Category: News

  • Government of Alberta announces over $60 million in funding through ERA to help transform the province’s industrial sectors

    For immediate release EDMONTON, AB – The Government of Alberta is committing over $60 million through Emissions Reduction Alberta’s (ERA) Industrial Transformation Challenge to 14 projects worth more than $225 million to help the province’s industrial sector reduce emissions and improve competitiveness.   All funding is sourced from the province’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER)…

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  • Partnership in global CCUS initiative leverages international investment in three Alberta-led projects

    ERA commits $3 million in TIER funds to support advances in CCUS technologies Three Alberta-led carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects are receiving funding as part of Emissions Reduction Alberta’s (ERA) international partnership with Accelerating CCS Technologies (ACT). ERA is committing $3 million to 3 projects worth over $11 million. Funding is sourced from…

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  • Analysing Alberta’s Hydrogen Export Opportunity

    Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) and Alberta Innovates have co-written and published a white paper titled Hydrogen as an Alberta Export Opportunity: Gap Analysis. The paper is authored by Grace Meikle (Emissions Reduction Alberta), Murray Gray (Alberta Innovates), and Dave Van Den Assem (Alberta Innovates). Some of the key takeaways include: Hydrogen as an Alberta Export…

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  • Leaders in Business and Sustainability Join ERA’s Board of Directors

    Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) is pleased to welcome two new members to its Board of Directors: Kate Chisholm and Mark Blackwell. These Alberta-based leaders with backgrounds in business and sustainability will join ERA’s current Board of Directors in providing direction and oversight to the organization. ERA’s Board helps to shape its strategy and business plans,…

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  • Emissions Reduction Alberta announces up to $50 million to fund technology that will help reshape the province’s energy systems

    EDMONTON, AB –Emissions Reduction Alberta’s (ERA) is launching a new $50 million Reshaping Energy Systems funding competition made possible through the Government of Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) fund. This investment will advance technologies focused on the transport, distribution, storage, and optimization of energy use to reduce emissions, create economic opportunities, and enable…

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  • Alberta announces $58 million for circular economy projects worth $528 million in public and private investment

    EDMONTON, AB – The Government of Alberta is advancing the province’s global leadership in the circular economy by committing $58 million through Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) to projects across the province worth $528 million. All funding is sourced from the province’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) fund. Producing high-quality fertilizer for farmers, recycling asphalt…

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  • Government of Alberta is making up to $50 million available to help the province’s industrial sector reduce emissions, improve competitiveness

    EDMONTON, AB – Today, the Government of Alberta is committing up to $50 million through Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) for the Industrial Transformation Challenge. Funds are sourced from the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) fund. The investment will advance technology opportunities with significant economic and environmental benefits across Alberta’s industrial sector. The Industrial Transformation Challenge is…

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  • Emissions Reduction Alberta Invests $5 Million Towards Clean Energy Transition Partnership’s International Funding Opportunity

    ERA FUNDS WILL FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGIES SPECIFIC TO CCUS, HYDROGEN, AND RENEWABLE FUELS EDMONTON, AB – Today, Emissions Reduction Alberta announced up to $5 million in funding to the Clean Energy Transition Partnerships (CETP) Joint Call 2022. CETP is a new transnational initiative for joint research, technological development, and innovation programming to pool funds and accelerate…

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  • Emissions Reduction Alberta’s latest Technology Roadmap takes cross-industry investment focus

    EDMONTON, AB – Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) has a new edition of its Technology Roadmap to guide the direction of its investments and ensure it advances the right mix of short-and long-term technologies to help the province realize its environmental and economic goals. ERA’s Technology Roadmap articulates the pathways that will enable Alberta to have a competitive economy that delivers sustainable…

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  • Over $40 million investment to kickstart $20 billion in carbon capture projects

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EMISSIONS REDUCTION ALBERTA’S CARBON CAPTURE KICKSTART TO ACCELERATE ALBERTA’S TRANSITION TO A LOW-EMISSIONS FUTURE EDMONTON, AB – The Government of Alberta is investing over $40 million through Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) in 11 projects focused on advancing the province’s global leadership in carbon capture utilization and sequestration (CCUS). If successful, these projects could…

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