A large-scale, commercial facility in British Columbia to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and to produce up to 100 million liters of ultra-low carbon transportation fuel each year.

The developing team includes Huron Clean Energy, The Upper Nicola Band, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, and Carbon Engineering.

The proposed facility is designed to utilize Carbon Engineering’s Direct Air Capture and AIR TO FUELSTM technologies to capture carbon dioxide.

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.

The facility is slated to be built 25kms from Merritt, B.C., on one of Upper Nicola Band’s eight reserves. The plant is expected to occupy approximately 100 acres of commercially designated band land, and Huron has partnered with Upper Nicola Holdings Limited Partnership (UNHLP) on a land and business participation agreement.

Huron intends to partner with Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, a subsidiary of Occidental, as Huron’s execution and operations partner on the project.

Construction is expected to begin in 2023 with operations targeted to commence approximately three years after that.

The B.C. Government’s Innovative Clean Energy Fund is contributing CAD $2 million in funding to the preliminary engineering and design of the facility.