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Helping energy-intensive industries cut emissions
Large industrial emitters with innovative ideas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save money are invited to apply for funding from a new government program. The $35-million Industrial Efficiency Challenge supports Alberta’s energy-intensive and trade-exposed industries, offering large industrial emitters the opportunity to improve cost competitiveness and reduce emissions. Funding for the challenge is provided…
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COSIA Innovation Summit Accepting Abstracts
Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA), Alberta Innovates and ERA are seeking presenters to share their research or project results, knowledge and experience at the 2018 Oil Sands Innovation Summit. The deadline for submissions for the COSIA Innovation Summit is March 2 and technical presentations will be scheduled for June 7 and 8 in Calgary.…
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Join Us for Quality, Free Programs in Edmonton During IPCC Conference
The Cities and Climate Change Science Conference, co-sponsored by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is taking place in Edmonton March 5 – 7. About 800 municipal representatives, scientists and academics from around the world will gather to share the latest scientific research on climate change. A host of related events are planned for…
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Register for the ERA Brooks Solar Lessons Learned Workshop, March 9 in Calgary
Distribution-scale solar projects pose tremendous opportunities for Alberta. ERA, in collaboration with Elemental Energy, will hold a workshop to share key learnings from the first utility-scale solar project in western Canada and accelerate the deployment of distribution-scale solar projects in Alberta. The March 9 workshop will run from 8 a.m. to noon at the Metropolitan…
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ERA Publishes Interim Report for the ESEIEH™ Project
Partners see radio frequency and solvent assisted oil recovery as potential solution to reduce energy and water use ERA is funding technologies that can eliminate the need for steam in oil sands production, and one of our projects is sharing its interim results. The interim report for the Enhanced Solvent Extraction Incorporating Electromagnetic Heating™ (ESEIEH™)…
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ERA Releases Annual Report
$53.5 million committed to 21 projects The ERA 2016/17 Annual Report is now online. It outlines our success for 2016/17 and profiles the 21 new projects that received $53.5 million in funding. The projects combine to reduce cumulative GHG emissions by more than one megatonne by 2020 and eight megatonnes by 2030. Board Chair, Kathy…
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Lafarge Hosts Major Lower Carbon Fuels Project
Project is most significant of its kind in Canada Lafarge Canada Inc. and its partners – University of Calgary, Queen’s University, and Pembina Institute – are conducting a million-dollar study on the environmental benefits of introducing lower carbon fuels at the company’s Exshaw Cement Plant in Alberta. Building from previous research, this multi-partner, multi-site lower…
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Clean Growth Program Funding Deadline Approaching
Prepare your Letter of Interest now The deadline for Letters of Interest (LOI) for the Natural Resources Canada Clean Growth Program has been extended to February 28 at 12 p.m. EST. The Clean Growth Program provides $155 million for clean technology research and development (R&D) and demonstration projects in Canada’s energy, mining and forestry sectors. The program…
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NRCan Funding Available
The Natural Resources Canada Clean Growth Program has funding available to advance pre-commercial technology, including up to first commercial installations, in Canada’s energy, mining and forestry sectors. With $115 million available, the deadline for Letters of Intent is February 7, 2018, 12:00 p.m. EST. The federal program will support pre-commercial technologies between Technology Readiness Levels…
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First Utility-Scale Solar Project in Western Canada
The Brooks Solar project connected to Alberta’s power grid on December 5, 2017. It is the first utility-scale solar project in Western Canada. “Solar energy will ramp up considerably in Alberta in the coming years,” said Jamie Houssian, Principal of Elemental Energy. “This project will help start that momentum.” Elemental Energy Inc. closed construction and…