The company
To find what is left behind and turn it into something that moves us forward.
We build plants that turn what the land already produces into power, heat, and biochar that helps ground hold its water. The first is running in Stuttgart, Arkansas, and the model is built to be repeated.
Our values
Five values behind every decision we make.
They guide how we treat each other and how we approach the work - and they speak to every Cold Steppe stakeholder: our team, our partners, our communities, and our investors.
Steward What Matters
Taking care of the land, the people, and the communities connected to our work. We measure success by what we leave behind for the people and places that come after us.
Speak Up, Stand Together
The best decisions come from honest, direct conversation. Disagreement is welcome and expected - but once a decision is made, everyone moves forward together.
Safe Space, No Exceptions
People show up fully here - physically safe, psychologically safe, and treated with dignity whatever their role. Safety isn't a program; it's a daily practice.
Stack the Impact
With a little foresight, most efforts can accomplish more than one objective without sacrificing time or quality. Innovation at Cold Steppe often lives in the second thing.
Set the Standard
A high bar for the quality of our work, the fairness of our dealings, and the follow-through on our commitments. Excellence is a standard we own every day.
In short
Cold Steppe is an energy and water infrastructure company, headquartered in Stuttgart, Arkansas - the heart of rice country - and built to put sites wherever the biomass and the demand are. Its mission is to find what is left behind and turn it into something that moves us forward: regional crop and wood residue converted into power, heat, and biochar.
- Mission: find what is left behind and turn it into something that moves us forward
- Site 01 is proving the model in Stuttgart, Arkansas; the blueprint is built to be repeated
- Values: steward what matters, speak up stand together, safe space no exceptions, stack the impact, set the standard
- Founded: by two retired U.S. Navy submariners, headquartered in Stuttgart, Arkansas
Four pillars
Why the asset is resilient.
Diversified revenue
Dispatchable power, industrial heat, and biochar products from one process.
Derisked offtake & debt
State contracts of last resort and tax-free bonds underpin the model.
Margin growth with scale
The 4 to 8 kiln model compounds returns as a site fills out.
Capital-efficient buildout
Owner equity plus NMTC/ITC, CPACE and senior debt; TopCo EPCM.
2030 targets.
60MW
Net exportable power (72 MW gross)(target)
240MW
Thermal(target)
774,144t
Biochar / yr(target)
Leadership
Co-founders.
Cold Steppe was founded by two retired U.S. Navy submariners, and it is built the way they were trained - disciplined execution in high-consequence environments. A service-disabled veteran-owned small business certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration, headquartered in Stuttgart, Arkansas, where working lands and working hands are national infrastructure.
Join the team - or just say hello.
We're hiring across operations, engineering, commercial, and field roles. Or reach out about products, supply, offtake, or investment.