Wolf Midstream Canada LP has made a final investment decision to extend its existing Alberta Carbon Trunk Line (ACTL) system through the core of the Alberta Industrial Heartland and into the Edmonton region to support industrial facilities existing and new to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
Wolf has received approval from the Alberta Energy Regulator and other government agencies and has begun construction on the new extension, called the ACTL Edmonton Connector, the company said in a news release. The ACTL Edmonton Connector will collect carbon dioxide from local industrial facilities for transport through ACTL and delivery to permanent underground storage. At full capacity, the ACTL Edmonton Connector will be capable of transporting approximately seven million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually.
Wolf said it has signed an agreement with Air Products Canada to transport carbon dioxide to the ACTL Edmonton Connector and the ACTL from Air Products’ Zero Hydrogen Energy Complex in Edmonton, Alberta, which is under construction .
Air Products says on its website that the company’s $1.18 billion (CAD 1.6 billion) hydrogen facility “will help accelerate the use of hydrogen as an emission-free transportation fuel in the ‘western Canada’, and adds that ‘there will be enough liquid hydrogen capacity to feed on it’. all major transit agencies in Alberta.”
“The ACTL Edmonton Connector is a great opportunity to work in partnership with Air Products, who are leading by example as they develop one of the world’s lowest-carbon hydrogen networks,” said President Wolf Carbon, Jeff Pearson. “Wolf is leveraging ACTL’s excess capacity with the new ACTL Edmonton Connector to further support key net-zero projects that are critical to the future of our province and country.”
“With abundant natural resources and a collaborative approach between government and business, Canada is well-positioned to be a global leader in the clean energy future,” said Vice President and General Manager of Air Products of Canada , Rachel Smith.
“Alberta is a world leader in the development of carbon capture and storage and carbon technology,” said Alberta Energy and Minerals Minister Brian Jean. “This project expands on that. For more than a decade, our province has supported the development of CCS [carbon capture and storage] setting the framework and infrastructure for industry to use carbon technology to help reduce its emissions. This expansion of Alberta’s Carbon Trunk Line is another example of innovation in action with multiple companies working together to achieve a carbon neutral future.”
The ACTL was designed with excess capacity and has safely transported more than four million metric tons of carbon dioxide to underground storage since it began operating in 2020, Wolf said. There are several existing or proposed carbon storage sites near ACTL, including two large sites that Wolf has secured for assessment through agreements executed with the province of Alberta for assessment and development, according to the communicated
Headquartered in Alberta, Wolf is a privately held company backed by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Wolf was formed in 2016 to focus on the acquisition and construction of innovative and sustainable energy infrastructure assets in Western Canada, and owns and operates two carbon dioxide compression facilities and the 149-mile (240-kilometer) Alberta Carbon Trunk Line. pipeline, which transports greenhouse gases from collection sites to ensure underground storage.
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