Canadian company Carbon Alpha has selected Mangrove Systems as its partner to provide digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (dMRV) for the North Star carbon dioxide removal (CDR) project.
The ambitious North Star initiative was designed to capture biogenic CO2 emissions from the processing of forestry biomass into renewable energy, where the dMRV system by Mangrove will now be used to trace and track every ton of carbon dioxide removed.
Launched as a shared project between Carbon Alpha and Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC), North Star is defined as a Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) project.
As such, it will include operations to capture carbon dioxide at MLTC’s Bioenergy Centre, where sustainably sourced forestry waste will be converted into renewable energy, while the resulting biogenic CO2 will be collected for permanent storage in underground geological formations in Saskatchewan.
Besides contributing towards local economic gains and environmental improvements, these activities are also expected to generate approximately 90,000 high-quality carbon removal credits per year.
To ensure complete, accurate, and verifiable carbon removal data for every tonne of CO2 captured through the North Star project, Carbon Alpha will use the dMRV services of Mangrove, who will provide real-time tracking of the entire CDR process.
This sophisticated system will enable visibility into every step of the carbon removal activities, starting from biomass delivery at the site and the CO2 capture, all the way to the injection and carbon storage.
It will combine all the data collected from the project’s field sensors, capture equipment, and storage sites into a one-stop system, creating an uninterrupted, auditable record of the CDR performance.
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The Mangrove system will also streamline the carbon credit issuance and serialization process by automatically compiling the necessary reporting for independent validation and verification, providing an interface with carbon registries.
Carbon Alpha COO Patrick Elliott commented, “By leveraging Mangrove’s digital MRV solution, we can ensure that every tonne of CO2 we remove is accounted for with the highest degree of accuracy and transparency.”
“Mangrove’s solution gives us and our stakeholders confidence that North Star’s carbon removal impact is real, permanent, and verifiable.”
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