The federal government of Canada is offering $8 million (CAD 11 million) in funding for 9 power expertise initiatives: $1.82 million (CAD 2.5 million) for small modular reactor (SMR) analysis and $6.18 million (CAD 8.5 million) for clear hydrogen innovation.
The federal government mentioned in a information launch that, of the allotted funds, $3.64 million (CAD 5 million) can be allotted to a few initiatives in Alberta chosen by the Power Innovation Program’s (EIP) Clear Fuels and Industrial Gasoline Switching name for proposals.
In accordance with the discharge, $2.18 million (CAD 3 million) can be assigned to Aurora Hydrogen Inc. to advance the usage of microwave power for pyrolysis expertise to transform methane to hydrogen and stable carbon with minimal greenhouse fuel emissions and no water use. Additional, $0.73 million (CAD 1 million) will go to Quantiam Applied sciences for the manufacturing of carbon-negative methanol and e-fuels from captured carbon dioxide and inexperienced hydrogen, whereas one other $0.73 million (CAD 1 million) will go to Innova Hydrogen Corp for zero-carbon hydrogen manufacturing by way of catalytic methane pyrolysis.
The remaining 4 initiatives, additionally in Alberta, are funded by the EIP and help the Hydrogen Centre of Excellence, a strategic initiative led by Alberta Innovates. They embody a venture of ATCO Fuel and Pipelines Ltd., in partnership with Qualico, to conduct a feasibility evaluation of a pure hydrogen pipeline community to warmth new houses in the neighborhood of Bremner in Strathcona County, Alberta.
Additionally to be funded is a venture of Modern Gasoline Programs to scale back emissions from heavy-duty automobiles by growing a hydrogen and diesel dual-fuel retrofit system relevant to 90 % of professional quality engines.
Receiving funding as nicely is one other venture of ATCO Fuel and Pipelines Ltd. to develop the Fort Saskatchewan Working Centre into the primary industrial 100-percent hydrogen-heated constructing in North America and as an indication web site for end-user heating applied sciences that make the most of pure and blended hydrogen with pure fuel.
Lastly, funding can be allotted to a venture of New Wave Hydrogen Inc. to speed up the time of methane thermal cracking for hydrogen manufacturing by way of shock wave heating expertise in preparation for successive area pilots.
“This week’s bulletins are a part of a collection of great steps the Authorities of Canada continues to take to help good jobs and promote sustainable progress, together with the launch of the Hydrogen Technique for Canada Progress Report, Canada’s Important Minerals Technique and Canada’s founding of the Sustainable Important Minerals Alliance final fall,” Minister of Power and Pure Assets Jonathan Wilkinson mentioned. “I’ll proceed to work with all companions to make sure Canada stays a worldwide provider of selection for clear power in a net-zero world — making certain a affluent and clear future for Canadians from coast to coast to coast”.
“New Wave Hydrogen is honoured to be part of the Canadian clear power transition. The imaginative and prescient and advantages of those funding packages supply important help to rising corporations. This funding stimulates progress, not only for the New Wave expertise — it extends to help Canada’s innovation ecosystem and networked progress by engineering, manufacturing and clear power sectors,” New Wave Hydrogen CEO Kathleen O’Neil mentioned.
In accordance with the discharge, curiosity in low-carbon hydrogen in Canada has elevated considerably since 2020, with over 80 low-carbon hydrogen manufacturing initiatives introduced, representing over 5 million metric tons of hydrogen manufacturing. Additional, there at the moment are 13 low-carbon hydrogen manufacturing services in operation throughout Canada, in a position to produce over 3,000 metric tons of low-carbon hydrogen per yr.
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