By rdnewsNOW staff

Emissions Reduction Alberta

Provincial funding for 20 projects to reduce natural gas emissions

Jul 22, 2020 | 1:59 PM

The province is investing in 20 new projects it says will create more than 750 jobs in Alberta while also reducing emissions in the natural gas sector.

The Natural Gas Challenge launched in October by Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) invited technology developers to share project concepts for innovation opportunities in Alberta’s natural gas industry.

Alberta’s government is providing $58 million through ERA to support this opportunity to create jobs in the natural gas sector.

Funding recipients include a project that uses artificial intelligence to locate and measure methane emissions, and a project to produce renewable natural gas from biogas at an agricultural facility that will be the first of its kind in Alberta.

In a release, the province says that the 20 new projects have the potential to reduce a combined one million tonnes of emissions by 2030 – the same as taking about 750,000 cars off Alberta’s roads.

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“Investing in innovation and technology gets Albertans back to work, while ensuring the resilience of our responsible natural resource sector. We’re telling the world that Alberta is open for business,” said Jason Nixon, Minister of Environment and Parks.

ERA’s funding model requires that every dollar committed to an initiative is matched or exceeded by additional investments, which ensures there is a market demand for the technology. Government’s $58-million investment through ERA has been more than doubled by private and public investment to stimulate the economy, lower emissions and create jobs, leading to a total of $155 million in funding.