CarbonCure’s CO2-utilization technology is to be installed in multiple concrete plants in Province Calgary, Alberta.
CarbonCure Technologies will receive up to $3 million from Emissions Reduction Alberta to accelerate the use of its CO2-utilization technology in Alberta.
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Burnco Rock Products adopted CarbonCure's technology in early 2016[/caption]
CarbonCure will be competing with three other round two recipients of the Emissions Reduction Alberta Grand Challenge for the final $10 million grant, which will be awarded in 2019.
CarbonCure’s technology is part of a growing new sector of technologies that convert CO2 emissions into products, which is expected to be worth $1 trillion and could reduce global GHG emissions by up to 15% by the year 2030.
CarbonCure’s technology reduces greenhouse gases snd provides economic benefits to concrete producers. The technology is currently installed in more than 40 concrete plants in North America, including Alberta’s Burnco Rock Products.
CarbonCure’s retrofit technology sources carbon dioxide emissions from local industrial emitters, and converts the greenhouse gas into nano-sized minerals to make concrete stronger and greener. The technology will give Alberta concrete manufacturers a competitive advantage to better meet the changing needs of customers while transitioning Alberta to a low-carbon future, the company says.
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For the ERA Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses, CarbonCure will work with multiple concrete plants in Alberta to maximize the overall GHG benefits and improve the economics associated with the technology to attract smaller concrete plants as customers.
The project includes a partners from the supply chain, including Praxair Canada, and a fourth-generation family business and leading concrete supplier, Burnoco Rock Products.
“CarbonCure helps us to serve our communities and stakeholders with sustainable construction innovations; we are already supplying concrete made with CarbonCure’s innovative technology to the Calgary construction market,” Mike Powell, chief executive, Burnoco, says.
“We are already supplying concrete made with CarbonCure’s innovative technology to the Calgary construction market.”
The partnership with Praxair Canada builds on years of collaborations between the industrial gas giant and clean technology innovator. Participating in a project that repurposes process gas like CO2 to make better construction materials is in-line with Praxair's mission of making our planet more productive, says Danny Green, national sales manager, Praxair Canada,
“Praxair supports CarbonCure’s vision of developing economically beneficial uses for CO2, and we are pleased to support the Alberta concrete industry as they transition to lower-carbon technologies.”
"This is not the first time CarbonCure has partnered up with Praxair Canada and Burnco. The companies are part of CarbonCure’s team in the $20 million global NRG Cosia Carbon X-prize competition. As one of 27 semi-finalist teams from around the world, the team is demonstrating that CarbonCure's technology is the most cost-effective, highest-impact and most scalable solution to convert CO2 into high-value products. The competition runs over the next four-years, with the final round of demonstrations occurring in Shepard, Alberta.
