Abby L. Harvey
GHG Monitor
9/11/2015
Alberta’s Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC) will provide CAD$15 million in funding for projects related to the innovate use of carbon dioxide, the independent, not-for-profit organization announced his week. The funding competition is the second round of CCEMC’s “Grand Challenge,” a three-round program providing a total of $35 million total. The first round of the program awarded a combined total of nearly $12 million to 24 projects.
This round of the competition will award up to five projects a maximum of $3 million to support efforts to convert greenhouse gasses into carbon-based products. “Success in this round of the challenge will result in demonstrated technologies that can each show a clear path towards at least 1 megatonne net reduction in GHG emissions annually and have an executable plan for deployment in Alberta,” the request for proposals says.
Proposals will be evaluated in three areas: GHG reductions, opportunity and potential, timeframe, and adaptability for use in Alberta and business feasibility. Proposals must demonstrate that the technology will result in at least 1 net megaton of GHG reductions annually, is economically viable and scalable, can be piloted within two years, can be implemented in Alberta, and commercially feasible for implementation in Alberta.
Proposals are due by Jan. 18, 2016. They will be reviewed, and a selected group will be invited to submit more comprehensive proposals, which will be due in July 2016. A final decision of winning proposals will be made in March 2017.
