. It will help to reduce wildfire risk, decarbonize transportation, and create a more sustainable future for California.
Key Takeaways
- Kore Infrastructure and Tule REDC are partnering to develop a carbon-negative biofuels project in Porterville, California.
- The project will use Kore’s proprietary technology to convert dead, dying, and diseased trees into carbon-negative UltraGreen Hydrogen™ and biocarbon.
- The project is supported by a USD 500,000 grant from the California Department of Conservation.
- The project will help to reduce wildfire risk, decarbonize transportation, and create a more sustainable future for California.
