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Alberta invests $40 million in ERA’s Advanced Materials Challenge to reduce emissions through new and existing manufactured products
Funding supports a range of early- and late-stage technology projects including plastics recycling, bitumen beyond combustion, processing of critical minerals, and more. EDMONTON, AB – The Government of Alberta is investing $40 million from the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) fund into ERA’s new Advanced Materials Challenge. This new funding competition is focused on…
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Provincial and Federal Governments Support ERA’s New $50 Million Program to Support Energy Management in Alberta’s Industrial and Manufacturing Facilities
CALGARY, AB – The Government of Alberta and Natural Resources Canada are committing a combined $50 million for Emissions Reduction Alberta’s (ERA) new Strategic Energy Management for Industry (SEMI) program. SEMI will help program participants increase profitability by reducing energy costs, growing organizational skills and capacity building, and helping cover the cost of capital retrofits.…
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Turning waste into electricity
With $2.8 million from the industry-funded TIER program, Alberta’s government is advancing Canada’s first industrial-scale waste-to-energy facility using technology. Less than three per cent of municipal waste in Canada is currently being converted into energy, and none of these existing projects are capturing and storing their carbon dioxide emissions. With landfills accounting for 23 per…