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the unregulated markets, where CO
2
was be-
ing sought as a low-cost industrial gas, knowing
that in these markets there was still potential
for benefits to the environment. “There are
companies worldwide that are either using
CO
2
in their processes today, or are interested
in obtaining more of the gas if it could be pur-
chased at a low cost,” Price explained.
Huge demand for low-cost
carbon dioxide
“Some of these consumers of CO
2
are also
emitters of CO
2
so we see ourselves as closing
the loop for them,” Price said. “For example,
we came across a large soft drink bottler and
it turns out that the amount of CO
2
they need
in their carbonated soda products is exactly
the amount they emit though the boiler they
deploy to heat water to sterilize their bottling
production line.” The technology would allow
CO
2
Solutions to capture the bottler’s emitted
carbon dioxide, put it through a scrubbing and
filtration process, and then provide it back to
the bottler for use in their soft drink produc-
tion – a perfect example of “closing the loop”.
As the company moves forward in commer-
cializing their technology, it’s no surprise that
they have several pilot projects in thewings that
have already acquired funding and are getting
ready to launch. The Husky project is expected
to be completed by late 2015 and they have
another venture in North Dakota beginning
this December with the University of North
Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Cen-
ter (EERC). That program will test the capture
“Some of these consumers of CO
2
are also emitters of CO
2
so we see
ourselves as closing the loop for them.”
