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Feedstock
Regional wood-waste sourced from North Carolina forestry and land-clearing operations. Traceable origin, documented moisture, chain-of-custody logged from truck to carbonizer.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Durable carbon removal,
rooted in North
Carolina soil.
Tarheel Carbon Co. converts regional wood waste into biochar—locking carbon into North Carolina farmland and developing high-integrity carbon removals under the Climate Action Reserve’s U.S. and Canada Biochar Protocol.
The Thesis
The CDR market is
demand-constrained
on durable supply.
Corporate buyers are committing billions to removals that actually store carbon for centuries — not offsets that expire with a wildfire. Biochar sits at the intersection of durability, verifiability, and unit economics: delivered today, measured at the molecule, and priced below DAC by an order of magnitude.
The Climate Action Reserve’s U.S. and Canada Biochar Protocol establishes rigorous requirements for project eligibility, feedstock traceability, quantification, monitoring, reporting, and independent verification. Operators who meet those requirements can generate Climate Reserve Tonnes; operators who cannot, do not.
- 1,000+ yrPermanence
Biochar carbon bound in stable aromatic structures, resistant to microbial decay on geologic timescales.
- Climate Action ReserveVerified
Developed under the U.S. and Canada Biochar Protocol, with rigorous requirements for quantification, monitoring, reporting, and independent verification.
- NC-sourcedFeedstock
Regional wood-waste streams keep the supply chain tight, the LCA clean, and the economics defensible.
Our Process
Four steps from waste wood
to a verified carbon removal.
Tigercat 6040 Carbonizer02
Conversion
Pyrolysis in a Tigercat 6040 Carbonizer. Temperature and residence time tuned to lock fixed carbon into stable aromatic structures — the form that survives for millennia.
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Placement
Biochar is applied as a soil amendment on North Carolina farmland. Carbon is buried in the root zone where it improves water retention, nutrient cycling, and stays put.
Continuous dMRV telemetry04
Verification & Issuance
Mangrove digital MRV supports production and placement records. An independent, Reserve-approved verification body reviews the project, and eligible verified removals may be issued as Climate Reserve Tonnes (CRTs) by the Climate Action Reserve.
The Technology
Data integrity is the moat.
Buyers aren't paying for biochar — they're paying for defensible tonnes. Our dMRV stack closes the distance between a running carbonizer and a retired CRT, so every credit we ship is instrument-grade and audit-ready from day one.
Tigercat RemoteLog · AEMP 2.0
Machine-level telemetry streams temperature, throughput, and runtime directly off the carbonizer. No self-reported spreadsheets. No ambiguity on batch provenance.
Mangrove Continuous LCA
Every tonne of feedstock and every tonne of biochar flows through Mangrove’s digital MRV pipeline. A continuous, auditable lifecycle assessment — not an annual PDF.
Climate Action Reserve Registry
Verified project data supports issuance through the Climate Action Reserve. Each CRT is uniquely serialized and can be transferred or retired through the Reserve's public registry.
Carbon Credits
Defensible tonnes,
delivered.
Climate Reserve Tonnes from Tarheel Carbon will be grounded in project economics and supported by continuous MRV. Buyers receive durable, traceable carbon removals with transparent registry tracking—not a promise without evidence.
Climate Action Reserve · U.S. and Canada Biochar Protocol v1.0
What you're buying.
- What is a CRT?
- A Climate Reserve Tonne (CRT) is a carbon credit issued by the Climate Action Reserve. Each CRT represents one metric tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent reduced or removed, is uniquely serialized, and can be tracked and retired through the Reserve registry.
- Why the CAR Biochar Protocol?
- The U.S. and Canada Biochar Protocol sets requirements for project eligibility, carbon-removal quantification, monitoring, reporting, and independent verification. It is designed to support complete, consistent, transparent, accurate, and conservative accounting of biochar carbon removals.
- Offtake pathway
- Forward contracts via Carbonfuture, or direct offtake with qualified corporate buyers. Pricing reflects durability, vintage, and volume commitment.
Partners & Counterparties
The stack we trust.
Representative counterparties across registry, MRV, equipment, and offtake. Engagements noted as active or in-progress.
- In progressCARUS & Canada Registry
- In progressMangroveDigital MRV
- ActiveTigercatCarbonizer OEM
- In progressCarbonfutureOfftake Platform
Who we are
Operators first.
Data discipline always.
Biochar isn't a software business, but the carbon removals it produces live or die on data quality. We built Tarheel Carbon around operators who can run the equipment and instrument the process—because both are non-negotiable.
Jeff White
Operations · Compliance · Offtake
Leads Tarheel Carbon’s commercial, regulatory, and registry workstreams. Owns buyer relationships, Climate Action Reserve project development, and LCA integrity end-to-end.
Jake Palillo
Field Operations · MRV Data Capture
Runs carbonizer operations and owns the data layer feeding dMRV — from feedstock intake through biochar placement. If it moves, it gets logged.
FAQ
Questions,
answered.
Biochar is a solid, carbon-rich material produced by pyrolysis — heating biomass in a low-oxygen environment. The process converts labile plant carbon into stable aromatic structures that resist decomposition for centuries to millennia.
Contact
Work with
Tarheel Carbon.
Whether you're sourcing durable CDR, placing feedstock, or exploring a landowner partnership — tell us what you're building and we'll route it to the right person.
Location
Charlotte, North Carolina