Oil well Pump (Canadian Press)

By Jerran Fisher

Alberta partnering with international groups to reduce carbon emissions

Mar 3, 2022 | 3:28 PM

EDMONTON, AB — The Alberta government is partnering with eight countries in an international partnership with Accelerating CCS Technologies (ACT) to help fund four new carbon capture projects.

The Alberta-based carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects will cost around $24 million.

CCUS technology can capture, use and store up to 90 per cent of carbon dioxide emissions produced from fossil fuels.

Steve MacDonald, CEO of Emission Reduction Alberta (ERA) said, “The task of scaling up and deploying CCUS technologies is too great for one company, one organization or one jurisdiction to take on alone. Building on our international relationships and credibility, ERA is helping to find solutions by bringing the world to Alberta, and by taking Alberta’s innovation to the world.”

The ERA announced a partnership with ACT in 2020 to invest in CCUS technologies.

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Jason Nixon, Minister of Environment and Parks said, “Partnerships and investments like these are critical to helping Alberta leverage investments in CCUS. These innovative, world-class technologies will increase the value of our natural resources… Making our province a key player in developing solutions and knowledge to share with the world.”

ACT partners assisting in the project include; France, Switzerland, Norway, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Romania, and the U.S.

Ragnihild Rønneberg, Coordinator with ACT at Research Council of Norway, says, “The climate issue is something we need a global approach to. Four out of the 13 new ACT-funded projects have Canadian partners and consortia built of research partners…The knowledge that Alberta has in this space is highly acknowledged and serves our ambition to make CCUS a commercially viable climate mitigation technology.”

The four projects being supported by ACT are:

• Carbonova Corp: Carbon reforming to economic additives for transitioning into a lower-emissions era.
• University of Alberta: Effective monitoring of long-term site stability for transparent carbon capture and storage hazard assessment.
• Carbon Management Canada: Reusing depleted oil and gas fields for carbon dioxide sequestration.
• University of Alberta: Advanced multitemporal modelling and optimization of carbon dioxide transport, utilization and storage networks.

The ERA has committed $820 milliion towards 220 projects since 2009.

The projects have been estimated to lower more than 42 million tonnes of emissions by 2030.

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