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
$59.06M
TOTAL PROJECT FUNDING
$8.46M
INVESTMENT BY CICE
523,805
T/YR POTENTIAL GHG ABATEMENT

(As of January 3, 2024)

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

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

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

The Arca carbon sandbox project

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

ARCA 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
Low Carbon Bio + Synthetic Fuels

Sustainable reforestation

Innovatree Carbon Group is transforming forestry waste into a powerhouse for tree survival and carbon sequestration in the heart of British Columbia.
Innovatree Carbon Group Sustainable reforestation

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