Mercer Peace River Pulp Ltd. and Svante Co₂ Capture Demonstration Unit

Core Insights - Mercer International Inc. has commenced operation of a carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture demonstration unit at its Mercer Peace River pulp mill in Alberta, in collaboration with Svante Technologies Inc. [1][2] - The pilot project aims to evaluate Svante's solid sorbent carbon capture technology on biogenic CO₂ emissions from the mill's recovery boiler flue gas [1][3] - The demonstration is expected to last six months and will generate data to support future engineering phases and long-term planning for carbon capture technology [2][3] Company Overview - Mercer International Inc. is a global forest products company with operations in Germany, the U.S., and Canada [4] - The company has a consolidated annual production capacity of 2.1 million tonnes of pulp, 960 million board feet of lumber, 210 thousand cubic meters of CLT, 45 thousand cubic meters of glulam, 17 million pallets, and 230,000 metric tonnes of biofuels [4]