Twenty-nine Alberta clean tech projects awarded $20.5M

Twenty-nine clean technology projects across Alberta will share more than $20.5 million from the Climate Change Innovation Technology Framework (CCITF) Clean Technology Development program. The projects, in both the public and private sectors, range from using nanomaterials to turn regular windows into power sources and advancing clean pipeline technology, to detecting and controlling methane emissions and managing cannabis waste. The program, a partnership between the Government of Alberta’s Economic Development and Trade ministry, Alberta Innovates and Emissions Reduction Alberta, facilitates and supports development of novel clean technologies, from the science bench through to commercial application. Deron Bilous, minister of Economic Development and Trade, says the investment will help turn homegrown ideas and technologies into jobs and businesses that will help grow and diversify Alberta’s economy. CCIT, whose mandate includes advancing emerging clean tech opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, has supported 34 projects to date with total funding of $25.1 million.