Grants and Contributions:

Title:

Pre-commercialization of the Emergent P2P Microalgae Clean Technology: Cleaning Industrial_x000D_ GHG Emissions - Creating High-Value Bio-Products

Agreement Number:

CCIPX

Agreement Value:

$900,000.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 7, 2018 -

Organization:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Location:

Alberta, CA

Reference Number:

GC-2017-Q4-01744

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Additional Information:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2021-2022).

Recipient's Legal Name:

Tan, Weixing (Grande Prairie Regional College)

Program:

Extend Innovation Enhancement Grants

Program Purpose:

NSERC CCI IE grant (2010-2016) supported by regional industry partners has enabled GPRC to advance itsx000D
alpha model micro-algae photo-bioreactor (PBR) through rigorous scientific development and verification, intox000D
patent protected P2P Microalgae Technology poised for pre-commercialization. This development was inx000D
response to local needs for GHG emission control and economic development. Grande Prairie Regionalx000D
College presents this business- and industry-driven Extend IE proposal to pre-commercialize our new P2Px000D
Microalgae Clean Technology to capture emitted pollutants and to decontaminate them into high-valuex000D
bio-products. Industry funding partners are from the waste-to-energy, mining and forestry sectors. Twox000D
partners and one business developer (letter of support) are interested in the purchase and/ or commercializationx000D
of this technology. The project will enable set-up of a pre-commercial pilot located adjacent to one partner'sx000D
green energy (biomass) power plant. Emitted flue gas will be directed into the PBR containing algae, waterx000D
and nutrients. When exposed to sunlight, algae will photosynthesize (capture carbon other emitted airx000D
pollutants - releasing oxygen) transforming (decontaminating) them into valuable bio-products. This projectx000D
will enable production scale verification of; capture efficacies (CO2 et al), bio-products generation, and thex000D
associated business costs (i.e. cost of production). GPRC fully supports this application because the P2Px000D
Initiative has 1) a strong scientifically-competent core research team under demonstrated leadership; 2)x000D
established world-class R&D resources and infrastructure in this subject area; 3) strong cash and in-kindx000D
contributions from long-term industry partners in engineering, business analysis, financing, andx000D
commercialization planning; and 4) the support from /regional industry and communities.