Canadian Startup Wins $40M Grant for Carbon Removal Test Hub

Deep Sky secures funding from Bill Gates-backed Breakthrough Energy Catalyst to develop direct air capture technologies in Alberta.

Montreal-based Deep Sky received a US$40-million grant to build the Deep Sky Alpha project in Innisfail, Alberta.
The facility will serve as the world’s first direct air capture carbon removal test hub and commercialization center.
The project aims to pilot up to 14 carbon removal technologies to identify scalable and cost-effective solutions.
Captured carbon dioxide will be stored underground at the Meadowbrook Carbon Storage Hub near Edmonton.
Operations at the site are expected to begin by April 2025, with the goal of advancing innovation in carbon removal technologies.