Companies Start Engineering for Canadian Facility to Produce Fuel from Air

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October 19, 2021

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by Ariana Fine (NGT News) Huron Clean Energy, The Upper Nicola Band, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures and Carbon Engineering (CE) have begun preliminary engineering and design on a large-scale commercial facility in British Columbia that will produce transportation fuel out of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

The proposed facility is being designed to utilize CE’s Direct Air Capture and AIR TO FUELS technologies to capture carbon dioxide out of the air and deliver up to 100 million liters of ultra-low carbon fuel each year.

Powered by B.C.’s clean hydroelectricity, the plant will combine atmospheric carbon dioxide with hydrogen to produce renewable fuel, such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. These fuels create up to 90% fewer emissions than conventional hydrocarbons and work in existing airplanes, ships, trucks and cars without the need to modify the vehicles.

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As an initial investor in the demonstration plant in Squamish, the federal government is keen to determine the best path to deploy the technology in Canada. The proposed project is expected to create thousands of local jobs during construction and hundreds of high-quality jobs for the ongoing operation of the facility.

With a target production capability of up to 100 million liters of fuel each year, the project is expected to make a significant contribution to the B.C. Government’s CleanBC target of 650 million liters of renewable and low-carbon fuel production by 2030. The project is also expected to create demand for up to 25,000 tons of green hydrogen annually, representing Canada’s largest green hydrogen project announced to date – a clear demonstration of B.C.’s Hydrogen Strategy in action. READ MORE

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