Backgrounder: Canada Invests in Innovative Carbon Capture and Storage Projects in British Columbia

Today, the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced an investment of $5.8 million to support made-in-Canada carbon management technologies. These include:

Project name: Lifetime Demonstration of Svante’s CO₂ Capture Technology for Commercial Deployment
Recipient: Svante
Location: Burnaby, British Columbia
Funding amount: $1,350,000
Description: The new test facility will be used to test Svante’s carbon capture technology under conditions that reflect different industrial operations by exposing their adsorbents (which act as filters) to contaminants (like nitrogen and sulphur oxides) that are common compounds found in various industrial gases. Because these contaminants are the most critical when it comes to shortening the durability (or lifetime) of Svante’s adsorbent filters, the ability to test their performance in the presence of these contaminants is critical for demonstrating the technology’s readiness for broad industrial deployment, including in the oil and gas, cement, pulp and paper and power generation sectors.

Project name: Pilot Demonstration of Carbon Utilization Using Anozymes
Location: Burnaby, British Columbia
Recipient: Anodyne Chemistries Inc.
Funding amount: $2,000,000
Description: This project demonstrates a new way to use carbon dioxide (CO₂) by converting it into formate, a commonly used molecule in many industries. The team will evaluate the cost and environmental impacts of converting CO₂ to formate to ensure it is competitive with traditional formate manufacturing. The goal of this project is to improve Anodyne’s proprietary technology so that it may be used to convert CO₂ emissions into valuable products and simultaneously contribute to decarbonization.

Project name: Development of a Cost-Effective Amine-Free CO₂ Capture Unit Coupled With Energy Generation
Recipient: Agora Energy Technologies Ltd .
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Funding amount: $2,459,610
Description: This project will pilot a transformative CO₂ conversion process that adds on years of research developments of Agora Energy Technologies to advance technologies that enable a carbon economy with CO₂ as an energy vector.. The process uses CO₂-rich flue gas to capture, purify and convert  CO₂ to generate clean electricity, and produce several valuable chemicals, including clean hydrogen. It is a promising CO₂ capture and conversion pathway that could provide many benefits to a clean energy economy.