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
$138.9M
TOTAL PROJECT FUNDING
$15.6M
INVESTMENT BY CICE
511,539
T/YR POTENTIAL GHG ABATEMENT

(As of April 25, 2025)

Resources

Industry reports
FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Catalyzing Carbon Dioxide Removal at Scale Report

The Catalyzing Carbon Dioxide Removal at Scale report details the requirements, challenges, and opportunities for removing carbon dioxide from our atmosphere at a multi-gigatonne scale. Download it now!
Catalyzing Carbon Dioxide Removal at Scale Report
Industry reports
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.
B.C. Carbon Management Blueprint Report
Industry reports
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.
Northeast BC Geological Carbon Capture and Storage Atlas

CICE funded carbon management projects

Carbon Management

From CO2 to power: One-step carbon capture and conversion for clean electricity generation

Agora Energy Technologies is developing a one-step CO2 capture and conversion process for clean electricity generation in fuel cells and batteries.
Agora Energy Technologies From CO2 to power: One-step carbon capture and conversion for clean electricity generation
Carbon Management

From bio-industrial waste to a climate solution

Gaia Refinery is enabling bio-industrial decarbonization through a scalable, drop-in carbon removal system.
Gaia Refinery From bio-industrial waste to a climate solution
Carbon Management

Seaweed-based architectural acoustic panels

Seacork Studio is turning seaweed into carbon-negative and biodegradable non-structural construction materials. 
Seacork Studio Inc. Seaweed-based architectural acoustic panels
Carbon Management

Decarbonizing Concrete: Scaling Low-Emission Cement Production

EnviCore is transforming industrial waste minerals into a low carbon cement replacement in concrete. 
EnviCore Inc. Decarbonizing Concrete: Scaling Low-Emission Cement Production
Carbon Management

Expanding operational capacity of robotic containment through prescribed fire trials

Revolutionizing B.C. wildfire management with a robotic system that transforms perimeter control and risk-reduction burning.
Wildfire Robotics Expanding operational capacity of robotic containment through prescribed fire trials
Carbon Management

VoxVision airborne AI for wildfire helicopters

Supercharging firefighting helicopters with advanced AI and sensor technology to combat wildfires.
Voxelis Canada Corporation VoxVision airborne AI for wildfire helicopters
Carbon Management

 Prevention of lightning ignited wildfires

Introducing groundbreaking lightning suppression technology to prevent wildfires and protect communities, industries, and forests
Skyward Wildfire Technologies  Prevention of lightning ignited wildfires
Carbon Management

Transforming aerial data into actionable insights for firefighters

Delivering cutting-edge, real-time AI geospatial analysis to enhance wildfire and emergency response efforts.
Nova (Hummingbird Drones Inc.) Transforming aerial data into actionable insights for firefighters
Carbon Management

Autonomous drone swarms for wildfire suppression

Wildfire suppression through autonomous drone swarms to detect, map, and battle fires with precision and speed. 
FireSwarm Solutions Autonomous drone swarms for wildfire suppression
Carbon Management

Wildfire prediction

Predicting wildfire risk with frequency and artificial intelligence on the most remote transmission lines.
CRWN.ai Wildfire prediction
Carbon Management

Scaling permanent, affordable carbon removal in pulp and paper

CO280 solutions is developing large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects to permanently scale and increase affordability of carbon removal in the pulp and paper industry.
CO280 Solutions Inc. Scaling permanent, affordable carbon removal in pulp and paper
Carbon Management

Advancing novel technology for accelerated carbon mineralization

Arca is advancing the development of first-of-kind microwave activation technology for carbon mineralization in industrial waste streams.

Arca Climate Technologies Inc. Advancing novel technology for accelerated carbon mineralization
Carbon Management

AI for remote monitoring of seaweed blue carbon

Coastal Carbon is building AI models that helps satellites “see” underwater to measure and monitor BC’s massive blue carbon ecosystem.
Coastal Carbon AI for remote monitoring of seaweed blue carbon
Carbon Management

Exploring OAE potential within the Strait of Georgia

Planetary Technologies is conducting an initial ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) trial in the Strait of Georgia that aims to explore the potential for a regional hub enabling megatonnes of CO2 removal.
Planetary Technologies Exploring OAE potential within the Strait of Georgia
Carbon Management

Organic waste processing technology

Curat Innovations Inc. is striving to solve organic waste disposal problems and associated GHG emissions.
Curat Innovations Inc. Organic waste processing technology
Carbon Management

Manufacturing, scaling, and field-deployment of novel proximal sensors to measure soil health

Miraterra is using proximal sensing that is precise, fast, and clean to provide soil health, nutrient and carbon measurement with unrivalled accuracy at an unmatched cost.
Miraterra Manufacturing, scaling, and field-deployment of novel proximal sensors to measure soil health
Carbon Management

Quantification and monitoring system for carbon management using hyperspectral imagery

Metaspectral is pioneering carbon management for agriculture using hyperspectral imagery.
Metaspectral Quantification and monitoring system for carbon management using hyperspectral imagery
Carbon Management

Using successive LiDAR-derived tree inventories to measure forest carbon capture

Quatern Limited Partnership is measuring forest carbon sequestration using aerial LiDAR-derived individual tree inventories.
Quatern Limited Partnership Using successive LiDAR-derived tree inventories to measure forest carbon capture
Carbon Management

TI’Oh upgrader

Deadwood Innovations is transforming low-quality forest residue waste and damaged timber into low-emission, commercially viable wood products.
Deadwood Innovations TI’Oh upgrader
Carbon Management

The Arca carbon sandbox project

Arca is quantifying and validating carbon dioxide removal in alkaline waste.

Arca Climate Technologies Inc. The Arca carbon sandbox project
Low Carbon Bio + Synthetic Fuels

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.
Anodyne Chemistries EZ-Methanol
Carbon Management

Carbon capture utilization hub

Lafarge is scaling carbon capture and utilization at cement plants
Lafarge Canada Carbon capture utilization hub
Low Carbon Bio + Synthetic Fuels

Seaweed cultivation and processing for agrifeed additives and biostimulants

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

CASCADIA SEAWEED CORP Seaweed cultivation and processing for agrifeed additives and biostimulants
Carbon Management

Tailings storage CO2

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

ARCA Tailings storage 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

PICS Survive and Thrive Report

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

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

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The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal

The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal

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Ocean carbon dioxide removal: The need and the opportunity

Ocean carbon dioxide removal: The need and the opportunity

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  • "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