Carbon Copy
Carbon Copy is a show about the technology, engineering and economics of a low carbon future. Join ERA as we dive into the topics and technology innovations that are critical to delivering sustainable environmental outcomes, attracting investment, and building a diversified, lower carbon economy. Carbon Copy, a new podcast from ERA, takes a closer look at the technologies and people that will change our climate impact and help reshape Alberta’s economy.
Episodes
32 episodes
Episode 30: Alberta's Bioenergy Advantage
In this episode, we speak with Jamie Stephen, Managing Director at TorchLight Bioresources, about the Alberta advantage for bioenergy, Torchlight's Rocky Mountain project, and keeping captured carbon safely stored for the long haul.
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Episode 29: Trees, Paper, & Pulp
In this episode, we speak with Cal Dakin, Director of Innovation and Woodlands at Mercer Peace River, about sustainable forest management, mass timber construction, and the impact of forestry on the climateTo learn more, visit their
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Episode 28: Enhancing Grid Stability
In this episode, we speak with Greg Conlin, Vice President of Operations at ENMAX Energy, about how their new Hybrid Electric Gas Turbine works, its impact on the grid, and the potential it holds for the future of sustainable energy production....
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Episode 27: Implementing Clean Energy Innovations
In this episode, we speak with Kevin Krausert, CEO & Co-Founder at Avatar Innovations, about how to find funding for emissions reduction projects, how collaboration catalyzes change and the difference between Innovation and invention. ...
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Episode 26: Facilitating CleanTech Funding
In this episode, we speak with Tarek El Naggar, VC Associate at the Plug and Play Tech Centre, about the right moment for a startup to seek investment, navigating the investor community, and getting your clean tech project rolling. To learn mor...
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Episode 25: Building a Green Prairie Economy
In this episode, we speak with Derek Armstrong, former Manager of Innovation Ecosystems at Prairies Economic Development Canada, about the barriers to innovation in Canada, what can be done to help companies overcome these barriers, and what ma...
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Episode 24: Empowering SMEs
In this episode we speak with Samantha Irwin, manager at Exergy Solutions, about our partnership on the Barriers to Commercialization study, the ecosystem of groups supporting innovation in Alberta, and how to get great ideas out into the wor...
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GHGT-17: Carbon Capture Collaboration
In this episode, we talk to Tim Dixon, head of IEAGHG, to learn more about the Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT) conference; the foremost event on greenhouse gas mitigation technologies. GHGT-17 takes place in Calgary in October,...
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Episode 23: Monitoring Methane from Space
In this episode, we speak with Stanley Opara, Solutions Architect at GHGSat, about how they’re using satellites to detect methane emissions at the facility level and the technology's potential on a global scale.
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Episode 22: Scaling Startups and SMEs
In this episode, we talk with Jeannette Jackson, CEO of Foresight, about accelerating cleantech solutions in Alberta and Canada by helping new ventures get to market and scale faster.
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Episode 21: Innovation at the Margins
In this episode, we speak with Lisa Mueller, President and CEO of FutEra Power Corp, about evolving existing assets with new and innovative solutions to usher in a new era of clean energy that could spur an entirely new industry in the province...
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Episode 20: Automation & Emissions
In this episode, we talk with Nannette Ho-Covernton and Brian Van Vliet of Spartan Controls, about the power of automation, reducing emissions in industry, and hitting 100 million tonnes of reductions in Western Canada by 2030.
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Episode 19: Smarter Buildings
In this episode, we talk with Alan Zurakowski, Senior VP of Strategic Alliances at Shift Energy, about using software to make hardware more efficient, integrating with new and old systems, and how to balance the needs of a lot of people using b...
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Episode 18: Women in Alberta's Energy Transformation
Inspired by the Women in Energy Transformation Series, this episode of Carbon Copy is a first-of-its-kind podcast that features a discussion with four leaders in Alberta's clean-tech sector.Host Isabella Tarasco, Strategic Initiatives + ...
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Episode 17: Money in Manure
In this episode, we talk with Karen Schuett, co-founder and CEO of Livestock Water Recycling, about a technology we can use to make our farms more sustainable by extracting micronutrients from waste and creating clean water economically.
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Episode 16: Creating Cleaner Cement
In this episode we talk with Stephanie Voysey, Head of Sustainability and Environment for Western Canada with Lafarge Canada, about decarbonizing cement production and turning limestone into skyscrapers.
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Episode 15: Forests And Trees
In this episode, we talk to Cameron Jones, Co-founder and COO of Flash Forest, about using trees to capture carbon, creating seed pods to match ecosystems, and acting fast after forest fires.
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Episode 14: Singles and Doubles
In this episode, we talk to Scott Volk, technology and innovation lead at Tourmaline about converting diesel powered drilling rigs to run on cleaner fuels, using the same energy management software that controls renewable microgrids around the ...
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Episode 13: A Big Ugly Battery
In this episode, we talk to Neil Camarta, co-founder of Enlighten, about stumbling on a way to produce and store a near-zero emissions energy source while developing a cost-effective, low-sulphur marine fuel.
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Episode 12: All About the People
In this episode, we talk to ERA's outgoing CEO, Steve MacDonald, about his six-plus years leading the organization and his lasting legacy of people and projects.
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Episode 11: Making Sense of Data with AI
In this episode, we talk to Benjamin Kemp from Ambyint about artificial intelligence and its role in lowering costs and streamlining operations across our energy industry.
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Episode 10: Cleaning the World's Wastewater
In this episode, we talk to Ben Sparrow from Saltworks about industrial waste water treatment, desalination, and pioneering the future of sustainable water.
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Episode 9: The Zero Carbon Grid — Pt. 2
In the second of two parts, Mark explores electrical energy storage with Joe Zhou of Quidnet.
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