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Today we're announcing that Deep Sky has chosen Innisfail, Alberta as the location of the world's first direct air capture pilot innovation centre, Deep Sky Labs! Translating to "Island of Destiny" in Irish, Innisfail is an emerging clean technology hub, strategically located an hour north of Calgary along the busiest economic corridor in the province. From idea to construction in less than year, Deep Sky Labs will host pilots from the world's best DAC companies, starting with Mission Zero Technologies, Airhive, Skytree, Skyrenu technologies, NEG8 Carbon (formerly Trinity Green Energies), Phlair, Greenlyte Carbon Technologies, and Avnos, Inc. with the first arriving this fall. Powered entirely by 100% solar renewable electricity, Labs will have the capacity to capture 30,000 tonnes of CO2 from the air over 10 years, where it will be safely and permanently injected underground. Construction begins this month and we're thrilled that Deep Sky Labs has finally found its home. We're also announcing two CO2 storage projects in Quebec - deep saline aquifer storage in Bécancour and in-situ mineralization in Thetford Mines! Work has already begun on mapping the 3D underground using ultrasonic technology. We're targeting wells in 2025 to build our commercial scale DAC project in Quebec. Read more in The Globe and Mail article here: https://lnkd.in/gmrkaQ6i
Welcome to Innisfail and thank you for choosing our community for this exciting project!!
So excited to see this take shape and I guess I have a reason to come visit Innisfail now 😍
Very exciting - I'm particularly interested to learn more about the in-situ mineralization project at Thetford Mines. I'm wondering whether other technology suppliers developing promising ex-situ mineralization will also be part of this project.
Town of Innisfail is looking forward to continuing this journey with Deep Sky. This investment aligns perfectly to Council's energy policy and the "Power of Place" community economic development strategy.
Great to see some British DAC companies coming to Alberta!
Amazing!! I've been a fan of Deep Sky for awhile, and an even bigger fan of communities like the Town of Innisfail! So glad to see it all coming together. And congratulations to Todd Becker, MBA and Jean Barclay MBA -- I know your hard work has paid off.
The NEG8 Carbon team is excited to be a part of this brilliant project. Thank you Phil De Luna and Deep Sky!
You need multi billion capture boxes globally to achieve a minuscule portion of mega tons of carbon being spewed into the atmosphere. This should not be about taking small steps cleaning the atmosphere
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2moCongrats, and best of luck with the start of construction 🚀 Just wondering: were there other sites in the running, and can you give any indication about why Deep Sky picked this one?