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Green Grid Solutions

North Carolina

Reliable clean power, grown from the Carolinas' working forests.

Green Grid Solutions is developing an on-site biomass power plant in the Carolinas, turning low-grade wood and forest residuals into firm, around-the-clock electricity while strengthening local forestry and the host county's tax base.

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100 to 250 MW
Power generated on site, no large new load on the region's grid
Moisture recovery
The biomass facility generates its own cooling and process water from the feedstock drying process
$260M+private investment
Institutional capital deployed locally
How it works

From the working forest to firm, clean power.

Green Grid puts the working forest back to work, converting woody biomass into dependable electricity for large local energy users.

1

Working forests

  • Pine
  • Hardwood
  • Residuals
  • No single-species dependency
2

Biomass conversion

  • High-efficiency conversion
  • Sustainably sourced fiber
  • Dispatchable electricity
3

100% self-sufficient power

  • Around-the-clock baseload, generated on site and delivered directly to large industrial users
  • No large new load on the regional grid, so it does not drive the capacity buildout that reaches residential rates
4

Local benefit

  • Local jobs in construction and operations
  • New revenue for loggers
  • A stronger county tax base
  • Healthier, better-managed working forests

What we can power

Firm power for industry that cannot stop.

The primary market is industrial parks and adjacent industrial load: users on or beside the site, taking power by private wire. The plant is engineered as firm, dispatchable generation for operations that cannot tolerate an interruption.

Power is the first screen these users apply, and most rural sites cannot answer it. This one answers it with no grid queue: generation is built on site, alongside the user, so a new operation is not waiting on new grid capacity to be studied and built. For a host county, that turns the power question into a settled answer before a prospect ever visits.

Energy-intensive users we can serve

The kinds of operations the plant is built to supply.

Advanced manufacturing
Semiconductor fabricationRobotics developmentBattery productionEV and advanced automotive
Advanced materials
Low-carbon steelAluminum smeltingIndustrial gasesEnergy-intensive metals and chemicals
Clean fuels and decarbonization
Green hydrogenSustainable aviation fuelE-fuelsDirect air capture
Strategic and critical supply chain
Rare earth and mineral refiningDefense and aerospacePharmaceutical and biomanufacturing

Illustrative only. Project Green Grid has no off-take agreement or commitment in place with any end user. The categories above show the kinds of energy-intensive operations the plant is built to serve.

Built for the host community

A good neighbor and a boost for the local economy.

Green Grid is designed to strengthen the community it sits in, from the forestry crews who supply it to the county that hosts it.

  • Local jobs through construction and long-term operations
  • A new, stable contributor to the county tax base
  • A dependable market for the region's loggers and mills
  • Support for healthier, actively managed working forests

Have questions about the project?

We want to be a good neighbor and a transparent one. Reach out and we'll get back to you.

Industrial energy the way the Carolinas deserve.