Skyonic Corporation has awarded Toyo-Thai-USA Corporation (TTUS) a US$117 million construction contract for its Capitol SkyMine plant in San Antonio, Texas. Toyo-Thai Corporation (TTCL) is providing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services to the project. Toyo-Thai [N1] has also invested US$1 million in Skyonic to support the project.
“This is our first entry into North America as a full EPC provider, and we are looking forward to the experience,” said president and CEO of TTCL, Hironobu Iriya. “Building Capitol SkyMine plant — the first commercial-scale carbon-capture and utilization plant in the U.S. — will have global implications, and our experience in the energy market makes us an ideal partner for this project.”
Skyonic’s electrolytic carbon capture technology, SkyMine, will selectively capture CO2, acid gases and heavy metals from the flue gas of the Capitol Aggregates Cement Plant where the Capitol SkyMine facility will be retrofitted. The captured pollutants will be mineralized into solid products including sodium bicarbonate to be stored, transported and sold as safe, stable solids. Process by-products include hydrochloric acid and bleach that can be sold into the market. By producing valuable products using low-cost chemical inputs and operating under energy-efficient conditions, SkyMine captures CO2 at a substantially lower cost than other carbon capture technologies, allowing industrial emitters to turn a profit from reduced emissions.