Grants and Contributions:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

Finding a beneficial use for CO2, by product of ethanol production, to produce value-added products has ax000D
great potential to offset the cost of CO2 removal to a level where a business case can be made based onx000D
economic benefits rather than environmental regulations alone which will make Spectrum highly competitive.x000D
Microalgae, CO2 loving plants, converts CO2 into oil that can then be converted into biodiesel. Usingx000D
renewable microalgae instead of fossil fuels as a source of hydrocarbon fuels provides a negative CO2x000D
emissions route. The objective of the proposed project is to develop an enzymatic process for converting thex000D
CO2 captured from flue gas streams into liquid hydrocarbon fuel. Specifically, a single step low cost, active,x000D
selective and stable enzymatic process will be developed to accelerate CO2 enhanced bio-oil extraction fromx000D
renewable microalgae and subsequent conversion to biodiesel fuel. Combining renewable bioenergy withx000D
carbon capture and utilization would result in a net-negative reduction of atmospheric CO2. If the processx000D
proves feasible, fuel created from CO2 may become a major source of energy. Also, success in the proposedx000D
project will produce a cost-effective option for Spectrum to offset greenhouse gas emissions and helpx000D
Saskatchewan and Canada to grow as a world leader in both energy production and environmental stewardship.