15 YEARS OF INNOVATION

For a decade and a half, our clean technology investments have helped innovators develop and demonstrate Alberta-based technologies that reduce emissions, lower costs, attract investment, and create jobs in Alberta.

CALL LAUNCH: UP TO $40 MILLION AVAILABLE TO SHAPE THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND CREATE LOW EMISSIONS PRODUCTS.

FUNDING: ERA launches its new $50 million Strategic Energy Management for Industry program.

CALL LAUNCH: UP TO $3 MILLION AVAILABLE THROUGH JOINT CALL 2024

296

Projects

$953.8M

ERA Investment

$7.4B

Total Project Value

36MT

of cumulative emission reductions by 2030

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Technology Challenges

Through competitive funding calls, ERA invests in the pilot, demonstration, and deployment of clean technology solutions to help drive Alberta toward a carbon-neutral economy.

Energy Efficiency Programs

By supporting energy efficiency capacity building, training, and retrofit projects, ERA advances the deployment and adoption of fully commercialized cost- and energy-saving technologies in support of economic growth and GHG reductions.

Big News

Alberta invests $40 million in ERA’s Advanced Materials Challenge to reduce emissions through new and existing manufactured products
Provincial and Federal Governments Support ERA’s New $50 Million Program to Support Energy Management in Alberta’s Industrial and Manufacturing Facilities
ERA to participate in COP 29 in Baku, Azerbaijan
Carbon Copy Episode 32: Funding BECCS Innovation

Our Impact

New Tech Helps TAQA North Reduce Gas Plant Emissions In Half

TAQA has re-vamped the Crossfield, Alberta facility with a new solution for acid gas, improving their production efficiency and reducing GHG emissions.

City of Edmonton and Strathcona County Trial Hydrogen Buses

The City of Edmonton is exploring new sustainable transportation technology by purchasing and testing new bus technology, powered by hydrogen, through the Alberta Zero Emission Hydrogen Transit (AZEHT) initiative.

Sparks Eggs Eliminates Waste from the Sorting and Packaging Process

By creating valuable pet food and animal feed from commercially unsalable egg products, Calgary’s Sparks Eggs is doing something never done in Canada.

Reclaiming mining tires could lead to $45 billion market opportunity

Circular Rubber Technologies (CRT) has developed a chemical-free devulcanization process that transforms one of the mining industry’s largest waste streams into a new valuable material.

City of Calgary to Deploy Electric Buses and Rapid-Charging Infrastructure

In addition to the immediate GHG reductions through a one-time replacement of diesel buses, the project will also build capacity to continue and transition electric buses into the transit fleet on an ongoing basis.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

We use a rigorous multi-stage process to select projects for funding. This helps ensure that ERA’s funds are invested in accordance with our mandate.

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