ForesTech provides sustainable solutions that protect and improve the environment through its unique product, ForesTech Biochar™ which is a honeycomb like product with microscopic pores of varying sizes that attract and sequester targeted molecules.
ForesTech Biochar™ is an extraordinary product with numerous applications in high volume commercial markets. ForesTech, LLC aides Forestry Services and private landowners eliminate Mountain Pine Bark Beetle diseased trees, and other biomass. A proprietary process produces industrial grade biochar from these woods for commercial markets; agriculture, soil and water remediation, oil and natural gas drilling and pipelines, mercury emission controls, and renewable energy.
The product consists of numerous, various sized pores that capture and degrade contaminates and pollutants, and reduce water and chemical usage and mercury emissions. It sequesters substantial amounts of carbon reducing CO² emissions creating carbon credits or ‘offsets’. As a result, other potential market opportunities include; countries of the Kyoto Protocol Accord, and domestic industries that cannot meet EPA standards.
The product is currently produced on a small scale. The Company plans to increase capacity to 75,000 tons per year over the next 5 years to enable entry into targeted high volume commercial markets. ForesTech has spent a great deal of time in Asia building relationships and joint ventures which has resulted in product commitments for 20,000 tons.
The Company has commitments for $1 million of the $7 million in equity being raising to accelerate development of the next production site.
ForesTech Biochar™ is a solid carbonaceous product produced by thermally degrading (charring) organic materials via a controlled, slow pyrolysis process. This pyrolysis process involves a combination of time, heat and pressure, and produces a consistent, high grade biochar with numerous and varying pore sizes as result of the processors and high fiber wood used.
ForesTech BioChar has the following commercial applications:
Enhance crop & plant growth and reduce water and fertilizer usage which is significant need in today’s drought environment.
Remediate heavy metal, acid mine tailings, floodwaters, agriculture runoffs that pollute potable water sources.
Remediate contaminated soils and polluted waters.
Clean contaminated waters from oil & gas production.
Reduce mercury emissions in coal-fired power plants.
Provide co-fire and primary bio-energy feedstock to be used with/without coal for the production of electricity