淨零工業革命從濾材開始

位於加拿大卑詩省本拿比（Burnaby）的碳捕捉科技公司 Svante，近日正式啟用一座佔地 14.1 萬平方英尺、名為「Redwood Facility」的先進工廠。這是全球首座專門生產碳捕捉濾材的大型製造基地，預估每年可生產足以捕捉 1,000 萬噸二氧化碳（CO₂）的濾材，相當於超過 2,700 萬輛汽車一年排放的碳量。

Svante, a carbon capture technology company based in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, has officially inaugurated its new Redwood Facility, a 141,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing plant. This is the world’s first large-scale facility dedicated to producing filters specifically for carbon capture. The plant is expected to produce enough filter material each year to capture up to 10 million tonnes of CO₂ - equivalent to the annual emissions of over 27 million cars.

該工廠生產的濾材採用創新技術，以固態吸附劑為核心，並結合金屬有機框架（MOFs, Metal-Organic Frameworks）這一種可高度吸附 CO₂ 的新型材料。這些濾材可應用於工業排放源（如工廠煙囪）以及「直接空氣捕捉」（Direct Air Capture）設施，協助能源、水泥、鋼鐵、紙漿、廢棄物處理等高碳產業有效減排，並改善空氣品質。

The filters manufactured at the Redwood Facility use innovative solid sorbents incorporating metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) - a new class of materials with high CO₂ adsorption capacity. These filters are designed for both industrial emission sources (e.g., factory smokestacks) and Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems, helping high-emission sectors such as energy, cement, steel, pulp and paper, and waste management reduce their carbon footprint and improve air quality.

鎖定易實施產業，逐步擴展至高難度減碳領域

Svante 表示，Redwood Facility 的啟用將有效加快碳捕捉設備的全球部署，支援碳管理技術的產業化、模組化與標準化發展。公司現階段優先服務碳捕捉門檻較低的產業，例如紙漿與造紙、乙醇生產、垃圾焚化轉能等，未來則計畫進一步拓展至技術挑戰更高的鋼鐵、水泥、石化等領域。

Targeting Easier Applications First, Scaling to Harder-to-Abate Sectors

According to Svante, the Redwood Facility will accelerate the global deployment of carbon capture solutions and support the industrialization, modularization, and standardization of carbon management technologies. Initially, the company will focus on industries where carbon capture is more readily achievable - such as pulp and paper, ethanol production, and waste-to-energy facilities. It plans to later expand into more technically challenging sectors like steel, cement, and petrochemicals.

Svante 總裁暨執行長克勞德・勒圖諾（Claude Letourneau）強調：「今天，我們正寫下歷史新頁。這座超級工廠是全球碳管理基礎設施的重要基石，展現出科技與氣候雄心結合所能創造的潛力。我們正在建構一個實體 CO₂ 市場的雛形，讓碳不再是外部成本，而是可以量化、管理、交易的資源。」

龐大資金挹注，建構碳捕捉生態系

目前 Svante 已獲得來自雪佛龍（Chevron）、聯合航空創投（United Airlines Ventures）、三星（Samsung）、GE Vernova 等產業巨擘的總額 1.45 億美元融資，反映市場對碳移除技術的高度期待。公司表示，隨著各國碳定價與碳中和目標日益嚴格，碳捕捉濾材的需求將呈指數成長，未來需在全球建設更多類似工廠，才能滿足市場。

Claude Letourneau, President and CEO of Svante, stated:

“Today, we are writing a new chapter in history. This gigafactory is a foundational pillar for global carbon management infrastructure. It demonstrates the powerful potential of combining technology with climate ambition. We are building the early architecture of a physical CO₂ marketplace - one where carbon is no longer an externality, but a measurable, manageable, and tradable resource.”

Major Investment Fuels a Carbon Capture Ecosystem

To date, Svante has secured $145 million in funding from major industry players including Chevron, United Airlines Ventures, Samsung, and GE Vernova, reflecting strong market confidence in carbon removal technologies. The company anticipates exponential growth in demand for carbon capture filters as global carbon pricing mechanisms and net-zero targets tighten. To meet this demand, similar manufacturing facilities will be needed worldwide.

此外，Svante 的濾材已於美國加州與加拿大卑詩省的試點計畫中投入應用，包括與雪佛龍合作的煉油排放捕捉專案，以及與建材大廠 Lafarge 合作的水泥減碳計畫，並擴展至 DAC（Direct Air Capture）系統之中，嘗試直接從大氣中捕捉 CO₂，成為全球對抗氣候變遷的關鍵技術。

向「淨零工業革命」邁進

Svante’s filters are already being used in pilot projects in California and British Columbia. These include a refinery emissions capture project with Chevron and a cement decarbonization initiative with construction giant Lafarge. The filters are also being deployed in Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems to remove CO₂ directly from the atmosphere, positioning the company’s technology as a key tool in the global climate response.

A Step Toward the “Net-Zero Industrial Revolution”

此次 Redwood Facility 的啟用，也被視為全球邁向「淨零工業革命」的重要里程碑。根據國際能源署（IEA）數據，若全球要在 2050 年達成淨零排放目標，碳捕捉、利用與封存（CCUS）技術每年需移除超過 60 億噸的 CO₂，是目前量能的數百倍。

The launch of the Redwood Facility is seen as a significant milestone in the global march toward a Net-Zero Industrial Revolution. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), in order to reach global net-zero emissions by 2050, Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) technologies will need to remove over 6 billion tonnes of CO₂ annually - hundreds of times more than current capacity.

然而，要實現如此規模化應用，仍面臨許多挑戰，包括政策推動、財務激勵、公共接受度與基礎建設配套等。因此，像 Svante 這類公司在技術突破與供應鏈部署方面的行動，將在全球氣候治理中扮演舉足輕重的角色。

However, scaling carbon capture to this level faces numerous challenges, including policy support, financial incentives, public acceptance, and infrastructure development. That’s why companies like Svante - advancing technological breakthroughs and building robust supply chains - will play a pivotal role in climate governance worldwide.

Svante 呼籲各國政府與企業應加強跨部門合作，推動碳市場建設與綠色金融創新，並支持碳移除技術的研發與商業化，加速從線性碳經濟轉向循環、低碳的新典範。

Svante calls on governments and businesses to strengthen cross-sector collaboration, accelerate the development of carbon markets and green finance innovations, and support the R&D and commercialization of carbon removal technologies. Such efforts are essential to transitioning from a linear carbon economy to a circular, low-carbon paradigm.