Emissions Reductions Alberta Board Chair Dave Collyer announced $100 million funding March 12 for a variety of green technology projects in biotechnology, electricity, and sustainable transportation, along with Shannon Phillips, Minister of Environment and Parks and the Minister Responsible for Climate Change. Recipient projects in the electricity sector are:
• TransCanada Energy: Saddlebrook Solar and Storage
• ENMAX Generation Portfolio Inc.: ENMAX Midstream Industrial Solar and Storage
• AltaLink Management Ltd.: Whitecourt Transmission Deferral Battery
• FortisAlberta Inc.: FortisAlberta Waterton Energy Storage
• Town of Hanna: Hanna Solar
• Longspur Developments: Drumheller Solar and Battery Storage
• Natel Energy: Bow River Irrigation District (BRID) Drop 5 Hydro.