Svante Technologies Inc. (Svante) has completed the commissioning of the world’s first gigafactory dedicated to producing commercial-scale carbon capture and removal filters designed to trap CO₂ directly from industrial emissions and the atmosphere.

Spanning 141,000 square feet, the Redwood manufacturing facility in Burnaby, British Columbia is equipped to manufacture enough solid sorbent-based filters to capture up to 10 million tonnes of CO₂ annually, equivalent to the emissions of more than 27 million cars.

Svante’s patented structured sorbent filters, coated with metal-organic framework (MOF), represent a next-generation solution for managing industrial carbon emissions. Svante is currently focusing on biogenic carbon dioxide removal (CDR) sectors like pulp and paper, ethanol production, and waste-to-energy, where carbon concentrations in post-combustion flue gas are higher, and capture costs are lower to generate CDR credits.

The facility’s launch follows a US $145 million capital investment and is supported by investors including Chevron New Energies, Temasek, M&G, Canada Growth Fund, United Airlines Ventures, Samsung E&A, and GE Vernova.

Svante anticipates the need for additional gigafactories like Redwood in the next decade to keep pace with global carbon management market demand.

“Today, we are making history,” said Claude Letourneau, President & CEO of Svante. “This gigafactory is a critical step forward in building the infrastructure necessary to scale up the carbon management industry and to build a marketplace for physical CO₂. This first-of-a-kind manufacturing facility is a demonstration of what’s possible when technology and climate ambition align to lend nature a hand in managing global CO₂ emissions.”

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