SEER enters purchasing agreement with Biochar Now

Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources Inc. (SEER), a provider of environmental, renewable fuels and industrial waste stream management services, recently had its wholly-owned operating company, SEM LLC, receive a new purchase order to provide kilns to Biochar Now LLC (BCN). The purchase order totals approximately $600,000 and is part of BCN’s nationwide expansion program.

“Providing kiln bodies and other related equipment to BCN will become a significant part of SEER’s go-forward growth strategy,” says John Combs, CEO of SEER. “We have been working closely with BCN over the last year to develop mutually beneficial domestic and international growth plans, and this first order is an important step in [implementing] our strategy. SEER is collaborating with one of its large shareholders with vast experience in manufacturing that will assist SEER in the fulfillment of this and future kiln orders.”

BCN has been “aggressively pursuing its worldwide expansion program” and we now have five locations established and operational in both the U.S. and Southeast Asia, says James Gaspard, CEO of BCN.

The company also has dozens of new biochar production sites under development throughout North America and other worldwide locations.

“We have been collaborating with SEER to establish some of these sites globally and to develop the most cost-effective kiln manufacturing process to minimize our site capex and increase biochar production efficiency,” Gaspard says. “We recently ordered kilns from SEER for a new biochar production site that is under construction in Missouri. We anticipate this is just the first of many orders as we continue to work through the local permitting processes for multiple new biochar production sites to be finalized in the coming quarters.”

It was recently announced that BCN, in collaboration with AgriCap Group LLC, has created fully insured, high-integrity biochar carbon credits and made them available for purchase. This offering ensures the authenticity and reliability of BCN carbon credits, providing peace of mind to buyers and investors in the global carbon market through the launch of the "Insured Carbon" program.

Further, BCN has received an ISCC Plus certification for utilizing sustainable wood in its patented process to produce high-quality biochar that produces high-integrity carbon credits. These new credits created by BCN undergo rigorous validation and verification audits by accredited and independent, third-party auditors. The BCN high-integrity carbon credits are insured from creation through retirement to ensure the value of the carbon credit.

“This fully insured, one-of-a-kind carbon credit sets BCN apart from every biochar player in the global market and greatly enhances their value and marketability,” Gaspard says.

“With so many new and inexperienced producers jumping into the market, we believe this recent development differentiates BCN biochar and the [accompanying] carbon credits from all others and will increase demand for both BCN’s superior product and the insured credits," Combs adds. "This will ultimately benefit SEER as BCN’s operating partner and manufacturer.

“SEER continues to pursue its plans to open a Texas JV facility with BCN to produce biochar. SEER is also exploring the development of a program to process fiberglass waste and other composites at the Texas facility. We believe there is no scalable, viable option to process and repurpose certain composites such as windmill blades, and being an operating partner at our own facility would accelerate our efforts to economically process feedstocks other than wood. SEER has already obtained an air permit for a Texas biochar facility and intends to accelerate its plan to open such a facility.”