Stage of Innovation: Implementation

  • Upcycling discarded lime waste stream

    This project proposed a process to recover lime waste from the Lantic Inc Sugar Beet Factory and upcycle it into precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC), to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted through the energy-intensive traditional process of removing and refining lime. Funded through ERA’s Circular Economy Challenge and announced in 2023, the PPC from the lime

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  • Shepard Energy Centre Carbon Capture Unit FEED Study

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  • Product and Production Innovations for Using Alberta’s Surplus Poplar to Enhance Carbon Sequestration

    Testing Novel Wood Flaker for the First Time in North America This project was funded through ERA’s Food, Farming and Forestry call and tested a novel method of making wood flakes using a unique combination of equipment. While the project was ultimately terminated, this equipment combination is the first attempted use in North America and

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  • Shell Alberta Bioenergy Project

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  • Hanna Solar Project

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  • GHG Reduction for Supply Chain Improvements for Oil & Gas Hydraulic Fracturing

    By utilizing liquid waste from the Alberta Newsprint Company (ANC) pulp mill, this project aimed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with supplying water to fracking operations. The project was funded through ERA’s Biotechnology, Electricity and Sustainable Transportation (BEST) challenge, and Integrated Sustainability planned to construct a pipeline and reservoir infrastructure to transport water

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  • Strathcona Works – Waste Heat to Power Project

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  • Forestry Waste to Electrical Power – La Crete Project

    Addressing Challenges in the Biomass Sector Funded through Round 9: Renewable Energy in 2014, PowerWood Canada Corporation (formerly Mustus Energy) proposed a biomass power plant near La Crete, Alberta. While the overall objective of this project was to produce sustainable power using wood as a fuel in rural communities, the project was ultimately terminated in

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  • The Optimal Biocell

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  • Drayton Valley Aspen Integrated Resource Recovery (AIRR) Facility

    The Town of Drayton Valley aimed to convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into Processed Engineered Fuel (PEF) pellets using first-of-its-kind technology in Canada. Funded through Round 7: Shovel Ready, the PEF pellets produced during the project were planned to burn in coal power to create renewable energy and reduce greenhouse gases (GHG). The funding relationship

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