Carbon neutrality doesn't rely on a single lever. Sources: Quebec has committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. For several years, this objective has translated into policies focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions: electrification of transportation, energy efficiency, cleaner fuels. These levers are essential…
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(Montreal) Quebec tabled a bill Thursday that aims to regulate, for the first time, geological carbon sequestration in Quebec. Sources: The Minister for the Economy and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Samuel Poulin, tabled Bill 17 to "regulate the research and development of underground reservoirs." The…
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Québec Tech continues to develop Stade Vo, its support service for Quebec technology companies in the structuring and validation phase of their international growth. This selection reflects the diversity and dynamism of Quebec's technology ecosystem, with companies developing innovative solutions with strong potential. The new Stade Vo companies…
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Posted on November 24, 2025 (November 24, 2025) Thetford Mines, November 24, 2025. The City of Thetford Mines enthusiastically welcomes the recent report "Defining Quebec's Climate Ambition: Targets and Decarbonization Pathways," published by the Advisory Committee on Climate Change. This report finally recognizes, in an explicit and structured manner, the major role that…
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Skyrenu Technologies is a Quebec-based climate tech company developing innovative solid-sorbent Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems designed to dramatically lower the cost and energy use of carbon removal. Skyrenu's patented modular, reactor-less moving design makes DAC scalable and commercially viable, earning recognition as a winner of an XPRIZE Carbon Removal milestone award and as a…
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With four new strategic investments and a major portfolio breakthrough, NorthX is shaping a globally competitive carbon removal sector TORONTO, ON, October 29, 2025 – Today alongside Minister Tim Hodgson at the IEA's 2025 Energy Innovation Forum, NorthX Climate Tech (NorthX) announced it is investing $3.4 million in four Canadian carbon removal ventures through its Call for CDR Innovation launched…
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EN: Skyrenu's 50 tCO2/year modular direct air capture unit in operation at the Deep Sky Alpha site in Innisfail.FR: Modular direct air capture unit CO2 Skyrenu atmospheric carbon removal system, with a capacity of 50 tCO₂/year, is in operation at the Deep Sky Alpha site in Innisfail. MONTREAL, QC (August 20, 2025) — Deep Sky, the Montreal-based carbon removal project…
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Sources: The Sherbrooke-based company Skyrenu, specializing in carbon capture technologies, has installed a first direct air capture system with a capacity of 50 tonnes of CO2 per year at the Deep Sky Alpha site in Innisfail, Alberta. "The installation [of the system] will validate performance and pave the way for adoption…"
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No, Martin Brouillette, a professor at the University of Sherbrooke, wasn't driven by a passion for the environment. As a leading figure in technological development, specializing in aerospace and medical devices, climate change was never a concern for him. Brouillette: At the turn of the century, my children Caroline, Louis, and Élise began to…
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Many of the world's most prominent scientists now expect global warming to exceed the 1,5 degree Celsius target—the point of irreversible climate change. Reducing emissions is no longer enough. Countries and companies are struggling to meet their climate targets by reducing emissions. Eliminating the CO2 of the atmosphere and…
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Skyrenu Technologies, a Sherbrooke-based company, has been selected as one of 20 finalists vying for a $50 million grand prize in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition, funded by the Musk Foundation. Sources: The startup, a spin-off from the University of Sherbrooke, offers a modular carbon capture system…
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(May 8, 2024) We are pleased to announce that Skyrenu has been selected as one of the 20 finalists for the $50 million grand prize in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition, to be announced in 2025. Sources: Funded by the Musk Foundation, these prizes were created to help take carbon capture concepts to the next level…
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Deep Sky is forging numerous partnerships in its quest to eliminate billions of tons of carbon. Sources: The Montreal-based company announced Monday an agreement with the Quebec-based green startup Skyrenu, which has developed a cutting-edge technology for direct carbon capture from the air (DCA). The Sherbrooke-based company will supply and install…
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A carbon capture project developed at the University of Sherbrooke will be among the technologies used by Deep Sky at its future carbon capture and storage test site. CO2which is expected to launch in the Montreal area in the coming months. Sources: The Montreal-based company Deep Sky has set itself the goal of…
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Capturing carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere and using it to decontaminate asbestos sites: this is the ingenious and doubly green idea behind Skyrenu, a technology developed by a student team from the Faculty of Engineering with INRS and awarded a prize in a prestigious international competition with a potential $50 million prize. Sources…
