ACT4 CALL │ Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA)

Eligible Expenses

Projects of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Carbon capture: production of a pure CO₂ stream from combustion and/or processes at the point of emissions.
• Carbon capture and transportation networks: integrated approaches combining multiple capture points and transportation infrastructure to link multiple specific capture sites to a common network.
• Direct carbon conversion: implementation of a process that directly absorbs carbon into a product at the point of emissions such as the creation of CO₂-based products (e.g., fuels, chemicals, building materials).
• Permanent Storage: captured CO₂ is transported to a geological storage site and then injected deep underground where it is permanently stored.
• Utilization to Storage via Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)/Enhanced Gas Recovery (EGR): the captured CO₂ is transported to an oil-field and is used to stimulate more oil production, with the CO₂ then being stored in the oil-depleted reservoir.
• Clean Hydrogen Production: low-carbon hydrogen production from fossil sources combined with CCUS.
• Carbon dioxide removal (CDR):
  • Biomass Carbon Removal and Storage (BiCRS)/ Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS): utilisation of biomass as an energy source and the capture and permanent storage of CO₂produced during the conversion of biomass to energy.
  • Direct Air Capture (DAC): production of pure CO₂ stream from ambient air.
• In-situ carbon mineralization: CO₂ captured, compressed, and stored in reactive geologic formations where CO₂in the fluid form mineralizes to produce water-insoluble calcium or magnesium carbonates, such as in basalts offshore.