With U.S. President Donald Trump back in the White House, subsidies for ventures aimed at lowering emissions, championed by former president Joe Biden, are in question
Can the world’s first major plant to capture carbon directly from the sky survive the shifting politics of climate change?Kathleen Cruz Gaw is searching for the perfect recipe. She and eight technicians she oversees spend their days in the lab at Carbon Engineering’s research and development centre in Squamish, B.C., analyzing and tweaking formulas for chemical compounds used in the company’s process for extracting carbon dioxide from the sky.
In the next 12 months, Stratos will ramp up to full capacity of 500,000 tonnes a year, powered by renewable energy. CE declined to comment on possible outcomes of the review and potential impact on the project. “We continue to follow recent developments in the U.S. but remain focused on advancing commercial scale DAC pathways through the ongoing technology development work in Squamish,” said Kel Coulson, CE’s director of policy.
Now, the operation is expanding. CE has purchased two hectares nearby in the coastal B.C. town to build more facilities. That is evidence of Oxy’s commitment to the site, said Rick Ritter, CE’s general manger. Until recently, one of the big benefits of CE’s technology was its ability to make use of off-the-shelf equipment from a number of different industries, including water treatment, pulp and paper, andOxy’s global scale and the advancement of the construction in Texas have shifted that model, said Toby Stedham, CE’s vice-president of operations.
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