Canada · 19 d ago
Eskasoni First Nation launches a venture to make jet fuel from sea water
Eskasoni First Nation
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
The Cape Breton First Nation and the startup Aeon Blue form eFuels Mi'kmaq Ltd., which they call the first clean fuel company in Canada majority owned by a Mi'kmaq First Nation.
The technology
Saltwater electrochemistry
The process, to run on wind power, splits hydrogen from sea water and captures carbon dioxide from the air, then combines the two into fuel.
Pilot plant
1,200 litres a year
Within five years
3.7 million litres a year
A pilot plant at the Sydport Industrial Park will make about 1,200 litres of fuel a year, and a commercial plant within five years would make about 3.7 million litres and employ about 80 people.
This is about, for us, ownership, opportunity and long-term benefits for our community.
— Chief Leroy Denny, Eskasoni First Nation
