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Global News
3 days ago
- Business
- Global News
Feds announce funding for 5 Alberta carbon capture projects
Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson has announced $21.5 million in federal funding for five Alberta projects that aim to lower the cost of capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions. The projects are being funded under the Energy Innovation Program, which put out a call for carbon capture, utilization and storage technology proposals. Story continues below advertisement Bow Valley Carbon Cochrane Ltd., a partnership between Inter Pipeline Ltd. and Entropy Inc., is to receive $10 million to add equipment to a gas extraction plant northwest of Calgary that aims to capture emissions equivalent to taking more than 12,000 cars off the road a year. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Enbridge Inc. is to get $4 million and Enhance Energy Inc. is to receive $5 million for separate storage hubs in Central Alberta. The remainder of the funds are going toward a project looking to improve analysis technologies and another to test small-scale carbon capture from diesel engines. The announcement comes as uncertainty continues to cloud a $16.5-billion carbon capture project proposed by the Pathways Alliance, a consortium that includes six major oilsands producers. The companies have not made a final investment decision on the project, which would be one of the largest in the world if built, and federal and provincial support remains a question mark. Story continues below advertisement Pathways would capture carbon dioxide emissions from more than 20 oilsands facilities in northern Alberta and transport them 400 kilometres away by pipeline to a terminal in the Cold Lake area in eastern Alberta, where they would be stored in an underground hub to prevent them from entering the atmosphere. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has pitched a 'grand bargain' where that emissions-cutting project would go ahead in tandem with a new crude oil pipeline to the West Coast, which no company has thus far proposed to build. Ottawa is weighing which projects deemed in the national interest will be subject to a sped-up regulatory review under newly passed federal legislation.
Calgary Herald
3 days ago
- Business
- Calgary Herald
Natural Resources Canada announces over $21.5 million for Alberta carbon capture, storage projects
The federal government announced Friday more than $21.5 million in funding for five Alberta projects that aim to significantly reduce costs associated with capturing and storing carbon. The projects are being funded through Natural Resource Canada's Energy Innovation Program, which had put out a call for proposals for next-generation carbon capture, storage and utilization technologies. 'We are taking action to make Canada a conventional and clean energy superpower — getting good products to market, cutting emissions, creating jobs and delivering the technologies that will power our economy for decades to come,' said Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson in a Friday statement. Article content Six weeks after delivering my first speech as Canada's new Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, I'm back in Alberta to announce $21.5 million in federal funding for five carbon capture projects across the province. These investments will: ✅ Lower emissions across our… — Tim Hodgson (@timhodgsonmt) July 4, 2025 Article content Article content Almost half of the funding — $10 million — is going to a project which involves the design and installation of a carbon dioxide compression and conditioning system, transportation pipeline and sequestration well. The Bow Valley Carbon Cochrane Limited Partnership, a collaboration between Inter Pipeline Ltd. and Entropy Inc., is behind the project. 'Together, these components will aim to capture 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year of emissions, equivalent to taking approximately 12,255 cars off the road annually, from the Interpipeline Cochrane Natural Gas Extraction Plant,' said a Friday Natural Resources Canada release. Enbridge is getting $4 million towards a storage hub in central Alberta, and Enhance Energy Inc. is receiving $5 million in support of another central Alberta storage hub. Another project, by OCCAM's Technologies Inc., is receiving $2 million in federal funding to look into capturing carbon from diesel engines. 'This approach has the potential to develop economically viable capture processes for distributed emission sources in hard-to-decarbonize industries such as locomotive rail transport, marine shipping and heavy-duty trucking,' said Natural Resources Canada. And an OptiSeis Solutions Ltd. project getting $538,000 in funding will aim to improve new and existing subsurface analysis technologies.
Toronto Star
3 days ago
- Business
- Toronto Star
Ottawa announces funding for five Alberta carbon capture projects
COCHRANE - Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson has announced $21.5 million in federal funding for five Alberta projects that aim to lower the cost of capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions. The projects are being funded under the Energy Innovation Program, which put out a call for carbon capture, utilization and storage technology proposals.
Hamilton Spectator
3 days ago
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
Ottawa announces funding for five Alberta carbon capture projects
COCHRANE - Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson has announced $21.5 million in federal funding for five Alberta projects that aim to lower the cost of capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions. The projects are being funded under the Energy Innovation Program, which put out a call for carbon capture, utilization and storage technology proposals. Bow Valley Carbon Cochrane Ltd., a partnership between Inter Pipeline Ltd. and Entropy Inc., is to receive $10 million to add equipment to a gas extraction plant northwest of Calgary that aims to capture emissions equivalent to taking more than 12,000 cars off the road a year. Enbridge Inc. is to get $4 million and Enhance Energy Inc. is to receive $5 million for separate storage hubs in Central Alberta. The remainder of the funds are going toward a project looking to improve analysis technologies and another to test small-scale carbon capture from diesel engines. The announcement comes as uncertainty continues to cloud a $16.5-billion carbon capture project proposed by the Pathways Alliance, a consortium that includes six major oilsands producers. The companies have not made a final investment decision on the project, which would be one of the largest in the world if built, and federal and provincial support remains a question mark. Pathways would capture carbon dioxide emissions from more than 20 oilsands facilities in northern Alberta and transport them 400 kilometres away by pipeline to a terminal in the Cold Lake area in eastern Alberta, where they would be stored in an underground hub to prevent them from entering the atmosphere. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has pitched a 'grand bargain' where that emissions-cutting project would go ahead in tandem with a new crude oil pipeline to the West Coast, which no company has thus far proposed to build. Ottawa is weighing which projects deemed in the national interest will be subject to a sped-up regulatory review under newly passed federal legislation. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 4, 2025. Companies in this story: (TSX: ENB) (TSX: IPL)
Winnipeg Free Press
3 days ago
- Business
- Winnipeg Free Press
Ottawa announces funding for five Alberta carbon capture projects
COCHRANE – Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson has announced $21.5 million in federal funding for five Alberta projects that aim to lower the cost of capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions. The projects are being funded under the Energy Innovation Program, which put out a call for carbon capture, utilization and storage technology proposals. Bow Valley Carbon Cochrane Ltd., a partnership between Inter Pipeline Ltd. and Entropy Inc., is to receive $10 million to add equipment to a gas extraction plant northwest of Calgary that aims to capture emissions equivalent to taking more than 12,000 cars off the road a year. Enbridge Inc. is to get $4 million and Enhance Energy Inc. is to receive $5 million for separate storage hubs in Central Alberta. The remainder of the funds are going toward a project looking to improve analysis technologies and another to test small-scale carbon capture from diesel engines. The announcement comes as uncertainty continues to cloud a $16.5-billion carbon capture project proposed by the Pathways Alliance, a consortium that includes six major oilsands producers. The companies have not made a final investment decision on the project, which would be one of the largest in the world if built, and federal and provincial support remains a question mark. Monday Mornings The latest local business news and a lookahead to the coming week. Pathways would capture carbon dioxide emissions from more than 20 oilsands facilities in northern Alberta and transport them 400 kilometres away by pipeline to a terminal in the Cold Lake area in eastern Alberta, where they would be stored in an underground hub to prevent them from entering the atmosphere. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has pitched a 'grand bargain' where that emissions-cutting project would go ahead in tandem with a new crude oil pipeline to the West Coast, which no company has thus far proposed to build. Ottawa is weighing which projects deemed in the national interest will be subject to a sped-up regulatory review under newly passed federal legislation. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 4, 2025. Companies in this story: (TSX: ENB) (TSX: IPL)
