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We know imagining new possibilities is the first step to advancing innovation.
We are investing in a diverse portfolio of technologies that will reduce GHG emissions, and we’re helping innovators address barriers to accelerate toward commercialization.
We can produce oil with fewer emissions. We can create power from landfill waste. We can eliminate methane emissions, and we can help Alberta create jobs and build a stronger, more diverse economy.
Our projects supported an average of 1,400 jobs annually in Alberta from 2011 to 2021, with a total cumulative impact of over 15,000 person-year jobs.
ERA projects add more than $1.8 billion to Alberta’s GDP, and $2.3 billion to the nation as a whole.
This is our moment to not only innovate, but to change the game entirely.
Let’s get to work.
Stewardship Update
Each quarter, ERA provides a Stewardship Update to government. This public document provides a snapshot of ERA’s current project portfolio and our progress in support of targets and deliverables defined in the Climate Leadership Plan.
Since 2009, ERA has committed more than $385 million to over 129 projects. Our current portfolio spans four strategic areas.



*In 2012 ERA provided funding for 3 adaptation projects in consultation with Alberta Environment and Water (now Alberta Environment and Parks).
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ClearA Coupled CO2 and Wastewater Treatment Process to Create High Value Gas/Oil Field
Research & Development $500,000 Complete
A Coupled CO2 and Wastewater Treatment Process to Create High Value Gas/Oil Field
Research & Development $500,000 Complete
A Matter of Timing and Source: Enhanced Efficiency Nitrogen Fertilizers and Products to Reduce Nitrous Oxide Emissions in the Prairie Provinces
Research & Development $1,600,000 Active
Alberta Oil Sands Energy Efficiency and GHG Mitigation Roadmap
Implementation $1,600,000 Complete
Alberta Solar One
Research & Development $23,000,000 Active
Alberta Zero Emissions Truck Electrification Collaboration (AZETEC)
Demonstration $15,000,000 Active
Algae based biomass for production of fuels and chemicals
Research & Development $426,000 Active
An Innovative and Highly Efficient Microalgae-Based Carbon Sequestration System to Reduce CO2 Emission and Produce Valuable Byproducts Including Biofuels in all Climates
Research & Development $500,000 Complete
An Innovative and Highly Efficient Microalgae-Based Carbon Sequestration System to Reduce CO2 Emission and Produce Valuable Byproducts Including Biofuels in all Climates
Research & Development $500,000 Complete
Area Measurements of Methane & Carbon Dioxide
Demonstration $11,500,000 Active
Artificial Photosynthesis for Managing Industrially Produced CO2 Emissions through Carbon Capture and Value Creation
Development $1,300,000 Active
Artificial Photosynthesis for Managing Industrially Produced CO2 Emissions through Carbon Capture and Value Creation
Development $1,300,000 Active
Beta Testing of EOS Technology
Demonstration $3,600,000 Contribution Agreement
BFE Thermally Driven Refrigeration System
Research & Development Array Complete
Biocovers for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation from Landfills
Demonstration $3,500,000 Active
Biodiversity Management and Climate Change Adaptation
Research & Development $2,400,000 Complete
Biological Co-fermentation of Carbon Dioxide and Methane to Malate
Research & Development $537,000 Complete
Biological Plant Inoculants to Increase Carbon Sequestration in Alberta’s Agriculture and Forestry Sectors
Development $968,000 Active
BIOSALIX: Mine Reclamation and Biomass Production
Demonstration $10,500,000 Active
Blackspring Ridge I Wind Project
Implementation $600,000,000 Complete
Brooks Solar 1 Facility
Implementation $33,700,000 Active
Calibration and Demonstration of Aerial Methane Imaging for Efficient, Wide-Area Methane Emissions Detection
Demonstration $537,000 Active
Captured-CO2 Catalyst for the Production of Ethylene Oxide (C3-PEO)
Research & Development $468,000 Complete
Captured-CO2 Catalyst for the Production of Ethylene Oxide (C3-PEO)
Research & Development $468,000 Complete
Carbon Capture and Mineralogic Sequestration: Addressing the World Wide Epidemic on a World Wide Scale
Research & Development Array Complete
Carbon dioxide utilization in concrete
Demonstration $5,300,000 Contribution Agreement
Carbon Sequestration via Next-Generation Bioreactor Technology
Demonstration $23,500,000 Active
Ceramic membrane-based technology for H2 production with CO2 capture and sequestration
Research & Development $2,400,000 Terminated early
Ceramic membrane-based technology for H2 production with CO2 capture and sequestration
Research & Development $2,400,000 Terminated early
Chemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide via Solar-Powered Artificial Photosynthesis
Research & Development Array Complete
CLEANSEAS™ Demonstration Project
Demonstration $139,000,000 Contribution Agreement
CO2 Conversion to Methanol through Bi-reforming
Research & Development $500,000 Complete
CO2 to Graphene Reactors
Research & Development $529,000 Complete
CO2 Conversion to Methanol through Bi-reforming
Research & Development $500,000 Complete
CO2 to Graphene Reactors
Research & Development $529,000 Complete
Combined Heat and Power for Commercial and Institutional Buildings
Implementation Array Active
Commercialization of Bio-Based Spray Foam
Research & Development $240,000 Complete
Company-Wide Rollout of a Systematic Energy Efficiency Program Leading to Significant GHG Reductions in Alberta’s Oil and Gas Industry
Implementation $13,900,000 Complete
Control of point-source low-volume methane emissions using methane biofiltration technology
Demonstration $974,000 Active
Conversion of Industrial CO2 Emissions into Biofuels and Chemicals
Research & Development $510,000 Complete
Conversion of Industrial CO2 Emissions into Biofuels and Chemicals
Research & Development $510,000 Complete
Converting Carbon Dioxide into Chemicals and Fuels Using Clean, Domestic Sources of Energy in Alberta
Demonstration Array Complete
Crossfield Energy Centre Hybrid Electric Gas Turbine Project – hybridization of a natural gas turbine with battery storage
Research & Development $14,600,000 Active
Crossfield Gas Plant Energy Efficiency and GHG Reduction Project
Development $34,700,000 Active
Cryogenic Carbon Capture with Energy Storage (CCCES)
Development Array Complete
Cyclic Solvent Process pilot
Demonstration $102,600,000 Active
Demonstration of Near Zero Emission Well Control System
Demonstration $3,300,000 Contribution Agreement
Demonstration of Reduced Enteric Methane Emissions in Growing/Finishing Beef Cattle
Research & Development $2,900,000 Active
Demonstration of the Transition from Hydrocarbons to Inert Gas Technology for Gas Blanketing and Purge in the Gas Processing Industry
Research & Development $2,300,000 Active
Deploying an Advanced Analytics Platform to Quantify Livestock GHG Emissions and Monitor Reduction Strategies at Individual Animal and Whole Operation Scale
Research & Development $2,000,000 Active
Developing an Adsorbing Biocarbon to Achieve Greenhouse Gas Benefits in the Remediation of Produced Water in Oil Sands Operations
Research & Development $58,000 Complete
Digital Optimization using Advanced Process Control in an In-Situ Facility
Demonstration $2,900,000 Active
Direct Air Capture – Pilot Plant Demonstration
Development Array Complete
Direct Catalytic Synthesis of Acetic Acid from CO2 AND CH4
Research & Development $500,000 Complete
Direct Catalytic Synthesis of Acetic Acid from CO2 AND CH4
Research & Development $500,000 Complete
Downhole Imaging System for Identifying Wellbore Leakage
Demonstration $9,200,000 Contribution Agreement
Drumheller Solar and Battery Storage Project
Demonstration $25,600,000 Active
Eco-Mimicry Approach to Methane Capture in Tailings Ponds: Design of a Multi Bioreactor and Gas Sampling System for Testing the Performances of Known Methane Oxidizing Materials
Research & Development $70,000 Complete
Electric Bus On-Route Charging Deployment
Demonstration $31,000,000 Active
Emission-free electrical power from multiple waste energy sources
Implementation $14,900,000 Active
eMVAPEX Pilot, Phase 3
Demonstration $105,000,000 Contribution Agreement
Enabling Increased Intermittent Green Generation via Wind Energy Storage
Demonstration $22,700,000 Active
Energy Footprint Reduction for Ethylene Manufacturing
Research & Development $1,400,000 Complete
Energy Intensity Reduction through Flow Control Devices and Non-Condensable Gas
Research & Development $8,700,000 Active
Engineering of the Natural Gas Dual Fuel Blend System for Heavy Duty Diesel Vehicles
Demonstration $559,000 Complete
Enhanced Bitumen Recovery Technology Pilot
Demonstration $224,000,000 Contribution Agreement
Enhanced Solvent Extraction Incorporating Electromagnetic Heating
Demonstration $105,600,000 Active
ENMAX E-Fleet Pilot
Demonstration $2,100,000 Active
ENMAX Energy Micro Renewable Energy Project
Implementation $34,300,000 Active
ENMAX Midstream Industrial Solar + Storage Project
Demonstration $3,900,000 Active
Enzergy™ the Next Generation Coal Combustion for Cleaner Environment
Research & Development $465,000 Complete
Farming 4R Land, Phase I
Demonstration $225,000 Complete
Farming 4R Land, Phase II
Research & Development $253,000 Complete
Field pilot demonstration of UBC’s waste-to-value innovation for conversion of carbon dioxide and desalination of wastewater in Alberta
Demonstration $4,000,000 Contribution Agreement
Field Pilot of Multilateral Well Technology to Reduce GHG Intensity of SAGD
Research & Development $12,800,000 Active
Field Upgrading Pilot Plant
Demonstration $29,100,000 Active
Field-Deployment of a Carbon Dioxide Transformation System Powered by Sunlight
Demonstration $3,900,000 Active
First of Kind Commercial Deployment and Demonstration of 100 Class 7 or 8 OEM Commercial CNG/RNG Powered Vehicles
Demonstration $26,700,000 Active
Forestry Waste to Electrical Power – Fuel Variability Minimization, La Crete Project
Implementation $157,800,000 Active
FortisAlberta Waterton Energy Storage Project
Demonstration $5,100,000 Active
FSG Field Prototype
Demonstration $35,000,000 Contribution Agreement
Genesee Wood Waste Biomass Co-Firing Project
Demonstration $30,300,000 Active
GHG Reduction for Supply Chain Improvements for Oil & Gas Hydraulic Fracturing
Implementation $76,000,000 Active
GPHH Integrated BioRefinery™
Implementation $40,300,000 Complete
Green Methanol from Carbon Dioxide and Renewable Hydrogen (Methanol +)
Research & Development Array Complete
GrowTEC on-farm waste to renewable energy technology
Implementation $7,200,000 Complete
Hanna Solar Project
Implementation $189,400,000 Active
Heavy Crude Quality Improvement
Demonstration $107,400,000 Active
High Efficiency Capture Using Novel Fibres in the Production of Soil Conditioning Agents Polymer Replacements
Research & Development Array Complete
High Temperature Membranes for SAGD Produced Water Treatment
Implementation $10,000,000 Contribution Agreement
High-Value Synthetic Chemicals and Gasoline Drop-In Liquid Fuels from Canada’s CO2 and Flare Gas Emissions
Development $754,000 Complete
High-Value Synthetic Chemicals and Gasoline Drop-In Liquid Fuels from Canada’s CO2 and Flare Gas Emissions
Development $754,000 Complete
HTC Purenergy CO2 Capture FEED Study for Devon’s Jackfish SAGD Facility
Development $487,000 Complete
HTC Purenergy CO2 Capture FEED Study for Devon’s Jackfish SAGD Facility
Development $487,000 Complete
HUMASORB®-L for Removal of CO2, NOX GHGs, along with SOX and Trace Metals from Fossil Fuel Combustion Gases and Recycling of CO2 into a Value Generation HUMASORB®-CS, a Stable Multipurpose Water Filter
Research & Development $649,000 Complete
HUMASORB®-L for Removal of CO2, NOX GHGs, along with SOX and Trace Metals from Fossil Fuel Combustion Gases and Recycling of CO2 into a Value Generation HUMASORB®-CS, a Stable Multipurpose Water Filter
Research & Development $649,000 Complete
Imaging & Quantification System for Fixed Site Monitoring
Demonstration $2,500,000 Active
Implementation of High Solids Anaerobic Digestion Technology at the Edmonton Waste
Implementation $39,000,000 Active
Improved Construction of Roads and Pipelines to Minimize Impact on Peatland GHG Emissions
Research & Development $555,000 Active
In-Pipe Turbine Generator Field Demonstration Project
Demonstration $5,900,000 Active
In-Pit Extraction Process
Demonstration $45,800,000 Contribution Agreement
Incorporating wetland carbon values into spatially explicit tools to inform land-use decisions
Research & Development $164,000 Complete
Integration of Advanced Hybrid Inorganic Membranes for Carbon Dioxide Conversion
Research & Development Array Active
Intelligent NanoFertilizers: The dynamics of soil bacterial populations associated with root exudates and nitrogen uptake by wheat and canola
Research & Development $136,000 Complete
Kearl ConDex Flue Gas Heat and Water Recovery Project
Demonstration $12,700,000 Active
Kraft Pulp Mill Flue Gas Energy Recovery Project
Development $18,900,000 Active
Large Scale Building Integrated Solar PV Demonstration in Production Housing
Implementation $5,800,000 Active
Lashburn CO2 Capture Demonstration Project
Demonstration $23,100,000 Active
Lashburn CO2 Capture Demonstration Project
Demonstration $23,100,000 Active
Lethbridge Biogas, Biogas Cogeneration Project
Implementation $28,600,000 Complete
Low Carbon Fuels Project
Demonstration $44,300,000 Active
Low Energy Produced Water Treatment
Implementation $3,400,000 Complete
Low Energy Water Treatment for Steam Assisted Heavy Oil Recovery
Demonstration $16,500,000 Contribution Agreement
Medicine Hat Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Demonstration Project
Demonstration $13,200,000 Complete
Methane emissions from beef cattle bred for low residual feed intake
Demonstration $1,600,000 Active
Multi-Pad Pilot of a Solvent-Aided Process
Demonstration Array Contribution Agreement
Multi-site Cement Industry Low Carbon Fuel Implementation and Supply Chain Optimization
Development $907,000 Active
N-Solv BEST Oil Sands Scale-Up Project
Demonstration $238,000,000 Contribution Agreement
N-Solv BEST Pilot Plant at Suncor Dover
Demonstration Array Complete
Natel Energy, Inc. BRID Drop 5 Hydro Project
Demonstration $3,700,000 Active
NetZero (Ready) Home Design and Demonstration for Production Housing
Demonstration $2,100,000 Active
Non-Condensable Gas Co-Injection for Thief Zones
Demonstration $10,600,000 Contribution Agreement
Novel Internal Dry Reforming Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology for CO2 Utilization
Research & Development $502,000 Complete
Novel Internal Dry Reforming Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology for CO2 Utilization
Research & Development $502,000 Complete
Optimization of Enzymatic System for CO2 Capture from Oil Sands Production
Development $1,800,000 Complete
Optimization of Enzymatic System for CO2 Capture from Oil Sands Production
Development $1,800,000 Complete
OTSG Oxy-fuel Demonstration
Demonstration $6,100,000 Complete
Partial Upgrader with Integrated Water Treatment
Demonstration Array Contribution Agreement
Performance validation of cattle selected for feed efficiency under extensive cow/calf production systems
Research & Development $413,000 Active
Permanent Sealing of GHG Emitting or Sequestration Wells with a Bismuth-Based Metal Alloy
Research & Development $1,000,000 Complete
Poplar Creek Project, ET-DSP™ for Development of Athabasca Oil Sands
Demonstration Array Complete
Post Combustion Carbon Capture using Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Pilot
Demonstration $38,000,000 Contribution Agreement
Power Generating Combustor to Eliminate Methane Emissions
Demonstration $4,300,000 Active
Process to Capture Carbon Dioxide and Produce Structured Calcium Carbonate and Fertilizer
Research & Development $500,000 Complete
Production of Dimethyl Carbonate (DMC) from Captured CO2 and Methanol
Research & Development $555,000 Complete
Production of Dimethyl Carbonate (DMC) from Captured CO2 and Methanol
Research & Development $555,000 Complete
Project Wheatland
Implementation $285,000,000 Active
Proof-of-Concept Testing: Software to Quantify Emission Rates in Real-Time
Development $621,000 Active
Protocol Validation Studies
Demonstration $291,000 Complete
Radio Frequency XL (RF XL) Enhanced Oil Recovery
Demonstration $16,100,000 Contribution Agreement
Reducing Methane and Other Environmental Impacts from Oil Sands Tailings and Ponds
Demonstration $10,200,000 Active
Reduction of GHG Emissions through Greening Biofuel Production and CO2 Utilization: from Pilot Plant to Commercialization
Implementation $5,500,000 Active
Reduction of GHG Emissions through Greening Biofuel Production and CO2 Utilization: from Pilot Plant to Commercialization
Implementation $5,500,000 Active
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Aerobic Landfill Project
Research & Development $13,400,000 Active
Regionally Appropriate Grazing
Research & Development $715,000 Active
Reliable Power for Remote Locations
Demonstration $278,000 Complete
Remote Generator Compressor Systems
Research & Development $3,600,000 Active
REMVue/Slipstream Air/Fuel Ratio Control and Vent Capture Project
Implementation $7,700,000 Complete
Renewable Transportation Fuel
Demonstration $20,500,000 Contribution Agreement
Saddlebrook Solar + Storage
Demonstration $45,400,000 Active
Satellite-Aircraft Hybrid Detection and Quantification of Methane Emissions
Demonstration $9,100,000 Active
Shell Alberta Bioenergy Project
Implementation $108,000,000 Active
Skyonic SkyCycle™ Pilot Demonstration
Research & Development Array Complete
Slave Lake Pulp Bio-Methanation Project
Implementation $40,000,000 Complete
Soda Ash and Bicarbonate from a Low Energy Natural Gas Sweetening Process
Research & Development Array Complete
Solidia Concrete – A Sustainable Method For Cement Production and CO2 Utilization
Research & Development $1,300,000 Complete
Solidia Concrete – A Sustainable Method for Cement Production and CO2 Utilization
Demonstration $4,700,000 Contribution Agreement
Solidia Concrete – A Sustainable Method For Cement Production and CO2 Utilization
Research & Development $1,300,000 Complete
Solidia Concrete – A Sustainable Method for Cement Production and CO2 Utilization
Demonstration $4,700,000 Contribution Agreement
South Saskatchewan River Basin (SSRB) Adaptation to Climate Variability Project
Research & Development $1,600,000 Complete
Stack-Top Temperature Reduction Project
Demonstration $690,000 Active
Strathcona Works – Waste Heat to Power Project
Research & Development $70,000,000 Active
Sultech Global Innovation Corp. production of Micronized Sulphur and formulation into a sprayable Wet Elemental Sulphur Fertilizer (A Commercial Demonstration Project)
Demonstration $6,100,000 Active
Supercritical CO2 Waste Heat Recovery and Utilization Technology
Demonstration $45,600,000 Active
Sustainable Remediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons (PHCS) using Phytotechnologies
Research & Development $57,000 Complete
Targeted PureJet Incinerators for Methane Challenges
Demonstration $1,500,000 Active
Technologies for Reducing GHG Emissions and Providing Offset Options for the Beef and Dairy Industries
Research & Development $2,800,000 Active
Tree Species Adaptation Risk Management Project
Research & Development $3,000,000 Complete
Use of Carbon Dioxide in Making Carbonate-Bond Precast Concrete Products
Research & Development Array Complete
Use of nitrification inhibitors to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from crop fields
Research & Development $235,000 Active
Valorizing Industrially Produced CO2: A Reliable and Cost-Effective Solution for Carbon Capture and its Conversion to Marketable Products
Research & Development $514,000 Complete
Valorizing Industrially Produced CO2: A Reliable and Cost-Effective Solution for Carbon Capture and its Conversion to Marketable Products
Research & Development $514,000 Complete
VeloxoTherm™ Carbon Capture Technology
Demonstration $23,800,000 Active
Vent Gas Capture for Engine Fuel Use
Research & Development $5,300,000 Complete
Waste Characterization Study
Research & Development $124,000 Active
Waste Energy to Power Utilization within an Amine Facility
Demonstration $1,800,000 Active
Wavelength-Selective Solar Collectors (WSSCs) for Power Generating Greenhouses and Carbon Capture
Research & Development $846,000 Active
Weyerhaeuser Grande Prairie Evaporator Project
Implementation $81,800,000 Complete
Whitecourt Recovered Energy Project
Demonstration $97,000,000 Complete
Whitecourt Transmission Deferral Battery
Demonstration $26,800,000 Active
