Primary Technology Area: Circular Economy

  • HUMASORB® -L for Removal of CO2, NOx GHGs, along with SOx and Trace Metals from Fossil Fuel Combustion Gases and Recycling of CO2 into a Value Generation HUMASORB® -CS, a Stable Multipurpose Water Filter

    With two innovative products, ARCTECH offers solutions to capture CO2 from GHG-emitting industries and filter industrial wastewater with a solid filter that uses captured carbon. Positioned as passive, low-cost products ARCTECH’s HUMASORB®-L and HUMASORB®-CS can be used in a number of industries and applications with very little modification. ARCTECH captures CO2 using a unique liquid…

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  • CO2 to Graphene Reactors

    Carbon Upcycling Technologies, previously JRE Petroleum Services, has developed a technology the captures CO2, combines it with graphite and converts it into graphene. The technology required is small and easily implemented by producers with high CO2 emissions from a variety of industries. The graphene product created from the process is a brand new family of…

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  • Biological Co-fermentation of Carbon Dioxide and Methane to Malate

    Industrial Microbes is developing a process to combine CO2 and natural gas into malate, a valuable organic compound used to manufacture biodegradable plastics and fibres. Malate is produced by natural enzymes inside living cells, similar to how alcohol is produced during beer brewing. In Industrial Microbes’ process, CO2 emissions from an oilsands operation or power…

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  • Direct Catalytic Synthesis of Acetic Acid from CO2 and CH4

    The current method for producing acetic acid uses carbon monoxide (CO) and methanol, and emits CO2. The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) has developed a technology that uses CO2 from GHGs and natural gas (CH4) to produce acetic acid. The innovation in GTI’s process removes the need for purchasing methanol, provides a net reduction of CO2…

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  • Inedible Egg Powder Project

    Sparks Eggs, division of Golden Valley Foods Ltd. sorts, grades, and packages fresh eggs to retail, food service and commercial partners. During the grading process a portion of the eggs are determined to be inedible. This category of product is not able to be sold to market generating waste. With a commitment to sustainability and…

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  • Development of a prototype for digestate water treatment and fertilizer value-add opportunity for on-farm feedlot anaerobic digestors (AD)

    Rimrock Renewables Limited Partnership along with Rimrock Cattle Company Ltd. (Rimrock) are investing in a first of a kind, innovative system within the Agriculture and Agri-Food sector that is designed to produce value-ad fertilizer, peat, cattle bedding, and water recycle product for Alberta-based Greenhouses, Mushroom Farmers, Organic Farmers, Conventional Farmers, and Cattle Producers who are…

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  • Alberta Vanadium Project

    Suncor’s Alberta Vanadium Project (AVP) seeks to develop and construct Canada’s first commercial vanadium recovery facility. Separated into two phases, the focus of Phase 1 is to demonstrate the economic recovery of vanadium from fly ash produced in industrial operations, including the oil sands in Alberta. Vanadium produces the electrolyte used in flow batteries, making…

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  • INCA BioBalsaTM – Hemp-based substitute for rainforest balsa wood and PET foam for composite boats and wind turbines

    The world’s first vertically integrated manufacturer of hemp-based composites for the automotive, marine, wind energy and consumer products industries.INCA Renewtech will be building a 167,000 square foot fiber processing and composites manufacturing facility on an 18-acre industrial site in Vegreville, Alberta. Initially, the factory will include two full-scale decortication lines supplied by DILO Temafa, together…

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  • Scale-up of New Innovative Cleantech Hydrovac Waste Processing System

    Hydrovac Waste Solutions (HWS) developed a cleantech process that transforms the waste products of hydrovac activities into raw materials for new cement. This novel recycling process separates hydrovac slurry into reusable water, landscape materials, and other raw value-added materials. It contributes to Alberta’s circular economy by keeping materials out of landfills while supporting economic activity…

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  • Empower Calgary Scale Up Facility

    Northstar Clean Technologies Inc.has developed a proprietary technology, the “Bitumen Extraction and Separation Technology”, known as BEST, that recycles waste asphalt shingles into their basic components of aggregate, fibre and liquid asphalt. The BEST technology separates all the components of asphalt shingles, providing a 100% waste diversion from landfills. Empower Calgary is expected to process…

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