Outreach and Business Support

Our outreach activities engage and educates farmers, landowners, stakeholders, policy makers, and other professionals. Entrepreneurial and bio-business development opportunities are supported through demonstrations of the engineering processes and commercial applications. Through learning sessions and workshops we engage a diverse set of stakeholders to encourage workforce development, entrepreneurship, identify barriers and address critical needs of building biomass production capacity.

The MASBio Outreach team developed an interactive mapping application that highlights biomass planting locations, biochar producers, biomass generation facilities, and abandoned mineland revitalization projects in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Biomass planting locations also include yield information and links to the original research projects.

Gibboney Mapping Application

CARBON CREDIT CALCULATOR FOR BIOCHAR PROJECTS

The CarbonCalc Biochar Credit Estimator offers a user-friendly tool for biochar producers to estimate carbon credits accurately, leveraging industry-recognized methodologies from Puro.earth and Verra. By standardizing the credit estimation process, this tool enables biochar producers to certify and monetize their carbon sequestration efforts, promoting sustainable biochar practices and easing entry into carbon markets.

Screenshot from carbon calculator application

Download the template to access this valuable resource for advancing biochar's environmental and economic benefits:

Download here

Questions? Shawn.Grushecky@mail.wvu.edu

More Resources

MASBio Project Overview, by Dr. Jingxin Wang, WVU