CO2 Solutions Starts-up CO2 Capture Unit at Resolute's Pulp Mill in Saint-Félicien, Quebec

The project involves the deployment of a 30-tonne per day CO2 capture unit and ancillary equipment at Resolute's pulp mill in Saint-Felicien, Quebec and the commercial reuse of the captured CO2 by the adjacent Toundra Greenhouse complex.

March 20, 2019 - CO₂ Solutions Inc. has provided an update on its first commercial project with Fibrek General Partnership, a subsidiary of Resolute Forest Products and Serres Toundra Inc. The project involves the deployment of a 30-tonne per day (tpd) CO₂ capture unit and ancillary equipment at Resolute's pulp mill in Saint-Felicien, Quebec and the commercial reuse of the captured CO₂ by the adjacent Toundra Greenhouse complex.

Toundra Greenhouse is a cucumber-growing complex in which Resolute owns a 49% joint-venture interest. The greenhouse is situated on a 45-hectare piece of property donated to the project by Resolute and is located adjacent to Resolute's Saint-Felicien pulp mill. The pulp mill, in turn, supplies enough low temperature hot water to fulfill 25% of the greenhouse's heating requirements.

CO₂ Solutions said that the start of the commissioning of the CO₂ capture unit officially took place on March 14, 2019. The start-up was preceded by the successful pre-operation verifications of each of the capture unit's systems, after which the unit was put into operation and the first tonnes of CO₂ were captured.

CO₂ Solutions now expects to ramp up the overall capture rate to validate the unit's nominal capacity of 30 tonnes of CO₂ per day.

The construction of the Saint-Félicien CO₂ capture unit was partly financed with investments from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) and the Technoclimat program of the Quebec government as well as a loan from Canada Economic Development (CED).

Once the Saint-Felicien capture unit reaches its nominal capacity of 30 tonnes of CO₂ per day, a six-month demonstration period will begin, after which the commercial phase will begin and CO₂ Solutions will generate revenues from the sale of the CO₂ to Toundra Greenhouse.

CO₂ Solutions is a carbontech leader in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture and has been actively working to develop and commercialize the technology for stationary sources of carbon pollution. To learn more, visit: co2solutions.com.

CO2 Solutions Starts-up CO2 Capture Unit at Resolute's Pulp Mill in Saint-Felicien, Quebec