Background
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) provides an important pathway to emissions reductions for energy and industrial activities under conditions where neither electrification nor low carbon fuels are able to provide technically or economically feasible low-carbon solutions.
As part of Budget 2021, the government is investing $319 million over seven years into research, development, and demonstrations to advance the commercial viability of CCUS technologies. These funds will support businesses, academia, non-profits, government, and federal laboratories on the path to net-zero emissions by 2050. In 2021-22, OERD ran a call for proposals with up to $50 million in support for FEED studies for large-scale CCUS facilities. The CCUS RD&D call will focus on earlier-stage RD&D activities across three different focus areas. There were individual intake processes for each focus area.
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Focus Areas
Capture: To drive down the cost and enhance performance of capture technologies for different emission sources.
Storage & Transportation: To characterize and develop safe, permanent subsurface CO2 storage, and technologies that support safe and efficient transportation of CO2 and storage opportunities across Canada.
Utilization: To support the research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) of CO2 utilization technologies that have the potential to significantly and meaningfully reduce the costs, as well as the energy and carbon intensity, of CO2 conversion and utilization into viable products and commodities for long-term or permanent sequestration of CO2 at a large scale.
Results
Capture
The Capture focus area received 75 eligible submissions, amounting to an overall request of $196.8M. After a stringent review process, 12 contribution agreements have been signed.
Storage & Transportation
The Storage & Transportation focus area received 92 eligible submissions, amounting to an overall request of $359M. After a stringent review process, two contribution agreements have been signed.
Utilization
The Utilization focus area received 55 eligible submissions, amounting to an overall request of $46M.
As the funded projects are announced, they will be posted on our Current Investments page.
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Questions about the Call? Contact NRCan at: energyinnovation-innovationenergetique@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca. During regular operations, NRCan will strive to respond within two business days.
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