Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Synergraze Cattle Feed Additive
Agreement Number:
1029636
Agreement Value:
$130,000.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 11, 2025 - Apr 2, 2025
Description:
The proposed project by Synergraze Inc. is aimed at commercially growing and processing a natural cattle feed additive based on a strain of algae. At less than one per cent inclusion level, the feed additive is capable of reducing methane emissions in cattle and other ruminants by up to 90 per cent while also increasing the rate of weight gain. As this algae strain has not been grown at commercial scale before, Synergraze Inc. is developing a land-based tank facility to produce and process the algae into a cattle feed additive. The feed additive provides direct GHG reductions by nearly eliminating enteric methane emissions from cattle as well as potential intensity-based reductions associated with improving the rate of weight gain. As a result of this project, the amount of cattle feed additive produced will yield GHG reductions from cattle by 68,400 Tonnes of CO2e per year.
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:
The NRC-IRAP Clean Technology Program will support Canadian SMEs in the research and development of sustainable development technologies, up to their commercialization, with the potential to deliver economic and environmental outcomes.
Location:
Calgary, Alberta, CA T2S 1W2
Reference Number:
172-2024-2025-Q4-1029636
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
743913337
Recipient Type:
For-profit organization
Recipient's Legal Name:
Synergraze Inc
Federal Riding Name:
Calgary Centre
Federal Riding Number:
48004
Program:
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Clean Technology
Program Purpose:
The NRC-IRAP Clean Technology Program will support Canadian SMEs in the research and development of sustainable development technologies, up to their commercialization, with the potential to deliver economic and environmental outcomes.
Coverage:
NRC-IRAP Clean Technology projects stimulate wealth creation for Canada through sustainable development technological innovation, while improving Canada’s environmental indicators related to greenhouse gas emissions (GCG), waste management, air quality or drinking water based on the types of sustainable development technologies that will be supported.│Les projets de technologies propres du PARI-CNRC stimulent la création de richesse pour le Canada grâce à l’innovation technologique en matière de développement durable, tout en améliorant les indicateurs environnementaux du Canada liés aux émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES), à la gestion des déchets, à la qualité de l’air ou à l’eau potable en fonction des types de technologies de développement durable qui seront soutenues.