CARBON MANAGEMENT

Advancing break-through innovation for a carbon-negative future

Scaling British Columbia’s carbon avoidance and carbon removal solutions

To keep the rise in global temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, an additional reduction of 0.96 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide per year needs to be achieved by 2030. This will involve a range of frontier technologies and strategies aimed at off-setting, avoiding, reducing or removing CO₂ from the atmosphere.

CICE funding for carbon management projects

British Columbia offers a diverse range of carbon management solutions at various stages of development and implementation. Made-in-BC technologies eligible for non-dilutive CICE funding include:

Nature-based solutions that rely on natural processes to capture and sequester carbon, including photosynthesis, reforestation, soil carbon sequestration and wetland management
Technology-based engineered solutions such as industrial point-source carbon capture and storage and direct air capture and storage
Hybrid solutions that integrate natural systems with engineered elements or energy, including mineralization, ocean alkalinity enhancement, seaweed cultivation, biomass carbon removal and storage and biochar
Utilization and transport solutions that process CO₂ emissions into useful products, such as synthetic fuel production
Measurement, monitoring and verification (MMV) solutions for carbon

$9.4M
TOTAL PROJECT FUNDING

$2.25M
INVESTMENT BY CICE

275,800
T/YR POTENTIAL GHG ABATEMENT

(As of August 1, 2023)

Investing in carbon management innovation

CICE helps fund game-changing carbon management solutions developed in British Columbia that have the potential for high global impact. If you have progressed your carbon management innovation beyond the research and development stage but require additional funding and market demand to scale effectively, we would like to hear from you.

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Resources

MARCH 30, 2023

B.C. Carbon Management Blueprint Report

The B.C. Carbon Management Blueprint provides an understanding of existing carbon management approaches, the value chain, and the market participants that drive the supply and demand of these solutions.

JANUARY 17, 2023

Northeast BC Geological Carbon Capture and Storage Atlas

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been identified as a priority emissions reduction and mitigation strategy by federal and provincial governments, industry and others.

CICE funded carbon management projects

EZ-Methanol

Anodyne Chemistries is building the world’s first industrial bio-electric process to convert carbon dioxide into low carbon fuels and specialty chemicals.

Carbon Capture Utilization Hub

Lafarge is scaling carbon capture and utilization at cement plants

Seaweed Cultivation and Processing for Agrifeed Additives and Biostimulants

Cascadia Seaweed Corp is accelerating the commercialization of large-scale agrifeed and biostimulant products.

Tailings storage CO2

Arca is one of the first companies commercializing mineralization for the capture and permanent storage of atmospheric CO₂.

Essential background reads

CICE funding calls are shaped by in-depth intelligence gathering and industry consultation. In addition to producing our own reports, here are some notable background reads that have helped assess the market readiness of current technologies and identify unmet industry needs.

PICS Survive and Thrive Report

Mind the Gap

Roadmap to 2030

Advancing Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) through Carbon Financing

The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal

Ocean carbon dioxide removal: The need and the opportunity

"CICE is dramatically accelerating our product development, talent acquisition, and access to capital. It provides the perfect environment for Anodyne to grow and deliver carbon reductions through low carbon fuels and chemicals that will decarbonize a wide range of manufactured and exported products."
Iain Evans, CEO of Anodyne Chemistries VIEW PROJECT