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By meadowlakeNOW staff

North Star

MLTC joins Carbon Alpha for North Star Project

Apr 25, 2024 | 5:05 PM

Carbon capture and storage is in Meadow Lake’s future.

The Meadow Lake Tribal Council has partnered with Carbon Alpha for the North Star Project to capture the CO2 emitted from a biomass project and inject it into the earth.

The development will add an additional layer to the MLTC Bioenergy Centre with the carbon dioxide removal component, known as CDR.

“The Meadow Lake Tribal Council is on a journey to increase participation in the Saskatchewan economy for our nine First Nations, including green energy infrastructure development, climate change mitigation, improving environmental outcomes and supporting our local forestry-based economy in the Meadow Lake area,” said Richard Ben, MLTC Tribal Chief in the press release.

“The North Star Project represents added value to our existing facilities and focuses on the newest renewable prospects for our region, carbon dioxide removal. We, along with our partners Carbon Alpha, are completely aligned with the National and Provincial Growth Plans and this opportunity makes good sense.”

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The partnership has a goal of having a start date in 2027, creating over 120 construction jobs and eventually 12 permanent jobs.

The release read in part, “Forestry biomass consumes carbon dioxide (CO2) over its lifetime,” of the North Star’s goal of hitting 70,000 CDR annual credits.

It went on to add, “by capturing the biogenic CO2 emissions from the MLTC Bioenergy Centre and injecting it deep underground, the project effectively removes CO2 from the atmosphere safely and permanently.”

According to the release, to reach carbon neutrality, an “estimated 10 billion tonnes of CDR per year will be required by 2050.”

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