Installation of Air/Fuel Ratio Controllers and Vent Gas Capture on Engines
Cenovus Energy Inc. is a Canadian integrated oil company. Operations include oil sands projects in northern Alberta, which use specialized methods to drill and pump the oil to the surface, and established natural gas and oil production in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Cenovus staff identified two technologies that could be used in their operations to increase…
Vent Gas Capture for Engine Fuel Use
Encana is a North American energy producer, producing natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs). ERA invested in a pilot project with Encana Corporation that involved installing 59 different vent gas capture units in natural gas compressor stations. Compressor stations help with the transportation of natural gas, and vent methane during the process. The…
Effective Solvent Extraction Incorporating Electromagnetic Heating (ESEIEH)
Reducing bitumen extraction with electromagnetic heating and solvents Funded through Round 1: Open Call in 2010, the Effective Solvent Extraction Incorporating Electromagnetic Heating (ESEIEH®) Project aimed to replace steam for in situ bitumen extraction with electromagnetic heating in combination with solvent dilution. The project was completed in 2023 and evaluated the efficacy of this combination…
Commercial Demonstration of ET-DSP(TM) in the Athabasca Oil Sands
Established in 2004, E-T Energy Ltd.’s team of eight scientists is developing environmentally friendly, energy efficient and economically viable methods of oil sands production through the process of Electro-thermal Dynamic Stripping (ET-DSP™). This is an electrical heating technology used extensively in the environmental industry to remediate contaminated soil and groundwater. E-T Energy Ltd. will operate…
Lethbridge Biogas/Cogeneration Project
ERA funding helped Lethbridge Biogas develop a full-scale biogas cogeneration project fueled by organics comprised of agricultural manures and food processing wastes in the County of Lethbridge Rave Industrial Park. The facility uses an anaerobic digestion process to produce renewable energy. The anaerobic digestion process captures and uses methane, a potent greenhouse gas with a global warming…
ENMAX Micro Renewable Energy Program
First Opportunity for Solar in Residential Homes Funded through Round 1: Open Call in 2010, ENMAX installed solar panels on over 400 homes and facilities across Alberta, becoming the first vertically integrated electrical utility and retail organization in Canada to offer solar photo-voltaic (PV) for customers’ self-generation. Initial public uptake of solar PV in Alberta…
Reduction of GHG Emissions through Greening Biofuel Production and CO2 Utilization: From Pilot Plant to Commercialization
Enerkem Inc. develops community-based advanced bio refineries using proprietary thermo-chemical technology that converts residual materials, such as municipal solid waste, into clean transportation fuels and advanced chemicals. By using waste materials to produce clean biofuels and incorporating CO2 directly into the process, this renewable energy project in Edmonton demonstrates the potential of the technology. Once…
Medicine Hat Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Demonstration Project
Testing Solar Thermal Generation in an Albertan City’s Power Gird To increase and demonstrate support for renewable energy, the City of Medicine Hat tested a solar steam generator that was connected to a nearby power plant and helped power the electric turbine generators. The project was approved for funding in Round 1: Open Call in…
