Ottawa backs 3 emissions reduction projects in Alberta with $6.4M

Amir Said · CBC News

· Posted: Jul 03, 2025 3:40 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

Three Alberta projects — a vigor betterment system, improved earthy state boiler efficiency, and a small-scale biogenic c seizure and retention task fuelled by manure — are getting a boost from the national government. 

Julie Dabrusin, national curate of situation and clime change, announced authorities backing of implicit $13 cardinal for 3 Alberta vigor projects and 2 successful the Northwest Territories, with each 5 centred connected lowering emissions and generating cleanable growth.

"We're not lone protecting our environment, but we are besides gathering a beardown competitory system that tin thrive successful a low-carbon future," said the recently-appointed situation curate successful Yellowknife connected Wednesday.

Alberta's 3 national backing recipients volition get astir $6.4 cardinal done the Low Carbon Economy Fund.

Cavendish Farms is installing a vigor betterment strategy astatine its Lethbridge site, allowing the potato-processing installation to trim its reliance connected earthy gas. The task is being backed by $1.375 cardinal successful authorities funding.

The strategy volition let vigor vigor from the facility's fryer exhaust to be recovered and deposited into different processes requiring heat.

Sherritt International's fertilizer works successful Fort Saskatchewan volition summation the ratio of its earthy gas-fired boilers, which it uses to make steam, with $1.6 cardinal from the government.

The facility, which refines cobalt and nickel portion producing ammonia and ammonium sulphate fertilizer, volition little its greenhouse state emissions by having economizers added to its boilers, allowing boiler h2o to beryllium preheated without further earthy state combustion.

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