Government of Canada Takes Strides to Advance Decarbonization of Heavy Emitting Industries in British Columbia

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On November 28, 2024, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced $12.5 million for six projects to accelerate the development of clean technologies that can significantly mitigate emissions from industrial activities in British Columbia.

Projects Funded Under the Energy Innovation Program’s Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Research, Development and Demonstration Call:

Exploring Further Electrification of Direct Air Capture

  • Recipient: Carbon Engineering ULC
  • Location: Squamish, British Columbia
  • EIP Funding: $5,000,000
  • Project Summary: This project will support the development of new, alternative energy solutions for powering direct air capture (DAC) systems, which pull carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air. The project also aims to explore further electrification of the DAC process, which can address CO2 emissions from anywhere by decoupling the source of the emission from the point of capture, providing an important tool to support a low-carbon future. 

Developing an Integrated Carbon Capture System Leveraging Industrial Mine Waste Streams

  • Recipient: Arca Climate Technologies Inc.
  • Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
  • EIP Funding: $1,831,216
  • Project Summary: This project will advance DAC technology that aims to develop new methods to utilize unused rock from mining operations to capture and permanently store CO2 in an accelerated geochemical process called carbon mineralization.  

Using Renewables to Capture Carbon – RtoC2

  • Recipient: University of British Columbia
  • Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
  • EIP Funding: $1,457,855
  • Project Summary: To capitalize on a synergistic relationship wherein byproducts from the pulp and paper industry can be used to remove the CO2 produced by the industry itself.

Projects funded under the EIP’s Clean Fuels and Industrial Fuel Switching Call:

Biocoal for the Cement Industry Using Municipal Waste as the Feedstock

  • Recipient: British Columbia Biocarbon Ltd.
  • Location: McBride, British Columbia
  • EIP Funding: $2,511,341
  • Project Summary: This project will work to confirm the feasibility of converting municipal waste into biocoal for the cement industry. By optimizing the feedstock mix and scaling production, it plans to test a 100-tonne sample at Heidelberg’s Delta, B.C., cement plant. The goal is to develop biocoal that meets the industry's energy, handling and cost requirements as a direct fossil coal replacement. Expected outcomes include cutting GHG emissions, reducing landfill use and saving fuel costs while moving the cement industry toward net-zero carbon.

Advancing the Co-processing of Biocrudes to Reduce the Carbon Intensity of Fuels

  • Recipient: Parkland Refining (BC) Ltd. 
  • Location: Burnaby, British Columbia
  • EIP Funding: $980,500 
  • Project Summary: Since 2023, Parkland Refining (BC) Ltd. has been testing various pre-treatment methods for processing fast pyrolysis biocrudes and developing a way to track biogenic carbon and determine the carbon intensities of co-processed fuels. Expected results include creating a method to use existing infrastructure for producing low-carbon fuels, enabling more biogenic feedstocks for co-processing, reducing petroleum fuel use and emissions, and helping other Canadian refiners implement co-processing through shared knowledge.

Study to Displace Natural Gas With Renewable Fuel Gas at B.C.-Based Cariboo Pulp and Paper Mill

  • Recipient: Highbury Energy Inc.
  • Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
  • EIP Funding: $710,000
  • Project Summary: Utilizing its made-in Canada advanced gasification technology, Highbury Energy Inc. is conducting a comprehensive techno-economic analysis and front-end engineering design study to seamlessly provide an alternative fuel source for a lime kiln with medium-BTU renewable fuel gas from wood residues at Cariboo Pulp and Paper in Quesnel, British Columbia.

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