We are committed to funding projects that support the development, demonstration and, ultimately, the commercialization of innovative, clean energy technologies that relate to the energy sector.
Our fund supports:
- Reduction of air emissions, operations waste and our physical footprint
- Conservation and recycling of water, energy and materials
- Protection and reclamation of groundwater, land and habitat
- Development of new, renewable energy technologies
Our current funded projects:
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Atlantic Hydrogen: CarbonSaver Demonstration Project |
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We've partnered with the Province of New Brunswick in support of Atlantic Hydrogen's CarbonSaverTM Demonstration Project. Atlantic Hydrogen Inc., a clean energy technology developer, has a patent-pending plasma technology that creates an environmentally friendly natural gas fuel, which holds great potential for widespread use wherever natural gas is consumed. The CarbonSaverTM technology captures carbon in a natural gas stream as a solid, which can then be sold for use in products such as inks, dyes and plastics. This extraction process leaves behind a hydrogen-enriched, low-emissions fuel, which when combusted reduces CO2 up to seven percent and nitrogen oxide (NOx) up to 90 percent in some applications. |
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Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) |
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The Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) will support the advancement of technologies that have the potential to provide new sources of clean renewable ocean energy.
At the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, FORCE will oversee three demonstration tidal power technologies installed on the seabed in the Minas Channel. One of the technologies was installed in 2009, with the two others to follow. The Bay of Fundy is one of the world's best sites for tidal development. The flow rate of the water passing through the Minas Passage at its peak flow is said to be greater than the flow rate of all combined fresh river flows on the earth. |
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Group IV - Efficient lighting solutions |
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We sponsor Ottawa-based Group IV's semiconductor project, the goal of which is to develop an energy efficient, less expensive, and longer lasting form of lighting. Group IV's revolutionary silicon-based technology works by passing an electrical current through silicon in order to produce light. Because almost all of the energy is converted to light instead of heat, Group IV's solution is designed to consume one tenth the energy and last years longer than traditional light bulbs.
When it's ready for public consumption, the new technology is expected to deliver dramatic power savings for lighting in homes and businesses, lasting an estimated 50,000 hours. |
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REM Technology/UBC: Improving thermal efficiency |
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With the help of EnCana, REM Technology Inc., along with the University of British Columbia's Clean Energy Research Centre, is developing two technologies designed to improve thermal efficiency and reduce emissions from natural-gas fuelled engines. EnCana is financing the development of the technology. |
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