The federal government is investing in more than a dozen projects throughout Alberta to advance clean energy innovation across Canada’s industrial sector. The $20M worth of investments hail from the Green Industrial Facilities and Manufacturing Program and the Energy Innovation Program. The GIFMP supports energy efficiency and energy management solutions in Canada’s industrial sector, while […]
Calgary’s Nanalysis Reveals a Quantum Collab and Secures $1M to Expand Market Reach
Nanalysis Scientific has secured funding alongside an expanded collaboration with a key partner. The Calgary-based company, which trades on the TSXV as NSCI, develops and manufactures benchtop Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometers that are used worldwide for applications across pharmaceuticals, biotech, energy, food, materials, and security, as well as by academia and government. Nanalysis is working […]
Government Investment to Fuel Tech Upgrades at TELUS Spark Centre in Calgary
The federal government is investing nearly one million dollars to help support innovation and science in Alberta. A sum of $879,065, which hails from the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, is earmarked for the TELUS Spark Science Centre. “TELUS Spark is aptly named,” says Corey Hogan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. […]
Freshly Funded BlueFlare Aims to Add AI Inference to Bitcoin Mining Sites in Canada
Two companies are working together on a behind-the-meter AI compute project. Singapore mobile data specialist FingerMotion is collaborating with Alberta-based BlueFlare Energy Solutions on two potential sites. These sites use natural gas that would otherwise be flared to power Bitcoin mining operations; through the collab, the sites would be redeveloped into AI inference facilities, equipped […]
Alberta is in Paris for VivaTech to Showcase Province as ‘AI Intuitive’ Tech and Talent Hub
Alberta is making its presence known on the global stage via attendance at VivaTech 2026. The annual event for technology, now celebrating its 10th edition, draws 180,000 attendees who discover 14,000 startups and innovators. Minister of Technology Nate Glubish is there this week to explore opportunities for transatlantic collaboration in digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence. […]
Calgary’s Aurora AZ Energy Partners with K-Tech on Computing Infrastructure in Alberta
Calgary-based Aurora AZ Energy announced this month that it is partnering with Hong Kong’s K-Tech Solutions to develop large-scale computing infrastructure in Alberta. Under a framework to deploy up to 500 megawatts of capacity, construction is officially underway for an initial 5 MW phase, as the project validates the integration of Aurora’s wellhead-sourced power infrastructure […]
Clean Resource Innovation Network Supports 11 Projects with Strategic Funding
The Clean Resource Innovation Network is funding 11 new projects. The funding, which hails from Canada’s Strategic Response Fund, is being distributed via the Accelerating Cleantech Innovation Competition, which selected winners following a third-party review process coordinated by MaRS Discovery District. CRIN President Scott Volk says the funding round supports a “wide range of projects” […]
These Two Calgary Startups Rank Among the World’s Top GreenTech Innovators
Five Canadian companies cracked this year’s list of the world’s top green technology innovators, including two from Alberta. TIME partnered with data firm Statista on the second annual ranking of the World’s Top GreenTech Companies, naming 250 top performing companies operating within the green technologies wheelhouse. While only five Canadian companies made the list, representing […]
Calgary’s Kathairos Solutions Celebrates Major Milestone with Praise from Premier
Calgary-based cleantech firm Kathairos Solutions has unveiled a milestone. Kathairos, an oilfield services company committed to eliminating routine methane venting from oil and gas operations, says that its nitrogen systems have now directly eliminated one million metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent, which at methane’s potency is about 36,000 tonnes. The startup eliminates methane venting at […]
Bitdeer Breaks Ground on $200M Off-Grid Bitcoin Mining Project in Alberta
Last year, Bitdeer Technologies Group acquired a 19-acre site near Fox Creek. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith welcomed “the world’s first net-zero, fully integrated off-grid Bitcoin mining facility right here in Alberta.” This month, the blockchain and computing company confirmed that it has official broken ground on its forthcoming Fox Creek facility. The site will pair […]