Deep Sky has selected southwestern Manitoba, Canada, as the location for its next commercial carbon removal facility, Deep Sky Manitoba. Deep Sky, which styles itself the world’s first tech-agnostic carbon removal project developer, is to build one of the world’s largest carbon removal facilities, furthering the country’s prominence in developing what is projected to be a multi-trillion-dollar industry. With an annual removal capacity of 500 000 tonnes at full scale, the facility will be built in multiple phases, with construction of the first 30 000 tonnes of removal capacity to begin in 2026.
Southwestern Manitoba offers an ideal location for carbon removal, having an ideal geology for storing CO2 underground safely and effectively. The government of Manitoba passed legislation in 2024 to allow for CO2 storage, and specific regulations are anticipated to be passed this coming autumn. Additionally, Manitoba’s clean hydroelectric grid provides abundant renewable energy, which is essential for powering a low-zero technology that pulls CO2 from the atmosphere. Deep Sky has also secured the support of the Dakota Grand Council by working with the Dakota Nations of Manitoba and has signed a Declaration of Relationship to explore investment and other opportunities to partner.
Deep Sky is evaluating a number of potential sites capable of hosting a single project, and has begun engaging with municipal, Indigenous, and other local stakeholders in the region, where the project is anticipated to be the beginning of an estimated $500 million investment in the region. Final site selection is anticipated to occur this year to enable drilling of the storage well by the end of 2025 and construction of the facility to begin in 2026.
The company recently began operations of its first facility, Deep Sky Alpha, in Alberta. It has an annual removal capacity of 3000 tonnes and is said to be the world’s first technology-agnostic direct air capture (DAC) facility, hosting up to ten different DAC technologies in one location. This approach provides crucial performance data to inform technology selection for Deep Sky Manitoba, which is among a portfolio of large-scale projects that are under development, including in Quebec.
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