Indigenous coalition goes head-to-head against oil giants to build Alberta carbon capture complex – CBC

Provincial government will choose the first winning bid in March

Jan 31, 2022

A group of Indigenous communities in northeast Alberta are competing with big name oil and gas companies to secure the rights to construct and operate the first large-scale, regional carbon capture and storage facility in the province.

Bids are due on Feb. 1 to build the first of what the Alberta government hopes will be many carbon capture hubs throughout the province — each one likely costing billions of dollars and requiring several years to develop and build.

The centres would collect carbon emissions from any nearby facility that emits greenhouse gases — like a refinery or fertilizer plant — and store the gases underground.

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