Svante & Meadow Lake Tribal Council Partnership Agrees to Sell Microsoft 626,000 Tonnes of Carbon Removal Credits

Svante & Meadow Lake Tribal Council Partnership Agrees to Sell Microsoft 626,000 Tonnes of Carbon Removal Credits

By Business Wire
Publication Date: 2026-04-06 15:00:00

Scott Gardner, President, Svante Development, stands at Svante's headquarters in Burnaby, BC, Canada, in front of the company's commercial-sized carbon capture machine,
Scott Gardner, President, Svante Development, stands at Svante’s headquarters in Burnaby, BC, Canada, in front of the company’s commercial-sized carbon capture machine, “Ursa 1000”.
Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC)'s bioenergy mill in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan.
Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC)’s bioenergy mill in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan.
  • Microsoft agrees to purchase 626,000 tonnes of durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits over a 15-year delivery term from the North Star BECCS project in Saskatchewan, Canada.

  • Indigenous ownership: North Star Carbon Solutions LP is a Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC)–Svante partnership.

  • The deal is Microsoft’s first Canadian BECCS CDR offtake agreement and is believed to be the first of its kind in Canada involving Indigenous ownership.

  • The project is co-located at the MLTC Bioenergy Centre and supplied by sustainable waste biomass from MLTC’s adjacent sawmill.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia & MEADOW LAKE, Saskatchewan, April 06, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Svante…