Applying Technology to Reduce the Risk of Catastrophic Wildfires: Real Pathways for Turning Forest Waste into Products

Thursday, September 11, 2025 – 1:15 to 2:45 PM EST

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Wildfires continue to escalate in scale and severity, driven in part by the buildup of forest biomass with limited pathways for removal or reuse. Forest thinning efforts are producing massive volumes of low-value material, but without viable markets, this critical work stalls and wildfire risk grows.

This webinar is the second in our series with Arizona State University, exploring solutions to the catastrophic wildfire crisis.
It focuses on technologies, like biochar, renewable natural gas, and e-methanol, that are ready for commercial application but need infrastructure, investment, and policy support to scale.

Watch the 90-second explainer video on ASU’s Biomass to X initiative to see how these solutions could reshape wildfire mitigation and rural economies. https://vimeo.com/1089171228
 (A link to the first webinar recording, Building a Wildfire-Resilient Future is included later in the email.)

Panelists will explore what it takes to scale up biomass processing technologies, including the infrastructure, investment, and operational capacity needed to move them into full commercial deployment.

Panelists include.
Jeffrey Jacobs, Moderator, Former Chevron Tech Ventures Executive
Lalitha Krishnamoorthy – Vice President, AI & Digital, StantecMartin Atkins – CEO, Green Lizards Technology, Biochar and chemical conversion processes 
Lynn Wendt –  Director, Biomass Feedstock National User Facility, Idaho National Laboratory 
Tom Foust –  Director, Catalytic Carbon Transformation and Scale Up Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
More about the panelists shortly.

Watch the first webinar recording in the ASU Wildfire Series below. 

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