Shell Canada said Wednesday it had awarded its Quest Climate Grant for 2016 to three Canada-based clean energy technology innovators. “For Canada to achieve its climate change targets, our society will need bold new ideas and smart thinking from all Canadians. The exceptional young entrepreneurs receiving this year’s Quest Climate Grant have shown us that there are many ways to tackle what can seem like a daunting challenge,” Shell Canada President Michael Crothers said in a press release.
The winning organizations, Calgary-based Carbon Upcycling, Kitchener-based Borealis Wind, and Toronto-based Sojourn Labs, will each receive $50,000 (CAN) to further their research.
Carbon Upcycling is working to sequester carbon dioxide in carbon-based feedstocks. “The Quest Climate Grant will give us the opportunity to expand our research on how the nano-material is benefiting concrete and plastics. These are our highest volume and most robust applications – the ones that will have the largest impact on CO2,” Luke Carson, director of research and business development for Carbon Upcycling Technologies, said in the release.
Borealis Wind is working to address the issue of wind turbine blade icing, and Sojourn Labs is developing an electric car powered by solar energy and the driver’s pedaling.
