Squamish, B.C., LNG facility plans to achieve net-zero emissions at operation’s start

Squamish, B.C. –

Proponents of a British Columbia liquefied pure fuel export facility have unveiled plans to attain net-zero emissions commitments within the development section and for its future operations.

Woodfibre LNG says in an announcement it plans to fulfill net-zero emissions by the point operations begin on the south coast export facility in 2027.

Company president Christine Kennedy says emission discount alternatives are a precedence for the challenge because it implements a technique that can consequence on this planet’s first net-zero facility.

She says Woodfibre LNG will have the ability to attain the aim with electrical compressors, utilizing 14 occasions fewer emissions than a gas-burning LNG plant.

Kennedy says Woodfibre LNG can even scale back emissions via carbon credit from the close by Cheakamus Community Forest, a nature-based carbon offset challenge in Whistler, B.C., the place the municipality and Squamish and Lil’wat nations are companions.

The B.C. authorities launched a framework final week that can require new liquefied pure fuel amenities to have credible plans for net-zero emissions by 2030.

“Alongside the leadership and vision set out by the province’s new Energy Action Framework, achieving net zero allows Woodfibre LNG to advance the global energy transition, furthering economic reconciliation and contributing to British Columbia’s standard of living,” says Kennedy in an announcement.

This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed March 23, 2023.