Project Industry: Other Heavy Industry

  • Carbon Fibre from Desulfurized Alberta Asphaltenes

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  • Kal Tire – Thermal Conversion Plant for Giant Mining Tires

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  • Pilot Production of Electrodes for Energy Storage Systems on Industrial-scale Equipment via a Transformative Dry Process

    AdvEn’s patented electrode-making technology, trademarked as Electrode Super Adhesive Coating (ESAC), offered an alternative to the emission-intensive traditional electrode-making methods.  Funded through ERA’s Industrial Transformation Challenge and announced in 2023, the project aimed to pilot the ESAC and advance it to a commercial demonstration. The funding relationship was ultimately cancelled in 2025.

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  • INCA BioBalsaTM – Hemp-based substitute for rainforest balsa wood and PET foam for composite boats and wind turbines

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  • Scale-up of New Innovative Cleantech Hydrovac Waste Processing System

    Hydrovac Waste Solutions Ltd. (HWS) developed an innovative process to upcycle slurry generated during hydrovac operations. Funded through ERA’s Circular Economy challenge and announced in 2023, the proposed project aimed to scale up the technology, which turned the hydrovac slurry into raw materials for cement production, landscaping and construction. The funding relationship was ultimately cancelled

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  • Alberta Vanadium Project

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  • Project Roll

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  • Strathcona Works – Waste Heat to Power Project

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  • LithiumBank Boardwalk Project

    LithiumBank is a leading developer of lithium brine resources in Alberta and holds the largest and highest-grade lithium resources in the province. The company is collaborating with SLB, which has created an end-to-end process involving resource quantification, Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE), polishing, and processing to produce a battery-grade product. Funding from ERA is directed toward advancing

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  • Commercialization of PHA Biopolymer Materials

    TerraVerdae Bioworks (TerraVerdae) is a performance biomaterials company whose technology is based on biobased and biodegradable polymers known as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA).   TerraVerdae’s business focus is on developing and manufacturing biodegradable polymers and resins with enhanced mechanical and functional properties required for high-value applications such as coatings, adhesives, sealants, and novel biomaterials that can be used

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