Carbon Capture

• Alberta announces $2.8M toward plant to turn waste into electricity

  The Alberta government has announced $2.8 million in funding toward a facility that would use carbon capture to turn municipal waste into clean electricity. 

  Politics

  Sep 10
  
• Strathcona Resources and Canada Growth Fund to partner on carbon capture project

  The project will involve building carbon capture and sequestration infrastructure on steam-assisted gravity drainage oilsands facilities across Saskatchewan and Alberta.

  Canada

  Jul 11
  
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• Entropy gives formal go-ahead to 2nd carbon capture project

  Entropy Inc. says it has made a final investment decision to go ahead with its second carbon capture and storage project.

  Economy

  Jul 9
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• More carbon capture projects to be green-lit soon: federal minister

  Wilkinson made the comments in an interview in Calgary, one week after Shell Canada announced it will go ahead with its Polaris carbon capture project in Alberta.

  Economy

  Jul 4
• Shell Canada Products going ahead with carbon capture project in Alberta

  Shell also says it will proceed with the Atlas Carbon Storage Hub in partnership with ATCO EnPower.

  Economy

  Jun 26
• Report by Deloitte suggests emissions cap not possible without oil, gas production cuts

  The oil and gas sector is Canada's heaviest-emitting industry, and rising oilsands production has meant total emissions from the sector are increasing.

  Canada

  Jun 18
• Alberta landfill waste carbon capture project reaches agreement with Canada Growth Fund

  Gibson said Tuesday it has reached a deal with the $15-billion federal Canada Growth Fund that will help it accelerate the development of the project.

  Environment

  Jun 11
• Carbon capture rollout lags as industry, feds at odds over who shoulders risk

  The question of who should bear the financial risk for pricey carbon capture and storage projects has become a stumbling block slowing the technology's adoption in Canada.

  Economy

  Jun 4
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• Alberta First Nation, environmental groups want public hearing on Pathways carbon capture plans

  The request was filed with the regulator Monday.

  Environment

  May 14
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• Federal energy minister defends carbon capture technology after Alberta project scrapped

  Carbon capture, utilization and storage, also known as CCUS, are systems that trap carbon emissions at their source and then funnel them back underground.

  Canada

  May 9