Canadian carbon removal project developer Deep Sky has selected a site in Innisfail, Alta., to build the world’s first carbon removal innovation and commercialization centre.
The facility will be operational this winter and can capture 2,721 tonnes (3,000 tons) of CO2 per year. It will also include room for future expansion.
The centre is located inside a municipality-owned industrial park, which is adjacent to other proposed green projects, including a solar farm and waste-to-energy plant.
Deep Sky Labs’ mission is to accelerate the path to low-cost, low-energy intensity, and highly scalable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) to produce high-integrity carbon credits.
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Now we just need 3.4 million more to be constructed to meet the State of CDR recommended amount of CO2 to be removed per year.
I am highly sceptical of the efficacy of any direct carbon capture project. This one included. Most of them are more about harvesting taxpayer supported subsidies than actually capturing CO2. As far as i can tell, so far there is no taxpayer ‘investment’. Appears to be mostly pension funds to the tune of about $75 million. Maybe something useful will come out of this, what is in essence a research project.
We tell kids the ‘every little bit helps’. Emphasis on ‘little’ …. to make them feel good about themselves … and maybe try harder next time. The adults in the room know better though. They can do the simple math that shows when something is actually worth trying … or moving on to a better option. Where did the kids get the capital to spend on a game like this?! Where are the adults?!!!
It would make more sense for Alberta to heavily promote Regenerative Agriculture with the vast quantity of cows they have already. It’s already proven to sequester carbon and improve the health of the soil and the cows. Problem is that it doesn’t fit the narrative that cows are bad for the environment.
where do you plug in the cows?