Energy Storage and Minerals

Energy Storage and Minerals is sponsored by Alberta Innovates. This program supports the development of next-generation materials, critical minerals, and end products for a more competitive, modern, and sustainable minerals and materials industry. While broad, aspects related to energy storage solutions for data centers could be relevant.

Energy Storage and Minerals - Alberta Innovates Energy Storage and Minerals This program supports development of next-generation materials, critical minerals, and end products for a more competitive, modern, and sustainable minerals and materials industry. Program Status refers to the state of work going on within this particular program.

If the Program is 'Active', it is either accepting new applications or research is currently underway. If the Program is 'Inactive', the Program is neither accepting new applications nor is any research being conducted. Intake Status refers to the state of the Program's call for new applications.

If the Intake is displaying 'Open', the Program is accepting new applications. If the Intake is displaying 'Closed', the Program is not accepting new applications. Supports development of next-generation materials, critical minerals, and end products for a better minerals and materials industry.

Energy Storage and Minerals - Program Guide Academic Institutions & Researchers Multi-National Enterprise Small to Medium Enterprise Energy Storage and Minerals focuses on the value chains and lifecycles of battery and non-battery energy storage in support of utility scale deployments and emerging consumer technologies.

Key technology areas include mineral extraction and processing, multiple forms of energy storage, and material recycling and best practises. This focus area invests in novel energy storage research, development and deployment projects such as next-generation materials and end products. Alberta Innovates funding enables a more competitive, modern, and sustainable minerals and materials industry.

Energy Storage Technologies Energy storage is an affordable and sustainable way to integrate intermittent energy sources and support a reliable, resilient electricity grid. Focused on advancing multiple facets of energy storage through technology development and pilots, this area targets work in novel energy storage technologies, materials and chemistries.

Mineral Extraction Technologies Focused on innovation in the minerals, mining, and materials sectors in Alberta through investment in solutions supporting the development of next-generation materials, critical minerals, and end products.

Strategic priorities include novel primary and secondary extraction technologies, processing of key economic minerals, and the creation of value-add high tech materials from resources and raw materials readily available in Alberta . Critical minerals include lithium, vanadium, titanium, helium, rare earth elements, potash, and others identified on Canada’s list of critical minerals.

Battery Materials Recycling Management of battery materials at the end of useful life is important to enable waste reduction, and the development of a circular economy associated with the materials utilized in energy storage. Focused on supporting technology development and pilots exploring recycling and other end of life technologies.

Energy Storage and Minerals - Continuous Intake Funding is open to all categories of lead applicant including technology developers, industry, industrial associations, small and medium-sized enterprises, research and development (R&D) organizations, post-secondary institutions, municipalities, not-for-profit organizations, government research labs, individuals and others, who are advancing technology development within a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) range of 3-7 .

Applicants are not required to be based in Alberta, but must demonstrate a clear value proposition for the Province and be able to clearly demonstrate alignment to the program area priorities. For full details of eligibility criteria, consult the Clean Resources Continuous Intake Program Guide . Successful applicants must be legally able to execute the Investment Agreement .

Contact the Clean Energy Intake Coordinator’s email address under the ‘Contact’ section below to determine if your project scope meets our requirements. Register on SmartSimple , the online application portal. Complete and submit the Intake Form on SmartSimple.

Wait for your Intake Form to be reviewed to determine if the proposed proejct will be invited to submit a Detailed Proposal. For more details on eligibility and the intake process, consult the Program Guide . During the review process, Alberta Innovates leverages internal staff with subject-matter and business expertise and external reviewers to evaluate applications submitted.

Proposed projects will be evaluated against criteria in three major categories: Innovation; Execution; and Impacts. The considerations for each criterion are detailed in the SmartSimple online application form.

Clean Resources Continuous Intake – Program Guide Clean Resources Continuous Intake – Application Guide Standard Investment Agreement Template SmartSimple Online Application Portal Canada’s Critical Minerals List Technology Readiness Level (TRL) Assessment Tool Towards A Western Canadian Battery Value Chain Assessing industrial gaps and opportunities and economic development for western Canada's battery metals value chain.

Strategies to unlock Canada's Critical Minerals for global leadership in energy storage, EVs and beyond. Energy, Aerospace, Defence & Advanced Materials Intake EADAMIntake@AlbertaInnovates.

ca Open and Upcoming Intakes Energy Storage and Minerals - Continuous Intake This program supports development of next-generation materials, critical minerals, and end products for a more competitive, modern, and sustainable minerals and materials industry. This is a continuous intake program, which means we’re always accepting applications. Contact the Clean Resources Project Advisor under the 'Contacts' section to begin.

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