Power & heat
Dispatchable power, sited where demand is.
The same pyrolysis process that makes our biochar throws off serious heat, and that heat makes the electricity. Modular plants sited in biomass-rich regions, running continuously at high annual capacity factors, delivering power and industrial heat close to where it is used.
Energy & data centers
Dispatchable generation for infrastructure that cannot go dark.
Cold Steppe plants provide distributed generation capable of supplying reliable power close to where it is consumed.
Dispatchable, not intermittent
Unlike solar and wind, plants operate continuously and can provide consistent generation through the year, at high annual capacity factors.
Distributed and close to demand
Sited in biomass-rich regions near demand centers, which reduces interconnection delay and enables distributed procurement.
Water resilience alongside power
The same process yields biochar, which helps working ground hold water and eases irrigation draw on a declining alluvial aquifer.
Per-site energy output
What one full site delivers.
Gross generation
- Value
- 12 MW
Internal plant load
- Value
- 2 MW
Net export capacity
- Value
- ~10 MW
Annual electricity production
- Value
- ~87,600 MWh
Operating profile
- Value
- Dispatchable baseload
Illustrative full-site (8-kiln) output. Figures are targets and projections.
How it compares
Dispatchable, and priced off feedstock rather than gas.
Solar
- Dispatchable
- No
- Sited near demand
- Varies
- Fuel price exposure
- None
Wind
- Dispatchable
- No
- Sited near demand
- Varies
- Fuel price exposure
- None
Natural gas
- Dispatchable
- Yes
- Sited near demand
- Varies
- Fuel price exposure
- Gas markets
Cold Steppe
- Dispatchable
- Yes
- Sited near demand
- Yes
- Fuel price exposure
- Regional feedstock
Because feedstock prices are not directly tied to natural-gas markets, power costs are expected to stay relatively stable during extreme weather events.
Tell us what you need to power.
Load profile, siting, and timing - tell us the shape of your demand and we will tell you what a site can deliver.