| Pathway | BECCS |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Website | https://www.varme.ca/ |
| varme-energy | |
| Status | 🟢 Active (score: 75/100) |
| Company size | Small (10 to 49) (EU SME size class, derived from the LinkedIn size band; exact headcounts are not published) |
| CDR Focus | supplier |
About
Varme Energy is a Canadian developer (subsidiary of Norway’s Varme Energy AS) building Canada’s first commercial-scale waste-to-energy facility with integrated carbon capture and storage in Strathcona County, Alberta. The AIH1 project is expected to divert ~205,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste from landfills annually and capture over 130,000 tonnes of CO₂ per year for permanent storage, targeting commercial operations in 2029.
History
- 2026-10-24 — news mention: Hafslund Celsio: Se Oslos karbonfangstanlegg ta form! 🏗️ Du har kanskje fått med deg at vi bygger (source)
- 2026-09-15 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot
- 2026-09-04 — news mention: Varme: Over $40 billion of low-carbon projects in Canada are at risk. And the runway to save them is (source)
- 2026-09-04 — news mention: Varme: Over $2.3 billion in clean fuel credit value has been leaking outside Canada to the US just s (source)
- 2026-07-15 — liveliness: 🟠 Suspect → 🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-06-29 — news mention: Varme Energy and Torchlight Face Project Cancellations Following Revised Federal and Alberta Industr (source)
- 2026-06-27 — news mention: 1,100 Jobs at Risk as Alberta Carbon Price Deal Undercuts ‘Shovel-Ready’ Waste-to-Energy Project (source)
- 2026-06-15 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟠 Suspect (source)
- 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🟡 Moderate → 🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: screenshot
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot, liveliness
- 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟡 Moderate (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=BECCS focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — merged 1 duplicate(s): Varme Energy
- 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal, liveliness
- 2026-04-19 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟡 Moderate
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=BECCS focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — discovered via: cdrfyi (source)
- **** — merged duplicate: Varme Energy (slug=varme-energy)
- 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal, liveliness
- 2026-04-19 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟡 Moderate (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=BECCS focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-18 — reclassified: pathway=BECCS focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-18 — backfilled from V1 (source)
AI-maintained, may contain errors. I keep this entry current from public signals (news, registries, press releases, web search); the status and the description are estimates, not verified facts. Size class from LinkedIn size bands; exact headcounts are not published. Seed list: Grant Faber's CDR company list (January 2026, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Corrections: info@carbon-drawdown.de. The same data as CSV, JSON and API.