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Hinton Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage Project
The Hinton Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Sequestration (BECCS) Project Study is led by Vault 44.01 in collaboration with West Fraser and TorchLight Bioresources. The study supports a project that would capture and store biogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at West Fraser’s Hinton Pulp Mill site, permanently removing 1.3 million metric tonnes of CO2 from the…
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Product and Production Innovations for Using Alberta’s Surplus Poplar to Enhance Carbon Sequestration
This project will develop and test the implementation of a new manufacturing process for oriented strand board (OSB) and engineered strand-based products (ESP), resulting in new products and utilizing Alberta’s surplus poplar source. By utilizing and managing this resource in Alberta, significant GHG and economic benefits are associated with successful implementation of this technology long-term.…
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Linear Restoration Equipment Modernization and Deployment
Legacy oil and gas exploration sites commonly exhibit arrested succession and require restoration treatment to return to forest cover (Caners and Liefffers 2014; Iqbal et al. 2014, others). Linear restoration (or linear deactivation) is a topic of focused investigation with the objective of alleviating successional stagnation, restoring habitat and lessening forest fragmentation. Tree removal and…
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Flash Forest Commercial Pilots and Demonstrations of Rapid Drone Reforestation Technology for 2021 to 2023
Flash Forest utilizes drone reforestation technology comprised of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and hardware, aerial mapping software, automation, and biological seed pod technology to reforest areas at a rapid pace. Flash Forest’s mapping and telemetry technology, intakes current environmental conditions to ensure trees are planted uniformly and only where they can survive. The seed firing…
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Crossfield Gas Plant Energy Efficiency and GHG Reduction Project
This project will demonstrate the benefits of acid gas injection (AGI) with a potential for localized enhanced gas recovery at the Crossfield Gas Plant. The project is expected to improve the sustainability of the gas plant by improving production efficiency and significantly reducing carbon compliance costs. The process involves re-injecting acid gas, containing hydrogen sulfide…
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Incorporating Wetland Carbon Values into Spatially Explicit Tools to Inform Land Use Decisions
Wetlands are some of the most productive ecosystems on the planet, and as a result store approximately 25 – 35 percent of the world’s terrestrial carbon. Their value as carbon sinks means it is important to determine the amount of carbon currently stored in remaining wetlands, and to be able to predict potential carbon losses…
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Improved construction of roads and pipelines to minimize impact on peatland greenhouse gas emissions
ERA often supports projects that help us to find a better way forward. That’s certainly the case with this project, one that may change the way we build roads and pipelines through peatlands. Northern peatlands form natural CO2 reduction systems known as carbon sinks. As vegetation and other life forms die, the bog absorbs them,…
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Biological Plant Inoculants to Increase Carbon Sequestration in Alberta’s Agriculture and Forestry Sectors
Soil fungi help the plants that grow around them to access the nutrients and water they need for optimal growth and development. Where soils have been degraded due to forest fire or heavy agricultural production, for example, populations of soil fungi are low. As a result, plant growth can be severely impaired. Mikro-Tek has developed…
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Post Combustion Carbon Capture using molten carbonate fuel cell pilot
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CO2 Capture Technology
Husky Energy is one of Canada’s largest integrated energy companies and looks for new innovations to reduce GHG emissions in its projects. The Lashburn project has the potential to reduce GHG emissions by capturing carbon dioxide produced from a steam assisted gravity drainage facility and storing it at a nearby oil production field. By integrating…
