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Small Modular Reactor FEED Study
Project Overview Funded through ERA’s Industrial Transformation Challenge in 2023, Cenovus proposed a small modular reactor (SMR) Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) Study to support potential deployment of an SMR at a Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) oil sands production site. While the project was terminated early on after Cenovus identified challenges that would hinder the progress…
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Sustainable Medium-Depth Geothermal Solutions with Solid Media Thermal Energy Storage for Heating and Cooling (GeoSUSTAIN)
Heating in buildings and industries accounts for over 50% of global energy demand and is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Geothermal energy offers one of the cleanest and most reliable renewable options for both heating and electricity generation. However, in many regions, geothermal resources are either unsuitable for power generation or require deep…
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Marguerite Lake Compressed Air Energy Storage Demonstration Project
Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) has the potential to meet critical grid needs for affordability, reliability, and long-duration energy storage. CAES features paired compression and expansion systems connected by an air storage reservoir. During off-peak hours, excess energy from the grid is used to compress air via a compression train and stored in a solution-mined salt cavern. Then, during peak hours, the stored air is released, reheated and expanded through the expansion train, which generates electricity to supplement the grid. …
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Hydrogen Canada Blue Ammonia Project Pre-Construction Studies
Hydrogen Canada Corp. (“HCC”) is seeking to build and operate a world-class blue hydrogen/ammonia facility in Alberta for export to Asia. HCC’s Facility will produce low carbon ‘blue’ hydrogen with an ammonia production unit at the back end. Blue Hydrogen production consists of two processes: the syngas production process and the CO2 removal process. The…
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Demonstration of Dynamic Power Optimization Software to Reduce Energy Consumption on Oil and Gas Pipelines
CruxOCM (www.cruxocm.com) is a technology company that provides software to enable autonomous liquids pipeline operation. The objective of this project is to implement and field test two new software products that will enable GHG reductions, cost efficiencies, enhanced safety, and increased throughput via the automation of oil and gas assets.
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Assessing Site and Distribution Infrastructure from Transitioning a Thermal Power Plant to an SMR
A reduction in fossil fuel power generation is required in Alberta as Canada and countries around the world accept the challenge to decarbonize their economies, meet climate change targets, and increase the reliability and resiliency of their energy generation assets and systems. X-energy’s Xe-100 small modular reactor (SMR) is a versatile, emissions-free, nuclear fission solution…
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CO2 Conversion to Methanol through Bi-reforming
Transforming Greenhouse Gases into Industrial Feedstock Funded through the Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses Round 1 in 2014, the University of California Riverside project aimed to develop a novel process for converting carbon dioxide into methanol using a bi-reforming approach. At the heart of the project was an innovative catalyst based on thermally stable pyrochlore materials…
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Methanol+: Methanol from Carbon Dioxide and Green Hydrogen
Advancing Carbon Utilization Through Methanol+ Funded through the Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses in 2014, the Quantiam Technologies Inc. project aimed to develop and demonstrate a novel technology suite, Methanol+, that converts captured carbon dioxide (CO2) and green hydrogen into methanol, a high-value industrial chemical and fuel. The project focused on two core innovations: a…
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Chemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide via Solar-Powered Artificial Photosynthesis
Demonstrating Artificial Photosynthesis to Turn CO2 into Clean Fuels Funded through Round 1 of ERA’s Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses in 2014, this project developed and demonstrated a solar-powered artificial photosynthesis system. The system involves the conversion of CO2 and water into useful fuels like methane and methanol, showing potential for scalable carbon utilization co-located…
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Integration of advanced hybrid inorganic membranes for carbon dioxide conversion
Advancing Carbon Conversion with Membrane Reactor Technology Funded through the Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses Round 1 in 2014, the Robert Gordon University project aimed to develop and demonstrate a novel flue gas catalytic membrane tri-reforming process that converts carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial emissions into valuable synthesis gas, or syngas. This syngas—a mixture of…
