The Advantage Energy subsidiary has brought online a 15MW gas turbine with integrated carbon capture at its Alberta gas plant, targeting 192,000 tonnes of CO2 captured and stored each year.
Entropy Inc., a subsidiary of Advantage Energy Ltd., has commissioned Glacier Phase 2, a co-generation, carbon capture and storage project at Advantage’s Glacier Gas Plant in Saddle Hills County, Alberta.
The project adds a 15MW co-generation installation with carbon capture, transport and storage integrated for both the new gas turbine and roughly 30MW of reciprocating engines that drive compression at the plant. It builds on capture systems that have run commercially at the site since 2022. Capture now covers 45MW across gas compression and power generation.
What the plant will capture
Entropy is targeting capture rates above 90 per cent on all material unabated emissions sources at the Glacier Gas Plant. Across eleven gas-fired engines totalling 30MW and one 15MW power generation turbine, it targets capture and sequestration of 192,000 tonnes of CO2 a year.
A 15MW Solar T130 turbine has been installed. Electricity is being sold to Advantage under a 15-year power purchase agreement covering 6MW at $85 per MWh. A third-party process engineering firm calculated the design-basis carbon intensity of that electricity at 84kg per MWh, using a lifecycle assessment approach. Surplus power goes to the Alberta Electric System Operator grid.
Why low-carbon firm power matters here
Alberta’s grid still leans on gas, and demand for reliable low-emission electricity is climbing. A gas turbine with capture attached gives industrial buyers a firm supply with a measured carbon intensity, which is difficult to source from wind and solar alone.
Sanjay Bishnoi, Chief Executive Officer of Entropy, said: “We are proud of the work our team and service providers have done to safely bring Glacier Phase 2 online right on schedule.” He added: “This first-of-a-kind asset will provide reliable, baseload, low-carbon power to our customer, Advantage, and sell merchant power to the AESO system. As demand for reliable, low-emission electricity grows, we believe Glacier Phase 2 will mark an important milestone for industry.”
Measurement and verification
Entropy says it’s now bringing the facility to steady-state operation and expects to publish verified performance data in the coming months. Those figures will come through EntropyIQ, the company’s real-time carbon measurement and accounting system, which quantifies captured CO2 from process measurements and traces each tonne from flue stack to wellhead.
Verified operating data is the part that counts. Design-basis figures are a starting point, and capture projects have a history of underperforming their stated rates once running. Entropy has commercial capture at Glacier dating to 2022, which is among the longer continuous post-combustion records in the industry.
A warning on tax credit delays
Entropy used the announcement to press Ottawa on how it administers capture incentives. The company said it has invested more than $250m across Canadian CCS projects currently working through NRCan and CRA review, and has received no proceeds to date from either the federal Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Investment Tax Credit or the Alberta Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Investment Program.
Review timelines have run far longer than the company anticipated and budgeted for, it said. Those delays raise financing costs, cut certainty for developers and investors, and weaken the effect of the incentive. Entropy said predictable and timely administration of the CCUS ITC will be essential if Canada wants larger capture projects to reach a final investment decision and attract capital.
Entropy is backed by Advantage Energy Ltd., Brookfield Asset Management and the Canada Growth Fund.
