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JANUARY 8, 2020

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is seeking expressions of interest from firms which wish to enter into a commercial licensing arrangement to bring to market its methane oxidation catalyst. Companies interested in commercializing the NRCan technology must submit a letter of interest to NRCan on or before 24 January 2020.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Continuing to speed up the adoption of hydrogen in long-haul transportation, Hydra Energy —the first Hydrogen-as-a-Service provider for commercial fleets—announced a strategic partnership with Chemtrade. In Canada, 10.5% Hydra pays for the truck conversion and the on-site fueling infrastructure.

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MARCH 10, 2022

Canada-based Rock Tech Lithium has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with the Government of Romania. The Rock Tech converters produce lithium hydroxide in three steps: pyro-processing, hydro-processing and purification. Rock Tech owns its own mine in Canada. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 31, 2009

Canada-based Nexterra Systems Corp., a supplier of advanced biomass gasification systems, has received C$7.7M (US$7 million) in funding from the BC Bioenergy Network (BCBN), Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), the National Research Council Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP), and Ethanol BC.

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MARCH 12, 2011

has selected Envergent Technologies LLC, a Honeywell company, to perform the engineering design for a project that will use Envergent’s RTP Rapid Thermal Processing technology ( earlier post ) to convert palm biomass to renewable heat and electricity. RTP is currently in use in seven commercial biomass processing plants in the US and Canada.

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MARCH 16, 2017

Natural Resources Canada is investing $800,000 in G4 Insights Inc. for the development of technology to convert forestry waste into renewable natural gas (RNG) that can be distributed through existing natural gas pipelines in Canada.

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MAY 10, 2011

GreenField Ethanol, Canada’s largest ethanol producer, announced the launch of G2BioChem , a collaborative effort between GreenField, industrial process solutions company Andritz and enzyme developer Novozymes. G2BioChem says it is ready to demonstrate and validate its technology on a pre-commercial, continuous scale.

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JULY 14, 2016

The Governments of Canada and Québec will provide $76.5 million in funding to AE Côte-Nord Canada Bioenergy Inc. The Port-Cartier plant will also be the first commercial-scale facility of this kind in Québec. The goal of the project is to convert forest residues into 40 million liters (10.6

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JULY 22, 2021

The D328eco features the Pratt and Whitney Canada PW127S engine, more efficient and will allow better performance increased SHP (shaft horsepower) to support the increased MTOW (maximum takeoff weight). Seating 40 passengers as a standard configuration. The maintenance service goal will improve while the operating cost is reduced.

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JANUARY 20, 2013

The scale up of the Biofuels ISOCONVERSION process with our partners at Blue Sun will allow us to take a significant step toward commercial scale production of 100% drop-in fuels at prices competitive with petroleum in the 2015 timeframe. The core focus for ARA, research and development, dovetails with Blue Sun’s focus on commercialization.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

The Government of Québec plans to inject C$27 million in Québec’s first full-scale commercial cellulosic ethanol plant through the Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife and Investissement Québec. In 2010, the Government of Canada announced it would provide up to C$79.75 Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 4, 2022

Blue Bird customers can future-proof their school bus fleet by purchasing gasoline- or propane-powered vehicles and converting them easily and cost-effectively to zero-emission, electric buses later. The company is collaborating with Lightning eMotors to develop this repower electric vehicle (EV) powertrain system. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

has started the commercial production of cellulosic ethanol. Enerkem’s facility in Edmonton, AB, Canada, is the first commercial-scale plant in the world to produce cellulosic ethanol made from non-recyclable, non-compostable mixed municipal solid waste. Enerkem Inc.

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APRIL 21, 2023

In this project, Hyundai Engineering and USNC will utilize a micro modular nuclear power plant based on the high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) being demonstrated at the Chalk River Laboratories Campus in Ontario, Canada. The company is also pursuing a project to convert green hydrogen into ammonia or methanol.

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AUGUST 30, 2020

It will be the first-of-its-kind in Canada and will begin to establish a Rare Earth Element (REE) supply chain in Saskatchewan, forming an industry model for future commercial REE resource expansion in the province. The second is the more complex separation stage that converts the mixed REE Carbonate to commercial pure-grade REEs.

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AUGUST 31, 2017

Pilot testing of the patented D3MAX corn fiber-to-ethanol process has been successful, allowing D3MAX to move to the next stage of commercial deployment—the design of a full-scale D3MAX plant at Ace Ethanol. Upon the completion of the commercial design, the Ace Ethanol board will decide if the process will be installed at the plant.

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DECEMBER 5, 2020

Canada-based Standard Lithium Ltd. Successful operation of the technology at pre-commercial continuous scale has directly extracted lithium from brine in Arkansas and produced a purified, concentrated intermediate product (LiCl solution) which has been converted to better than battery-quality lithium carbonate final product.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

with securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada, relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common shares in the United States and in Canada. This syngas is then converted into biofuels and chemicals through well-established catalytic reactions. Goldman, Sachs & Co.,

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JANUARY 13, 2011

Longyear LLC, have signed a non-binding letter of intent to support the construction of one of the first commercial-scale wood-based cellulosic ethanol biorefineries, slated to break ground in 2011 in Kinross Charter Township, Michigan. Mascoma recently announced the acquisition of SunOpta BioProcess Inc.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

C4V completed a phase 1 qualification study, in which RecycLiCo’s NMC811 (nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide) precursor cathode material, made from recycled and upcycled lithium-ion battery waste, was converted into a proprietary cathode composition by C4V’s supply chain partner, followed by cell production and performance evaluations by C4V.

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JULY 12, 2013

Researchers at Environment Canada have found that vehicle exhaust is a significant source of isocyanic acid (HNCO), a toxic gaseous acid that is a product of various forms of combustion and a potential health concern. HNCO and its aqueous anion isocyanate (CNO ? 16 to 77 depending on driving mode.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

will build its first commercial-scale biomass derived sugar facility in the Trans Alta Energy Park in Sarnia, Ontario. Comet converts non-food agricultural and forest residues into high-purity dextrose sugars that will be transformed into bio-based products including organic acids, amino acids and bioplastics. Comet Biorefining, Inc.

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JUNE 15, 2023

FedEx Express Canada recently launched its first 50 BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric delivery vehicles in Toronto. FedEx Express Canada aims to convert its entire parcel pickup and delivery (PUD) fleet to zero-emissions cars by 2040. The quicker we can electrify commercial fleets, the quicker we’ll help combat climate change.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

Electrochaea GmbH, a European provider of renewable methane technology, has established a California-based US subsidiary, Electrochaea Corporation, to accelerate the commercial roll-out of its technology in North America. This gas can be directly injected into the existing natural gas grid or used immediately.

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JUNE 20, 2009

has started operating a pilot project to convert landfill gas (LFG) to nanofibers and hydrogen at a closed southern California landfill. Previously, this pilot unit was operating as a production plant in Burnaby, Canada, using natural gas as the feed source and producing 2.0 Catalyx Nanotech , Inc., kg of nanofibers per day.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

The MSG process, under license from Idaho National Laboratory, uses a combination of molten sodium salts (sodium carbonate and sodium hydroxide) to convert a carbon feedstock and water into hydrogen. —Vicky Sharpe, President and CEO of Sustainable Development Technology Canada.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) has awarded C$6 million (US$5.6 million) to the Petroleum Technology Research Centre ( PTRC ) in Regina, Saskatchewan and StatoilHydro Canada for a project to reduce water use and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions for in situ oil sands recovery by steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD).

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NOVEMBER 27, 2009

will acquire in a stock-for-stock exchange all of the outstanding common shares of Schneider Power, a Canada-based wind and solar power generation company. Upon closing, Quantum Solar would be owned 51% by Quantum, 34% by NES (on a fully converted basis), and 15% by Asola. Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2013

A consortium led by Canada-based Western Hydrogen Ltd. million investment from Sustainable Development Technology Canada to support the development and commercialization of a new hydrogen manufacturing technology called Molten Salt Catalyzed Gasification (MSG), originally developed at the US Idaho National Laboratory (INL).

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JUNE 26, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

Canada-based Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. NMG) and Panasonic Energy entered into a Framework Agreement establishing the terms of the commercial relationship between the parties to enable the next development steps of NMG’s ore-to-battery-market integrated graphite project in Québec, Canada.

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JULY 27, 2022

As domestic production has declined, an increasing amount of the uranium purchased for use in US commercial nuclear power reactors has been from other countries. In 2021, owners and operators of commercial nuclear power reactors bought 46.7 Total US commercial inventories were 141.7 lb U 3 O 8 e.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Canada-based Mangrove Lithium closed a $3-million financing from BDC Capital’s Cleantech Practice. The platform technology is also being commercialized for conversion of waste brines to chemicals and desalinated water. Mangrove is the developer of a modular platform for the cost-effective production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide.

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OCTOBER 31, 2020

ABC Companies, a leading provider to the motorcoach, transit and specialty passenger transportation market in the United States and Canada, will soon be the first to offer a motorcoach-diesel-to-electric-repower program for North American operators. —Roman Cornell, president and chief commercial officer of ABC Companies.

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OCTOBER 15, 2011

convert biomass to renewable fuel for use in district heating systems in Finland using Envergent’s RTP rapid thermal processing technology. The companies will evaluate the installation of new facilities to convert forest residues into liquid biofuel that can be burned in industrial burners for heat, replacing petroleum-based fuel.

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MARCH 10, 2009

have expanded their collaboration to develop better biocatalysts that could accelerate commercialization of next-generation biofuels. The Iogen demonstration plant in Ottawa, Canada currently produces hundreds of thousands of liters of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residue, such as wheat straw. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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JUNE 16, 2010

million) for reduction of greenhouse emissions through greening biofuel production and carbon dioxide utilization, from pilot plant to commercialization, in Edmonton. Enerkem’s technology converts residual materials, such as non-recyclable municipal solid waste, into transportation fuels and advanced chemicals. million (US$1.76

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