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Vent Gas Capture for Engine Fuel Use
SlipStream Vent Gas Capture Installations Approved for funding though Round 2: Industrial Energy Efficiency in 2011, the project involved a retrofit program to install vent gas capture systems at several existing natural gas compressor sites across the EnCana (now Ovintiv) Clearwater business unit in southern Alberta. By project completion in 2014, 59 SlipStream units were installed, improving fuel efficiency and
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Lethbridge Biogas/Cogeneration Project
Demonstrating Canada’s First Urban Biogas Plant Funded through Round 1: Open Call in 2011, the Lethbridge Biogas project entailed building and operating a 2.85-megawatt biogas and cogeneration facility that uses advanced anaerobic digestion technology to turn organic waste into electricity. This first-of-its-kind facility in Canada demonstrates the use of innovative technologies to reduce greenhouse gas
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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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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
