Secondary Technology Area: Fuel Switching

  • Lehigh Edmonton Alternative Low Carbon Fuel Project

    Lehigh Hanson (Lehigh) operates a portland cement manufacturing plant in Edmonton. Lehigh currently uses coal and natural gas to fire a rotary kiln at the Edmonton plant to convert limestone, clay, and other minerals into clinker, the precursor to portland cement. Portland cement is used to make concrete, the most common building material in the

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  • Linde LNG Low Carbon Fuels Demonstration Project

    This demonstration project will deliver LNG to Alberta customers with a wells to wheels carbon intensity of under 62 g CO2 e/MJ in comparison to diesel fuel with a Canadian average carbon intensity of 100 g CO2e/MJ. The project is aligned with the objectives of the new Canadian Clean Fuel Standard and reduced carbon taxes

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  • Advanced Dual-Fuel System Commercial Demonstration

    Displacing 50 per cent of Diesel Fuel with Dual-Fuel Technology Funded through ERA #5: Natural Gas Challenge in 2020, this project successfully validated Innovative Fuel Systems’ dual-fuel (diesel and compressed natural gas) technology equipment in the heavy-duty trucking industry. This technology allows existing heavy-duty diesel engines to displace up to 50 per cent diesel fuel

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  • Natural Gas Mobile Unit for Drilling Rig Power Generation

    Reducing Emissions at Drilling Rigs with Energy Storage Systems This project was funded in 2020 through ERA Call #5: Natural Gas Challenge and aimed to reduce system emissions at drilling rigs through the implementation of new energy savings and storage systems. It involved upgrading two existing drilling rigs to the Electronic Modular Control Panel (EMCP)

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  • First of Kind Commercial Deployment and Demonstration of 100 Class 7 or 8 OEM Commercial CNG/RNG Powered Vehicles

    ATCO, in conjunction with Clean Energy and Cummins Westport will deploy a first-in-Alberta commercial demonstration of 100 OEM Class 7 and/or 8 commercial tractors, powered by the 2018 Cummins Westport ISX12N Near-Zero engine. These tractors will be supported by two commercial-grade refueling stations in Calgary and run on CNG and/or RNG fuel. This project is

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  • Lower Carbon Fuels Project

    This Low Carbon Fuels project involves switching from using natural gas at Lafarge’s Exshawplant to using waste-derived fuels that would otherwise end up in landfills. Technologies for fuel handling, processing, and injection will be installed at the site to replace 50 per cent of its natural gas use. The implementation at Exshaw will be supported

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  • Cement Industry Low Carbon Fuel Implementation

    Reducing Emissions in the Cement Industry The cement industry is a large emitter of carbon dioxide, accounting for nearly eight per cent of global emissions, and this research, funded through ERA’s Biological and Adaptation Program in 2017, provided a framework for replacing high-carbon intensity fuels with alternative low-carbon fuels (ALCFs), such as waste streams, in

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  • Genesee Wood Waste Biomass Co-Firing Project

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  • Controller systems to utilize up to 50% NG with diesel in vehicles

    Technology added to improve Emissions from heavy-duty diesel engines In this project, Hi-Tec Fuel and Auto Ltd. demonstrated their dual fuel technology, a conversion technology system that is added to an existing heavy-duty vehicle diesel engine. The demonstration, funded through Round 5: Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in 2012, confirmed this technology’s effectiveness and helped

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