Green jobs promised for plant that turns CO2 and hydrogen into green fuel
By Nelson Bennett | October 14, 2021,
New plant will use Carbon Engineering's direct air capture. | Submitted
A licensing partner of Carbon Engineering will build Canada’s first direct-air carbon capture and green hydrogen plant for the production ofcarbon-neutral fuel in Merritt.
The plant will be the green equivalent of an oil refinery, except the marine, aviation and diesel fuel it will make will be from green hydrogen and CO2 captured from the atmosphere. It will be the first of its kind in Canada, and promises to be a big job creator.
Huron Clean Energy, a partnership that includes Oxy Low Carbon Ventures and Carbon Engineering, will finance the project, with a bit of help from the B.C. government, which is kicking in $2 million from its Clean Energy Fund.
The project is expected to create 620 direct jobs for the project’s design and development, 4,780 jobs during construction, and 340 ongoing jobs for the plant’s operation, accordingf to a B.C. government news release.
Huron Clean Energy’s Merritt Electro Fuels plant in Merritt will use Carbon Engineering’s direct air capture technology to capture CO2 from the air, and use hydrogen produced from water and BC Hydro electricity to make a drop-in fuel that can displace diesel, marine fuel and aviation fuels.
Producing 103 million litres of green fuel will require a massive amount of electricity -- 315 megawatts – to run the direct air capture plant and produce 35,200 tonnes green hydrogen from water using electrolysis.
“The Merritt Electro Fuels Project advances made-in-B.C. technology to capture carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere and convert it into clean fuels,," Bruce Ralston, Minister of Energy, Mines and Low-Carbon Innovation, said in a press release.
“This innovative, world-leading project will support our economy͛’s shift away from fossil fuels while creating new jobs and opportunities for British Columbians.”
Huron Clean Energy will finance, design, build and operate the plant. Huron Clean Energy is a partnership that includes the venture capital arm of Occidental Petroleum (Oxy Low Carbon Ventures), Carbon Engineering, the Macquarie Group, the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation and Upper Nicola Band.
"When we launched our Clean BC plan in 2018, we committed to making our fuel cleaner, by increasing the low carbon fuel standard from 10% to 20% by 2030 and increasing the supply of ... low carbon transportation fuels," Ralston said at a press conference this morning."
Ralston said the plant could be commissioned and in production as early as 2025.
More to come
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B.C. government announces new plant in Merritt to remove carbon dioxide from the air
The plant, which will be run by Huron Clean Energy, will capture carbon from the air and use it to create synthetic low carbon fuels.
Author of the article: Tiffany Crawford
Publishing date: Oct 14, 2021
The plant, which will be run by Huron Clean Energy, will capture carbon from the air and use it to create synthetic low carbon fuels.
Author of the article: Tiffany Crawford
Publishing date: Oct 14, 2021
Bruce Ralston, the province’s minister of energy, mines and low carbon innovation
PHOTO BY DON CRAIG /Government of B.C.
The B.C. government has announced it will provide $2 million to help design a new plant in Merritt that will remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to make low carbon synthetic fuel.
Energy Minister Bruce Ralston and Chief Harvey McLeod of the Upper Nicola First Nations made the announcement Wednesday at a news conference in Squamish.
Ralston said the plant, which is to be operated by Squamish-based Huron Clean Energy, will be a world leader in carbon capture to create low carbon hydrogen synthetic fuels, which can be used for the marine, aviation and other transportation industries. The plant will be powered by hydroelectricity.
He said once built, the Huron Clean Energy’s Merritt Electro Fuels Project will create more than 100 million litres of synthetic fuel a year and capture more than 250,000 tonnes of carbon annually. It will also create 4,000 construction jobs and 340 long-term jobs operating the plant.
“This innovative, world-leading project will support our economy’s shift away from fossil fuels while creating new jobs and opportunities for British Columbians,” said Ralston.
Huron has an equity partnership and land-lease arrangement with the Upper Nicola Band, which will receive a part of the equity interest in the project as consideration for the land lease and other services, according to the B.C. government.
The funding is part of the B.C. government’s $50 million plan to attract industries to B.C. so they can reduce their carbon footprint by using hydroelectricity.
The new plant is expected to be operation in 2025.
Last month, B.C. Hydro and the provincial government announced a new five-year plan for the Crown corporation that provides incentives for people to switch from fossil fuels to electricity to power their homes, businesses and vehicles.
Under the plan, B.C. Hydro will spend nearly $190 million to promote fuel-switching in homes, buildings, vehicles and industry.
More than $50 million will be spent to attract industries to B.C. to run their businesses and reduce their carbon footprint by using hydroelectricity, which Ralston called “an ambitious plan.”
ticrawford@postmedia.com
The B.C. government has announced it will provide $2 million to help design a new plant in Merritt that will remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to make low carbon synthetic fuel.
Energy Minister Bruce Ralston and Chief Harvey McLeod of the Upper Nicola First Nations made the announcement Wednesday at a news conference in Squamish.
Ralston said the plant, which is to be operated by Squamish-based Huron Clean Energy, will be a world leader in carbon capture to create low carbon hydrogen synthetic fuels, which can be used for the marine, aviation and other transportation industries. The plant will be powered by hydroelectricity.
He said once built, the Huron Clean Energy’s Merritt Electro Fuels Project will create more than 100 million litres of synthetic fuel a year and capture more than 250,000 tonnes of carbon annually. It will also create 4,000 construction jobs and 340 long-term jobs operating the plant.
“This innovative, world-leading project will support our economy’s shift away from fossil fuels while creating new jobs and opportunities for British Columbians,” said Ralston.
Huron has an equity partnership and land-lease arrangement with the Upper Nicola Band, which will receive a part of the equity interest in the project as consideration for the land lease and other services, according to the B.C. government.
The funding is part of the B.C. government’s $50 million plan to attract industries to B.C. so they can reduce their carbon footprint by using hydroelectricity.
The new plant is expected to be operation in 2025.
Last month, B.C. Hydro and the provincial government announced a new five-year plan for the Crown corporation that provides incentives for people to switch from fossil fuels to electricity to power their homes, businesses and vehicles.
Under the plan, B.C. Hydro will spend nearly $190 million to promote fuel-switching in homes, buildings, vehicles and industry.
More than $50 million will be spent to attract industries to B.C. to run their businesses and reduce their carbon footprint by using hydroelectricity, which Ralston called “an ambitious plan.”
ticrawford@postmedia.com
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