OTTAWA — The federal government is looking to advance technologies and projects that will further the country’s clean fuels and alternative fuels sectors by providing over $11 million in support.
These initiatives were funded under Natural Resources Canada’s Energy Innovation Program (EIP) and Clean Fuels Fund (CFF).
Projects under the EIP were selected as part of the Clean Fuels and Industrial Fuel Switching call, explains a release, which targets industrial fuel switching and the production of clean fuels for use in hard-to-abate sectors.
CFF projects were selected under the Establishing Biomass Supply Chains and Building News Domestic Production Capacity calls. This supports the private sector in building, retrofitting and expanding clean fuel production facilities in Canada.
Funding Under the EIP’s Clean Fuels and Industrial Fuel Switching Call:
Diesel durable de 3egénération (DDGen3)
- Recipient:ÌýCentre technologique des résidus industriels,Ìýin collaboration with Enerkem, CRB Innovations and CanmetEnergy-Ottawa.
- Location:ÌýRouyn-Noranda, Que.
- EIP Funding:Ìý$2.55 million
- The project intends to build a pilot facility that will produce a novel, sustainable diesel fuel from wood products, processed first at smaller local facilities and then sent to a central site for efficient and cost-effective processing and refining.
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High-Power Plasma Torch for Heavy Industry
- Recipient:ÌýPyroGenesis Inc.
- Location:ÌýMontreal, Que.
- EIP Funding:Ìý$424,000
- The project will create high-power, durable plasma torches with long-lasting electrodes by designing, building and testing prototypes, providing a sustainable alternative to fossil fuel burners for high-temperature industrial applications.
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions at CRH Canada via Coal Displacement with Alternative Low-Carbon Fuels
Recipient:ÌýCRH Canada Group Inc.
Location:ÌýMississauga, Ont.
EIP Funding:Ìý$1.5 million
The project aims to use alternative low-carbon fuel (ALCF) made from biomass and non-recyclable materials as a replacement for coal and other fossil fuels in cement production.
Conversion of Waste to Sustainable Aviation Fuel via Modified Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis
Recipient:ÌýGreenfield Global Inc.
Location:ÌýEdmonton
EIP Funding:Ìý$1 million
The project plansÌýto produce clean fuels like sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel from waste biomass. The project will convert forestry waste into biocrude and then a gas, using a type of Fischer-Tropsch reaction to create low-carbon fuels that can replace traditional fuels for planes and heavy vehicles.
Funding Under the CFF’s Building New Domestic Production Capacity Call:
H2-FERT-FEASIBILITY
Recipient:ÌýAtura H2 L.P.
Location:ÌýSt. Clair Township, Ont.
CFF Funding:Ìý$3.52 million
The money will be used to conduct a feasibility study and a front-end engineering design study to assess the construction of a 20-megawatt facility producing low-cost, low-carbon hydrogen gas via electrolysis.
Biomass to Renewable Transportation Fuels First Nations Renewable Hydrocarbon Fuels Production From Waste Biomass
Recipient:ÌýWanagekong-Biiwega’iganan Clean Energy Corporation
Location:ÌýTown of Fort Frances, Ont.
CFF Funding:Ìý$2.25 million
To conduct a FEED study for a commercial plant in Fort Frances, Ont., that will produce renewable low-carbon-intensity transportation fuel including sustainable airline fuel, renewable diesel and renewable naphtha using wood waste and non-merchantable fiber from the Boundary Waters Forest. Renewable naphtha, a byproduct of renewable diesel and gasoline production, can serve as a fuel, feedstock or chemical.
Funding Under the CFF’s Establishing Biomass Supply Chains Call:
Accelerating Biobased Economic Development in Beausejour-Brokenhead by issuing a BDO Zone Rating
Recipient:ÌýBeausejour Brokenhead Development Corporation
Location:ÌýBeausejour-Brokenhead, Man.
CFF Funding:Ìý$92,500
The municipalities of Beausejour and Brokenhead aim to boost local economic growth by creating a Bioeconomy Development Opportunity Zone Rating for their wheat straw biomass resources. This rating will help accelerate bio-based project development and position the region for success in the clean economy.
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