By Dori Modney (@Dori_Modney on Twitter) with files from the Alberta Government

Alberta funds 16 green transport projects at a cost of $100-Million

Mar 12, 2019 | 6:31 PM

EDMONTON — Environment Minister Shannon Phillips has announced  the province is shelling out  $100 million to kick-start new green transportation projects, including a truck that can drive long distances while delivering net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The truck project is being developed by the Alberta Motor Transport Association.

The government is funding 16-projects expected to create 114 new jobs while, in terms of GHG reductions, taking the equivalent of more than 530,000 cars off the road.  It is also providing an additional $5 million to assist small and medium-sized oil and gas companies at reducing methane waste through energy-efficient equipment upgrades.

Among the projects, the City of Edmonton will test market a more cost-effective charging system to transition buses from diesel to electric. The system will be needed, as Alberta’s capital  purchases 50 electric buses.  Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) Branch Manager Eddie Robar, noted the size of the project.

“The single largest purchase in Canadian history, puts ETS at the forefront of bus electrification in Canada. ETS is fully committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, leading the way toward a lower carbon economy, and helping the City of Edmonton achieve its climate resilience goals.”
     

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Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) received 180-applications in September 2018 for its BEST Challenge. Twenty-four were shortlisted and invited to submit Full Project Proposals and made in-person presentations. Projects were selected through ERA’s competitive review process. A team of experts in science, engineering, business development, commercialization, financing, and greenhouse gas quantification conducted an independent, rigorous, transparent review overseen by a Fairness Monitor.

The ERA Board approved the 16 funding recipients from several categories in February of 2019, including:

 Biotechnology:

— LanzaTech, Inc.: Carbon Sequestration via Next-Generation Bioreactor Technology
— Shell Canada Energy: Shell Alberta Bioenergy Project
— Sultech Global Innovation Corp.: Production of Micronized Sulphur and Formulation of a Sprayable Elemental Sulphur Fertilizer.

Electricity

— TransCanada Energy: Saddlebrook Solar and Storage
— ENMAX Generation Portfolio Inc.: ENMAX Midstream Industrial Solar and Storage
— AltaLink Management Ltd.: Whitecourt Transmission Deferral Battery
— FortisAlberta Inc.: FortisAlberta Waterton Energy Storage
— ATCO Ltd.: Hanna Solar
— Longspur Developments: Drumheller Solar and Battery Storage
— Natel Energy: Bow River Irrigation District (BRID) Drop 5 Hydro.

Sustainable Transportation

— Alberta Newsprint Company: GHG Reduction for Supply Chain Improvements for Oil & Gas Hydraulic Fracturing
— ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd.: First of Kind Commercial Deployment and Demonstration of 100 Class 7 or 8 Commercial Compressed Natural Gas/Renewable Natural Gas Powered Vehicles
— eCAMION: Demonstration of Battery-Based Bus Charging Routes
— ENMAX Generation Portfolio Inc.: ENMAX E-Fleet Pilot
— City of Calgary: Electric Bus On-Route Charging Deployment
— Alberta Motor Transport Association: Alberta Zero Emissions Truck Electrification Collaboration.

The recipients are required to produce a final outcome report on their projects, to be shared publicly.

More information is available at Energy Efficiency Alberta

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