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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
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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
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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
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Growing Power Hairy Hill Integrated bioRefinery
Producing the World’s Lowest Carbon Ethanol through Waste-to-Energy The Integrated Biorefinery project was funded in 2011 through Round 3: Renewable Energy and successfully demonstrated the world’s lowest carbon intensity ethanol production at a renewable natural gas plant. Despite early technical challenges, the project met key milestones and began commercial ethanol production in early 2013, laying
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Novel Ceramic Membrane-Based Technology for CO2 Capture and Sequestration and Hydrogen Production
Advancing Ceramic Membrane Technology for Carbon Capture This project was funded through Round 1: Open Call in 2011 and aimed to develop a hydrogen-selective ceramic membrane for carbon capture and hydrogen separation. The project wrapped up earlier than anticipated, in 2012, due to challenges in scaling up defect-free membranes and a lack of economic benefit
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Company-Wide Rollout of a Systematic Energy Efficiency Program Leading to Significant GHG Reductions in Alberta’s Oil and Gas Industry
Trialing Technologies that will Reduce Emissions in Oil and Gas Operations Funded through Round 2: Industrial Energy Efficiency in 2011, the project involved field trials of 10 different technologies and operational initiatives across ConocoPhillips’ assets. The primary goal for these trials was to cut emissions and improve asset efficiency while encouraging the broader adoption of
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OTSG Oxy-fuel Demonstration Project
Retrofitting Boilers to Simplify Carbon Capture Funded through Round 1: Open Call in 2010, this project piloted the oxy-fuel combustion technology in a steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) boiler called a once-through steam generator (OTSG). The test was successful and showed that a conventional OTSG at an oil sands facility could be retrofitted for this technology
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Power Pod, Reliable Power for Remote Locations
Hybrid Solar-Fuel Cell for Remote Wellsite Power Generation Approved for funding through Round 1: Open Call in 2010, Evergreen Energy Technologies developed a Power Pod system that combines direct methanol fuel cells and solar as a power source to replace pneumatic devices at well sites. By its completion in 2012, field testing proved capable, eliminating methane
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HTC Purenergy – Devon Energy CO2 SAGD Capture Project
Studying Technologies to Optimize Carbon Capture Funded in 2010, this project was a front-end engineering design (FEED) study and cost estimate for an advanced amine carbon capture unit. The project used an advanced solvent and process configuration and aimed to enhance performance, improve process scalability and assess economic feasibility. The FEED study was based on
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Alberta Oil Sands Energy Efficiency & GHG Mitigation Roadmap Program
A Roadmap to Reduce Emissions in the Oilsands Funded through Round 1: Open Call in 2010, this greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction roadmap is a comprehensive study that identified and evaluated potential projects and technologies to improve energy efficiency and reduce GHG emissions in Alberta’s oilsands operations. This involved generating ideas, screening them for feasibility, conducting
