Deadline: 3-Oct-22
The Government of Canada is inviting applications for its Energy Innovation Program – Carbon capture, utilization and storage to provide an important pathway to emissions reductions for energy and industrial activities under conditions where neither electrification nor low carbon fuels are able to provide technically or economically feasible low-carbon solutions.
The CCUS RD&D Capture focus area aims to support the RD&D of next-generation CO2 capture technologies and processes that have the potential to significantly reduce capital and/or operating costs of capturing CO2 and increase applicability to different emission sources, sizes, and CO2 concentrations compared to commercially available, amine-based CO2 capture technologies.
Funding Information
- The CCUS RD&D Capture focus area is open to R&D projects that request between $500,000 and $2,500,000 (comprising up to 75% of total project costs) and demonstration projects that request between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 (comprising up to 50% of total project costs), both over a period of up to five years.
Eligible Activities
- The CCUS RD&D Capture focus area is open to R&D and demonstration projects that undertake the following eligible activities.
- R&D Activities
- Development, assessment, testing and integration of novel and innovative equipment, software and methodologies, for example:
- Proof of concept of technologies where there is a significant technical risk, including field trials, bench-scale testing, pilot plants, and prototypes
- Analytical tools and modelling software
- Pre-demonstration field trials – limited duration tests designed to identify further R&D needs before a technology can proceed to a pre-commercialization demonstration with limited expectation of long-term operation
- Capacity building and training (where applicable)
- Assessments or characterization studies, including data compilations and syntheses, where there is a significant natural resources sectors-related knowledge gap
- Demonstration
- The permanent (for the normal life of the equipment) installation of a pre-commercial technology with the intent that it continues to operate in its intended operational environment
- Permanent modification of existing processes, equipment, or systems to accommodate an innovative technology or process
- The permanent installation of equipment and/or infrastructure to support a demonstration or multiple demonstrations
- Associated costs for the engineering, design and permitting of a permanent installation as identified, including engineering and design costs if supported or required as part of a demonstration
- Operation, performance testing, and analysis of pre-commercial equipment in its intended environment to assess performance of an innovation
- R&D Activities
Eligibility Criteria
- The CCUS RD&D Capture focus area is open to:
- Legal entities validly incorporated or registered in Canada, including:
- For-profit and not-for-profit organizations such as electricity and gas utilities, electricity system operators, transmissions owners and operators, companies, industry associations, research associations, and standards organizations
- Indigenous organizations and groups
- Community groups
- Canadian academic institutions
- Provincial, territorial, regional, and municipal governments and their departments and agencies where applicable
- Legal entities validly incorporated or registered in Canada, including:
- It is expected that the entity that will sign a contribution agreement with NRCan will be the majority owner of any assets purchased in full or in part by funding provided by NRCan.
For more information, visit https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/science-and-data/funding-partnerships/funding-opportunities/funding-grants-incentives/energy-innovation-program/energy-innovation-program-carbon-capture-utilization-and-storage-stream/23815