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Scotts Valley Energy Corporation – Red Hills

By SVEC - Scotts Valley Energy Corporation

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The facility has successfully completed the preliminary assessment conducted by the Puro team, meeting the minimum criteria for listing as a future supplier on Puro.earth.

The facility has passed the third-party facility audit, verifying compliance with the methodology, as well as output audit, verifying the net volume of removed carbon. The facility has been issued CORCs and continues its removal operations, as well as monitoring and reporting to Puro.earth.

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The feasibility study is ongoing. The Supplier is still collecting data to prove the concept.

The front-end engineering and design are ready and methodology compliant. There is a clear plan to monitor and measure. The LCA is up to the needed quality level or subject to small improvements. The technology has been used before. There are commercial agreements with the relevant business partners of the facility.

The facility is fully funded and is being implemented. Relevant infrastructure is being built.

The facility is operating as a carbon removal facility.

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More about Scotts Valley Energy Corporation – Red Hills

Scotts Valley Energy Corporation (SVEC) is developing 7 bioenergy and biochar production facilities in Lake County, California.

The Red Hills project is a 200kW AC biomass conversion facility that will convert non-commercial grade wood waste to electricity, biochar, and carbon credits (CORC’s). The project is being developed by Scotts Valley Energy Corporation and it is an economic development and social justice initiative of the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians.

The project is expected to be operational in early September of 2025 generating 1,500 Megawatt Hours of electricity, 370+ metric tons of biochar and 1,000+ metric tons of carbon removals.

The project uses pyrolysis to create synthesis gas in an oxygen deprived environment to establish its compliance with net-zero operations. All SVEC systems include wireless management interfaces so they can be remotely configured, operated, and monitored continuously. Ongoing reporting and compliance adherence will be provided by their partner, Offstream.

The project is being capitalized through a combination of developer equity from SVEC, Investment Tax Credits under section 48 and debt facilities provided by Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI).

Biochar is being sold as a soil amendment to farmers and ranchers in California. CORCS’s are available on a discounted basis to creditworthy institutional buyers on a long-term pre-sale basis.

The SVEC Red Hills project has socioeconomic and environmental benefits across the board.

Economic development for the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians: The bioenergy project is part of the tribe's economic development strategy to achieve self-sufficiency and independence. It aims provides employment opportunities for tribal members that are unmatched.

Energy resilience and independence: the distributed network of small bioenergy plants can provide reliable on-demand power complementing intermittent renewables like wind and solar.It aligns with the desire of Lake County communities to become less dependent on PG&E as the sole major energy provider.

Social impact: This project re-establishes the tribe and tribal sovereignty after past disruptions and dislocations.

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