Canada invests CAD $11 million in clean fuel projects
Marcus Powlowski, Member of Parliament, has announced financial support of over CAD $11 million for projects aimed at advancing clean and alternative fuel technologies in Canada.
The funds, administered by Natural Resources Canada's Energy Innovation Programme (EIP) and Clean Fuels Fund (CFF), are intended to promote affordable, lower-carbon fuels in sectors such as biomass processing and transportation. The initiatives also aim to foster the development of alternative energy sources such as hydrogen.
EIP-selected projects were part of the Clean Fuels and Industrial Fuel Switching call, targeting both industrial fuel switching and the production of clean fuels for sectors that are difficult to decarbonise. CFF projects were chosen from calls focused on establishing biomass supply chains and enhancing domestic production capacity for clean fuel.
In Quebec, Centre technologique des résidus industriels, in collaboration with Enerkem, CRB Innovations, and CanmetEnergy-Ottawa, is set to receive CAD $2.55 million to construct a pilot facility in Rouyn-Noranda. This facility will develop sustainable diesel fuel from wood products, which will be processed locally and then refined centrally for cost effectiveness.
PyroGenesis Inc., based in Montreal, Quebec, is awarded CAD $424,000 to design and test prototypes for high-power plasma torches. These torches are intended as sustainable alternatives to fossil fuel burners in industrial high-temperature processes.
CRH Canada Group Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario, is to receive CAD $1.5 million to reduce emissions through the use of alternative low-carbon fuel (ALCF) in cement production. This project plans to replace coal with biomass and non-recyclable materials, contributing to lower emissions and enhanced waste management.
Greenfield Global Inc. will receive CAD $1 million for a project in Edmonton, Alberta, aimed at producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel from waste biomass. This involves converting forestry waste into biocrude and gas, using a modified Fischer-Tropsch synthesis to generate low-carbon fuels for aviation and other transport modes.
Under the CFF's Building New Domestic Production Capacity call, Atura H2 L.P. in St. Clair Township, Ontario, will receive CAD $3.52 million. This funding supports a feasibility and engineering design study for a 20-megawatt hydrogen gas production facility using electrolysis.
Wanagekong-Biiwega'iganan Clean Energy Corporation is receiving CAD $2.25 million for a FEED study in Fort Frances, Ontario. The study will examine the feasibility of producing renewable low-carbon transportation fuels from wood waste and non-marketable forest fibre.
Finally, the Beausejour Brokenhead Development Corporation in Manitoba has been allocated CAD $92,500 to promote economic growth through the establishment of a Bioeconomy Development Opportunity (BDO) Zone Rating. This initiative aims to harness wheat straw biomass resources for local bio-based project development.
