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Solidia Concrete – A Sustainable Method for Cement Production and CO2 Utilization
Funded through the second round of ERA’s Grand Challenge, the Solidia Technologies project aimed to develop a breakthrough process to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with cement production. The technology hoped to offer an alternative to traditional cement by manufacturing the cement at lower temperatures and with less limestone. The funding relationship was ultimately
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Harvested Ash Beneficiation Project
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Carbon Dioxide free Calcium Oxide for use in Concrete
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Conversion of Carbon Waste to Graphene for Enabling Highly Sustainable Cement- and Asphalt-based Materials
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Genesee Carbon Conversion Centre (Phase 1)
Capturing Carbon to Produce Nanotubes Funded through ERA’s Shovel Ready Challenge in 2021, Capital Power Corp. proposed a carbon conversion centre to capture carbon from their Genesee power facility’s flue gas and transform it into carbon nanotubes, a highly valuable product that can be used to enhance material properties in concrete, construction materials and more.
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Milner Landfill Fly Ash Beneficiation
The Milner Landfill Fly Ash Beneficiation project will recover the existing landfilled fly ash at the H.R. Milner Generating Station and process it into a material suitable for use in the cement industry, utilizing state-of-the-art thermal beneficiation along with separation and micro-sizing technology. The project aims to demonstrate a new and innovative commercial process that
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Exshaw Calcined Clay
Lafarge Canada is conducting a pilot project to demonstrate using calcined clay as an innovative clinker substitute at its Exshaw Cement Plant, addressing one of cement manufacturing’s largest emission challenges. Clinker production accounts for 70% of greenhouse gas emissions in cement manufacturing, and this method could substantially lower the required quantity. By integrating calcined clay,
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Lehigh Cement Edmonton CCUS Feasibility Study Project
Developing the First Carbon Capture for the Cement Industry Funded through ERA’s Partnership Intake Program, this project evaluated the potential for adding a full-scale carbon capture system to Heidelberg’s (formerly Lehigh) cement plant in Edmonton, Alberta. The preliminary study found that it is technically feasible to capture up to 95 per cent of CO2 using
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Project Prairie Seawater – Synergistic benefits between lithium extraction of Alberta brines and separation of Ca and Mg for greener cement precursors
ZS2 Technologies (ZS2), in partnership with Baymag, and in coordination with Lithium Bank, has developed new processes and chemistry for a low carbon Made-in-Alberta cement, and carbon capture and sequestration technology. This novel solution produces high performance building materials while simultaneously solving the need to decarbonize cement, providing both a practical and economic application that
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Transformation of CO2 to Valuable Carbon Nanotube Composites
Carbon Corp’s technology transforms CO2 into carbon nanotubes (CNT). CNTs have widespread use with applications in concrete, graphene, construction material, batteries, consumer electronics, wind turbines, aircrafts, automobiles, and more. Carbon Corp is operating a pilot plant in Calgary at the ACCTC to validate the technology at commercial scale. Edmonton-based Capital Power, an investor in CARBON
