
Danielle Piekarski, Content Manager, Carbon Capture Magazine
November 5, 2025
BY Danielle Piekarski
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The federal government is investing $28.9 million through the Energy Innovation Program in 12 projects advancing carbon capture, renewable energy and smart grid innovation across Canada. The funding, announced by Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson, directs the largest share — $16.9 million — toward carbon capture, utilization and storage research and demonstration, with the remainder supporting renewable energy deployment and electricity grid modernization.
Aker Solutions has been awarded a front-end engineering and design contract by KN Energies for a CO₂ transshipment terminal in Klaipėda, Lithuania, part of the EU-backed CCS Baltic Consortium. The terminal, designed to handle approximately 2.8 million tonnes of CO₂ per year from Lithuanian and Latvian industrial sources, is targeted for commercial operation in 2030, with a final investment decision planned for 2027.
Svante Technologies and a sustainable packaging company have moved a BECCS project at a southeastern U.S. paper mill into feasibility study, targeting removal of more than 500,000 tonnes of biogenic CO₂ per year with permanent storage planned in the Gulf Coast region.
Kent has been awarded a front-end engineering design contract by EnEarth for the Prinos CO₂ Storage Project in northern Greece, a first-of-its-kind permitted carbon storage facility in the Mediterranean designed to store up to 2.8 million tonnes of CO₂ annually by 2029.
CURA Climate Inc. and Grand Forks Concrete Ltd. have signed an agreement to build a pilot and first-of-kind commercial plant using CURA's electrochemical process to convert agricultural spent lime into low-carbon cement, advancing circular economy goals across the construction and agriculture sectors.