GHG Credits

CarbonSaver™ is a clean technology which is currently compliant with the criteria for the proposed technology fund under the Canadian Clean Air and climate change act (Bill C-30).

Greenhouse gas (GHG) markets are explosive in size and volumes, reaching US$30B in 2006, a 176% growth over 2005, according to the World Bank. A CarbonSaver™ installed at a ten million cubic feet per day or twelve thousand cubic meter per hour local distribution company will reduce downstream emissions by 23,000 tCO2e (tons of CO2 equivalent) per year. This is equivalent to 24 Megawatts of installed wind energy at 1/40th the capital cost.

Depending on the jurisdiction, these emissions reductions will qualify for carbon credits that AHI plans to aggregate, trade and share with the operators. Revenues from carbon trading will help the operators offset fixed and variable costs, and provide AHI with a recurring source of revenue that grows with every new CarbonSaver™ installed.

AHI also intends to tap into the emerging market for voluntary reduction credits, where consumers are paying directly and indirectly to support the use of clean energy to reduce their carbon footprint.

Carbon Black

CarbonSaver™ generates a solid that is high purity carbon without generating GHG emissions.

Different grades of carbon black meet the needs of specific manufacturing processes. Demand for carbon black has grown steadily in recent years following car and truck production. More recently, there is a growing demand for carbon black in specialty applications such as a conductor of electricity.

Due to the significant GHG emissions from conventional carbon black production, users are seeking a "green" carbon black that can be used in the commercial rubber and plastic applications without compromising product quality. Typically this demand will come from users in at the the higher end of the value-price matrix.

An initial evaluation demonstrates the potential of value-added carbons with a high surface (greater than 200m2/g) with highly branched aggregates and graphic sheets. If confirmed, the possible uses include carbon for composite fillers, structural reinforcement, enhanced conductivity and increased durability. Also the carbon's low polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and high-purity may mean that it meets stringent pharmaceutical and food grade specifications. At current market rates, carbon black trades in the range of $0.30 to $0.60 per pound. Preliminary analysis by Dr. Felipe Chibante ( University of New Brunswick), suggests that AHI carbon could fetch a three to ten time premium over most carbon black produced today.

The market for CarbonSaver™ carbon black is an incremental value added economic benefit of our technology.