A Montreal clean-tech company plans to build a $200-million carbon-capture plant in southwestern Manitoba.
Deep Sky, which already runs a carbon-capture site in Alberta, announced that construction could start in 2026. The new facility would remove about 30,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air each year at first, and eventually grow to capture up to 500,000 tonnes annually once fully built.
Premier Wab Kinew said the province won’t give the project direct funding but will make regulatory changes so it can qualify for federal tax credits.
“When a new company brings major investment and jobs to Manitoba, that’s a win for our economy,” Kinew said Thursday.
Some environmental groups disagree, arguing that carbon-capture technology is expensive, unproven, and takes electricity that could be used elsewhere. They say it doesn’t address the real need to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.
Kinew added that new technologies like carbon capture could still play a role in tackling climate change.
