The Government of Canada Invests in Albertan Innovation and Jobs

Backgrounder

On January 29, 2025, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced an investment totalling close to $13.4 million to support made-in-Alberta technologies to reduce pollution while growing jobs.

The federal government is investing in Albertan companies and organizations that are developing cutting-edge technologies that will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by making carbon capture more affordable, more efficient at reducing emissions and easier to use across industrial sectors. Federal investments will also result in better tools and data to assess these technologies and in the exploration of new ways to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, supporting a sustainable and prosperous future.

NRCan is funding the following seven projects:

Project Name: Amine Process Intensification

Recipient: InnoTech Alberta Inc.

Location: Calgary, Alberta

Funding: $2,500,000

Project Summary: The goal is to validate three enhancements made to traditional amine capture systems while also gaining a comprehensive understanding of the overall reduction in energy consumption that results from the simultaneous implementation of innovative technologies.

Project Name: Modular Carbon Capture With Sequestration Demonstration

Recipient: Ionada Canada

Location: Calgary, Alberta 

Funding: $4,700,000

Project Summary: To demonstrate cost-effective carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) for emitters as low as 25 tonnes per day (about 10,000 tonnes per year) at a cost reduction of up to 40 percent.

Project Name: Advancing Data and Methods for CDR Assessment MI-CDR

Recipient: The Governors of the University of Calgary

Location: Calgary, Alberta

Funding: $1,350,000

Project Summary: The objective of this project is to enhance data quality, quantity and accessibility for life-cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) in support of the life-cycle assessment (LCA)/techno-economic analysis (TEA) Technical Track of the CDR Mission under Mission Innovation (MI).

Project Name: Assessment of Carbon Capture and Conversion Technologies Research Network

Recipient: The Governors of the University of Calgary

Location: Calgary, Alberta

Funding: $460,000

Project Summary: The objective of this project is to create tools for life-cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic analysis (TEA) to assess carbon conversion technologies (CCTs) and their potential roles and risks. It will also analyze future conditions for fuel pathways and trade-offs between electrification and chemical fuels in various sectors.

Project Name: Integrated Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies MI-CDR

Recipient: The Governors of the University of Alberta

Location: Edmonton, Alberta

Funding: $999,925

Project Summary: The objective of this project is to assess carbon dioxide removal technologies in the Canadian context with the intent of reducing barriers to deployment and adoption. Assessed technologies include direct air capture (DAC), biomass-based carbon dioxide removal (BiCRS) and enhanced mineralization (EM). This project will develop data and tools in support of the life-cycle assessment (LCA)/techno-economic analysis (TEA) Technical Track of the CDR Mission under Mission Innovation (MI).

Project Name: Integrated Assessment of Energy Systems

Recipient: The Governors of the University of Alberta

Location: Edmonton, Alberta

Funding: $900,000

Project Summary: This project aims to develop a fundamental, science-based research approach for the identification and assessment of low-carbon energy pathways to both benefit Canadians and help guide Canada’s energy system transition to a deeply decarbonized future.

Project Name: MOF Membrane and Adsorbent Processes for Low Emissions Steel (MAPLES)

Recipient: The Governors of the University of Calgary

Location: Calgary, Alberta

Funding: $2,500,000

Project Summary: The objective of this R&D project is to develop a novel hybrid carbon capture technology that uses hollow-fibre membranes and pressure swing adsorption to address emissions from electric arc furnaces in the steel industry.

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