Terrestrial Storage of Biomass Australia

This project provides a verified carbon credit that can be retired on purchase.

In 2023, PURO published a draft methodology for issuing carbon credits from carbon sequestration through the burial of woody biomass, essentially the reverse of fossil fuel extraction. Fasera is well placed to participate in this innovative new methodology, with woody biomass being one of the by-products of their oil mallee harvest. These eucalypt species are already harvested for eucalyptus oil and biochar, with the root naturally "coppicing" and regenerating, facilitating ongoing harvests through an unending cycle.

This woody biomass is perfectly suited to being entombed as a permanent carbon sink and Fasera is at the leading edge of the implementation of this new carbon sequestering process which eliminates the risk of carbon release through fire. The remnant woody biomass is sequestered in chambers on Fasera’s own properties which are in the semi-arid wheatbelt of Western Australia. The chambers are constructed to entomb the biomass in a dry and stable environment so as to preserve the organic carbon for a minimum of 100 years.

Fasera generates CORCs from the production of biochar as well as from the burial of biomass under the Terrestrial Storage of Biomass methodology. Fasera developed a 1500m3 trial chamber in late 2023 with biomass to be buried and the project being audited in Q1 2024. Further chambers, based on evidence from the initial chamber and biomass monitoring, have been constructed.

The PURO Terrestrial Storage of Biomass methodology requires the chambers to be monitored to ensure the permanence of the biomass for the life of the project.

Kulja, in Western Australia.