Pilot, Svante to collaborate on industrial CCS

Canada’s Svante Technologies and Australia’s Pilot Energy said April 18 they had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on offering carbon capture and storage (CCS) solutions to hard-to-abate industrial emitters.

Under the MoU, Svante and Pilot will initially target the decarbonisation of an estimated 8mn metric tons/year of CO₂ emissions from the Kwinana Industrial Area in Western Australia. Svante will provide its solid sorbent post-combustion capture technology while Pilot will store the captured carbon at its Cliff Head CO₂ storage (CHCCS) project.

Pilot’s CO₂ storage project is an integral component of its Mid West Clean Energy project, which will enable the permanent storage of CO₂ and the production of blue and green hydrogen and ammonia. The CHCCS project has the potential to provide a carbon management solution for 15-25% of the Kwinana Industries Council members’ reported scope 1 emissions.