NorthX Climate Tech this week announced $3 million for four companies developing technologies targeting high-emitting industrial sectors, including one cleantech innovator based in Alberta.
The funding will support Calgary-based CURA Climate alongside ShiftX Technologies, Kinitics, and Hydron Energy as they accelerating pilot deployments and advance pathways to commercial scale across energy, heavy industry, and resource-based systems.
“Clean technology innovation is essential to strengthening Canada’s industrial and climate competitiveness,” says Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources.
“Projects like these are made-in-Canada solutions to improve efficiency, build stronger supply chains, and create good jobs, while positioning Canada as a clean energy superpower and the strongest economy in the G7,” the minister remarked.
“Reducing emissions and building a thriving economy are not mutually exclusive,” posits Adrian Dix, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions. “By driving industrial decarbonization, you can have it both ways,” said Adrian Dix, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions for British Columbia.
“By funding cutting-edge companies like ShiftX Technologies, Kinitics, CURA, and Hydron Energy, NorthX is not only supporting our government’s methane emission reduction and industrial decarbonization goals but is also making BC more competitive on the world stage,” Dix stated.
CURA is producing zero-carbon lime at commodity-competitive prices through an electrochemical process that captures pure CO₂ for permanent storage. The technology is designed to retrofit directly into existing cement and lime plants, requiring no new supply chains or changes to existing processes.
The climate technology startup-to-watch received $1 million as it scales an electrochemical technology that enables the production of cement with up to 85% less CO2 emissions.
To achieve this, limestone is processed via a method known as “pre-calcination carbon capture.”
Designed as a retrofit solution for existing cement and lime plants, CURA’s technology integrates directly into current industrial infrastructure, eliminating the need for new supply chains or major process changes.
“Decarbonizing lime and cement is one of the hardest challenges in the industrial energy transition,” says Erin Bobicki, CURA’s chief executive officer.
“This support from NorthX enables us to accelerate pilot deployment, validate our technology at scale, and move closer to delivering a cost-competitive, zero-carbon solution for a critical global material,” Bobicki stated.
Founded in 2021 with an initial investment from the BC Government, the Government of Canada, and Shell Canada, NorthX Climate Tech is a catalyst for climate action, funding the climate hard-tech solutions that transform industries.
“Industrial decarbonization is one of the most important and complex opportunities in the global energy transition and we believe BC is uniquely positioned to lead,” explains Sarah Goodman, chief executive officer of NorthX.
“These companies are developing the kinds of hard tech solutions that can transform how major industries operate, reducing emissions while strengthening economic growth and long-term climate competitiveness,” Goodman said.
So far, NorthX has deployed nearly $60 million in capital across more than 80 projects, spurring hundreds of new jobs and over $600 million in follow-on funding.
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