By Adam Ophus

"could be built on mars"

Company continues to pitch thermal energy technology

Jul 10, 2020 | 4:13 PM

An Alberta company continues making its pitch to the Town of Rocky Mountain House for its technology that uses the earth’s heat to generate electricity.

The Eavor-Loop technology harnesses the planet’s natural heat kilometers underground to be used at surface for heating or to generate electricity.

Paul Cairns, founder and Chief Business Development Officer and Director of Eavor Technologies Inc., told Rocky town council this week that the goal is to build a power generation station that can be built virtually anywhere.

“To make my point of anywhere, this facility could be built on mars,” claimed Cairn, who added that there is no place on this planet less expensive to build an Eavor-Loop than here in Alberta.

The company recently completed a demonstration project in Clearwater County called Eavor-Lite which initially broke ground on August 2, 2019 and then on December 3 was commissioned and switched to thermo siphon mode and continues to run.

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Cairns stated that the Eavor-Lite used the same precision drilling crews and rigs that are used for oil drilling, which is one of the reasons why it would be so cheap here.

Right now he claims a road block for them is electricity being cheaper in Alberta than most anywhere else.

He commented that the main cost an individual pays for electricity is for delivery, not the plants that are producing it.

According to the Alberta Utilities Commission, a person pays on average roughly 24-52% of their electricity bill towards distribution.

“We are in talks with a municipality right now to put in an Eavor-Loop, although I don’t want to say who it is just yet,” Cairn hinted.

Eavor Technologies Inc. currently holds a two-phase plan, with the first to have roughly four Eavor-Loops in possible locations that include Clairmont, Fox Creek, Whitecourt, Brazeau, Rocky Mountain House, Red Deer, Bow Valley Corridor, and Fort McMurray.

By the end of phase two in 2026 Cairn says they are expecting to have around 100 Eavor-Loops creating 5,000 plus jobs.

“We believe we are the most benign form of power generation ever conceived.”