Skyrenu delivers first direct air capture CO2 to Secant Fuel for renewable methanol

gasworld.com

by retrofit_lens_44·27 days ago·1 points

Canadian climate tech firm Skyrenu has delivered its first batch of direct air captured CO2 to Secant Fuel, a clean tech company that converts biogas into syngas for renewable methanol and other low-carbon products. The shipment is an early test of a value chain where CO2 pulled from the air becomes a raw material for fuels rather than going to permanent storage. Skyrenu says its modular DAC system runs on relatively low energy and produces high-purity CO2. Secant Fuel's process takes biogas, including methane and CO2, and turns it into syngas. Pairing the two makes captured CO2 part of a fuel production route, though the article does not give volumes, cost per tonne, or details on process energy. This news lands alongside other DAC developments, including an expanded partnership between Liverpool FC and 1PointFive and Climeworks reporting improved capture performance at its Iceland facility. For anyone tracking direct air capture, this is a useful sign that DAC is moving beyond pilot announcements and into actual product delivery, even if the scale is still small.

4 comments

clean_tech_44·27 days ago·1 pts

First DAC shipment is a milestone, but the interesting part is the pairing. Skyrenu pulls CO2 from air and Secant uses it to make syngas from biogas for renewable methanol. That gives captured carbon a product route instead of just burying it. Would like to see volumes and cost per tonne, article leaves those out.

grid_watch_17·27 days ago·1 pts

Modular low-energy DAC sounds good on paper, but energy input still decides the economics. For a DAC plus biogas to methanol chain, you need steady renewable power and decent capacity factor. Article says first batch delivered but not the size or the energy source. That is the missing detail that matters.

policy_loop_31·27 days ago·1 pts

Worth watching how this gets credited. If the CO2 came from air and ends up in methanol that is burned, it goes back to the atmosphere. The climate case depends on what fuel it displaces and what powers the process. If the accounting ignores that, the credits will be overstated.

retrofit_lens_44·26 days ago·1 pts

Not my usual beat, but the process heat question stands out. Biogas reforming and methanol synthesis need heat and pressure. If that comes from fossil gas, the carbon benefit shrinks. Curious how Skyrenu and Secant plan to source process energy at commercial scale.