The Carbontech Challenge

With the earth warming every year and extreme weather events becoming more frequent, the time for strong climate action is now. CCUS will play a critical role in achieving the net-zero future, enabling industrial decarbonization, and removing CO2 from the atmosphere and oceans. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the CCUS sector needs to grow approximately 200 times from the 2022 level by 2050, more than the weight of all petroleum produced today, according to McKinsey, a ‘monumental endeavor’.

Despite the technology’s promise, CCUS deployment has been too slow. Net-zero success requires more commercial carbontech solutions deployed quicker across a range of industrial sectors and applications.

Canada’s Carbontech Innovation Ecosystem

Canada has built a strong foundation in CCUS, positioning it for rapid growth in the future. According to the IEA, Canada is a global CCUS leader, with 5 of 27 industrial scale facilities. The country holds 14% of all CCUS patents, has 4 XPRIZE winners, and is home to several of the most-prominent emerging technologies.

Over 10 mega-scale CCUS projects are proposed or under development domestically, with a combined capital budget of over $25 billion to 2030. Canada is poised to take an outsized share of the estimated USD $1 trillion carbontech market by 2050.

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carbonNEXT has been incredibly helpful to us at Planetary through both their well-developed and impactful podcast series, and their ability to offer introductions to key people.

Mike Kelland, CEO, Planetary Technologies

Two-thirds of the cumulative emissions reductions from CCUS … come from technologies that are currently at the prototype or demonstration stage. Given the time lags involved, innovation needs to be stepped-up now to ensure key applications are commercially available in the coming decade.

As we explored the carbon removal space, built out a network, and engaged the top researchers and academics, one thing became crystal clear: …there are simply not enough commercially ready solutions.

Accelerating Innovation

As Canada’s carbontech commercialization hub, carbonNEXT leverages the country’s largest cleantech venture pipeline through Foresight Canada, and leading CCUS technology development, validation and deployment expertise and facilities through Carbon Management Canada. carbonNEXT is positioning Canada as a leader in CCUS through:

Sector-specific Acceleration including programs and seasoned Executive advisors to help ventures access capital, meet customer needs and scale
Industry-driven Innovation Challenges to focus innovators on the needs of industry and accelerate adoption
One-Window Concierge Access to the national network of CCUS lab facilities and equipment to progress and validate innovations
Global market & capital connection events to engage with international carbontech customers, investors, and networks
Financing and grant writing support
Thought leadership to remove barriers and amplify Canada’s profile globally

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The carbonNEXT program is a must attend for any carbon start-up!

carbonNEXT Alumni

Foresight has assembled a valuable group of leaders focused on addressing climate change. Their insights and guidance are very useful as we develop our corporate strategy.

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Accelerator Cohort

carbonNEXT is accepting applications for up to 20 CCUS and industrial decarbonization startups to participate in its second cohort of support. In addition to access to our Executives in Residence, promotion to our investor and corporate partners and ‘deep-dive’ training on areas of specific interest, selected startups will access sector-specific sessions in Winter 2022 featuring leading speakers on topics including:

Understanding Industry Needs: February 6th, 2023
Understanding Strategic Partnerships with Industry: February 20th, 2023
Ecosystem Building: March 6th, 2023
Monetizing your Tech: Offsets, Tax Credits, & Off-Take Agreements: March 20th, 2023
Accessing Global Markets: April 3rd, 2023
Navigating Validation: The Canadian CCUS Research & Technology Network: April 17th, 2023
Industry Pitch Days: Dates TBC

Connect with other innovators in the carbontech space while accelerating the growth of your business.

Apply by January 13, 2023

Efforts to address climate change will require action from both the public and private sectors. As part of our commitment to being a net-zero bank by 2050 we are pleased to partner with carbonNEXT to help drive the development and scaling of Canadian CCUS ventures. Our partnership will support CarbonNEXT as it works to accelerate commercialization and adoption of Canada’s carbontech solutions, positioning Canada as a global leader in CCUS.

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The Carbontech Challenge

Canada’s Carbontech Innovation Ecosystem

Mike Kelland, CEO, Planetary Technologies

Accelerating Innovation

carbonNEXT Alumni

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Accelerator Cohort

Kim Brand, Vice President & Global Head, Sustainability, Scotiabank

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