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ERA’s BEST Challenge Projects
Biotechnology Projects LanzaTech, Inc. Carbon Sequestration via Next-Generation Bioreactor Technology This project will demonstrate our next-generation microbubble bioreactor (MBR) technology, which will maximize the quantity of fuels produced per tonne of wood waste in an integrated biorefinery. We propose to demonstrate the MBR by producing ethanol from the off-gas of forestry-residue pyrolysis in Alberta, with…
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ERA’s Industrial Efficiency Challenge Projects
1. Imperial Oil Limited: Kearl ConDex Flue Gas Heat and Water Recovery ProjectTotal project value: $12,656,000ERA commitment: $6,000,000This project will demonstrate ConDex boiler flue gas and water recovery technology at Imperial’s Kearl Oil Sands mine. The ConDex technology is designed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by capturing and using exhaust heat otherwise lost to…
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BDC and ERA partnership creates access to another funding avenue for innovators
Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) and Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) have signed a Trusted Partner Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The agreement aims to streamline support for innovators through easier access to multiple streams of funding and support. “This partnership is another example of how funding agencies are aligningto attract new investment to Alberta. It…
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Era Hosts CCUS Lessons Learned Workshop
Over 225 technology developers, industry insiders, investors, government employees and regulatory officials with an interest in carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) attended Emissions Reduction Alberta’s latest Lessons Learned Workshop. The full-day, at-capacity event was held on Friday, November 30 at the Metropolitan Conference Centre in Calgary. Panelists presented the business case for carbon capture…
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Maximizing Funding Potential Workshop Content Available Online
Public agencies from the innovation ecosystem shared how to access funding, what support is right for specific projects, criteria requirements and more at a full-day workshop on June 19 at the Metropolitan Conference Centre in Calgary. Some of the big names in the industry, who have stickhandled some of the province’s biggest decisions, shared insights…
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ERA Grand Challenge Project Makes Important Advances
Zetian Mi, the leader for the ERA Grand Challenge project led by McGill University, speaks at the Propel Energy Tech Forum in Calgary on March 1, 2017.. The McGill project, now in the second round of the ERA Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses, is making important advances. The team has developed an artificial photosynthesis device…
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Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Announces Funding for Alberta Projects
ERA CEO Steve MacDonald (right) and OCE CEO Dr. Tom Corr signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 2016 to work together to address areas of mutual interest. Earlier this month Ontario Centres of Excellence announced $3.5 million in funding for Alberta projects that are also being supported by ERA, Alberta Innovates, and the Natural Sciences…
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Deadline approaching for $35 Million ERA Industrial Efficiency Challenge
ERA CEO Steve MacDonald and board member Brenda Kenny (left) joined Minister Shannon Phillips to launch the ERA Industrial Efficiency Challenge on March 28 with David MacLean, Alberta Vice President, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters and Mark Plamondon, Executive Director, Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association. Innovators are invited to complete submissions for the ERA Industrial Efficiency Challenge.…
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ERA OIL SANDS INNOVATION CHALLENGE PROJECTS
MEG Energy eMVAPEX Pilot, Phase 3 ERA contribution: $10 million MEG Energy Corp. (“MEG”) is an Alberta company focused on sustainable in situ oil sands development and production in the southern Athabasca oil sands region of Alberta. Current bitumen production averages approximately 90,000 bpd. For long term success, MEG uses innovation to lower the cost and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of bitumen production.…
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ERA Industrial Efficiency Challenge Webinar Now Online
More than 200 people attended the ERA Industrial Efficiency Challenge Webinar on April 17 to learn more about the funding opportunity. Our webinar is now available for viewing online. ERA is making $35 million in funding available to help accelerate the deployment and adoption of leading technologies that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve cost…
