The third deployment of its Direct Air Capture technology (DAC) is now live at Deep Sky’s flagship Alpha project in Alberta, Canada. The system progressed rapidly from first delivery through to live operations in the space of 10 months. The captured carbon will be processed by Deep Sky and stored securely underground, once the Alpha site becomes fully operational later this summer.
Deep Sky Alpha is the world’s first cross-tech DAC hub aiming to accelerate the path to low-cost, high-quality carbon removal at scale. The site demonstrates DAC solutions from multiple providers, including Mission Zero Technologies.
Co-founder and CEO of Mission Zero Technologies, Dr Nicholas Chadwick commented, "I am proud to prove a third commercial use case for our direct air capture technology on a new continent. This third deployment demonstrates that we’ve established an exportable model for scaling internationally and is a testament to our teams’ ability to deliver critical climate solutions at pace."
This deployment represents MZT’s third DAC system and first outside the UK, joining two systems already in operation. The company’s second DAC facility, developed in partnership with O.C.O Technology (O.C.O) and the UK Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), is also capable of recovering around 250 tonnes of CO2 per year from the atmosphere. This carbon supply is fully-integrated for direct use in O.C.O’s building materials production facilities to enable carbon-negative limestone.
Meanwhile, Mission Zero Technologies’ first plant, developed in partnership with the University of Sheffield, recovers 50 tonnes of atmospheric CO2 annually for the production of a pioneer Sustainable Aviation Fuel. By comparison, this latest Canadian deployment represents a fivefold increase in carbon capture capacity, alongside a 60% reduction in cost. This underscores the pace of technical progress achieved since this initial deployment in 2023, as well as the value of the operational data collected and the pace of iteration as MZT develops its next-generation products, capable of multi-kilotonne annual CO2 recovery.
Establishing diversified end-use carbon pathways enables the de-risking of this underlying technology, the company said. Proving the ability to deliver viable commercial and sustainable DAC systems globally, using ‘off-the-shelf’ components and established global supply chains helps to validate its approach.
Deep Sky CEO, Alex Petre, said, “This represents an important step for the wider DAC industry, as Deep Sky is beginning to operate multiple technologies at its DAC hub in Canada. We are excited to have Mission Zero be one of the first technologies live at Alpha this summer.”