Description

Wakefield BioChar works with forest products mills in Brunswick, Fitzgerald and Valdosta, Georgia, managing the biochar chain from collection and quality control through to application in soils. In 2026, its own pyrolysis unit came online at the Wakefield Innovation Center in Valdosta (WB5). Wakefield has delivered 100% of committed volumes with over 60,000 tonnes of CO₂ removal since its first issuance in 2022. 

Feedstock

Each facility utilizes regionally available, certified woody biomass:

• WB2, Brunswick: Bark and wood residues from an adjacent cellulose mill.
• WB3, Fitzgerald: Sawdust from a local pine sawmill. 
• WB4, Valdosta:  Bark and reject wood chips from an onsite linerboard mill, plus supplementary wood residuals from regional saw and paper mills. 
• WB5, Valdosta:  Storm-damaged wood and residues from regional paper and sawmills. 
  
  

Application

• Soil amendment on farms and pastureland, to improve fertility, water retention and microbial health.
• Compost blending and soil health products

Co-benefits

• Wakefield’s operations support more than 80 jobs in and around Valdosta.
• Carbon revenue allows Wakefield to offer biochar to local growers at a subsidised price, at a time when many US farms are under growing financial pressure.
• Storm-damaged wood that would otherwise be burned or left to decompose becomes a durable product.

Additionality

• Environmental additionality: In the absence of these projects, most feedstock would be landfilled, combusted or used in industrial applications where its carbon is re-released.
• Financial additionality: Carbon revenues are essential across all sites, covering spreading, hauling, processing and compliance costs. Soil application is less lucrative than industrial alternatives.