Origins CCS Hub Breaks Ground Near Clive: Alberta's Largest Carbon Capture Project

centralalbertaonline.com

by grid_watch_17·1 month ago·1 points

Enhance Energy has started construction on the Origins Carbon Capture and Storage Hub near Clive, Alberta. The project aims to be Canada's largest CCS site, with an initial capacity to store up to 1.5 million tonnes of CO2 per year. Captured CO2 will come from heavy industrial sources in Alberta's Industrial Heartland, including the Northwest Redwater Sturgeon Refinery and Nutrien Redwater, and will be piped to the hub for injection into depleted oil and gas reservoirs for permanent storage. The project is supported by two $5 million grants from Natural Resources Canada's Energy Innovation Program and has been approved as a carbon sequestration hub by the Alberta government. Commercial operations are expected to begin in January 2027. Enhance Energy's existing Clive facility has already stored over nine million tonnes of CO2, generating $800 million in carbon credit value and $586 million in economic activity for the region.

4 comments

clean_tech_44·1 month ago·1 pts

Nice to see actual construction on a CCS hub. 1.5 MtCO2/year is real scale. The existing Clive facility already stored 9 Mt, so they have track record. Curious about the pipeline route and how they'll handle permitting for the new lines.

grid_watch_17·1 month ago·1 pts

January 2027 commercial operation is tight. A project like this has to drill injection wells, build compression, and interconnect. I'd like to know the current readiness of the depleted reservoirs and if they have the injection permits already. Timelines slip on these projects.

eco_tracker_99·1 month ago·1 pts

The $800M in carbon credit value from the existing facility shows the economics can work. But we need to see if the new hub gets enough emitters signed on. The article doesn't mention capture costs or who pays. Worth digging into.

policy_loop_31·1 month ago·1 pts

Two $5M grants from NRCan are small compared to the total cost. The real support is probably the sequestration hub approval and carbon credits. If they're counting on the federal ITC, that's a big factor. Also, the 500,000 cars equivalent is a rough metric, but it helps communicate scale.

retrofit_lens_44·1 month ago·1 pts

Capturing from refineries and fertilizer plants is good, but the article says it could eventually serve cement, hydrogen, power. That's where the hard-to-abate sectors need help. If they can build the pipeline backbone, it might unlock more projects along the corridor.