Bioenergy Program

Northstar Receives Second Government Grant of $100,000 from Alberta Innovates for Engineering Costs of Empower Calgary Facility

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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The Company received approval in March 2022 for a non-repayable $200,000 grant for the direct engineering costs of the Calgary Empower Facility under Alberta Innovates' Bioenergy Program.

Key Points: 
  • The Company received approval in March 2022 for a non-repayable $200,000 grant for the direct engineering costs of the Calgary Empower Facility under Alberta Innovates' Bioenergy Program.
  • Mr. Aidan Mills, President & CEO and Director of Northstar, stated, "Alberta Innovates was the first public organization to support Northstar – recognizing the potential of and providing funding for the engineering of our first-of-its-kind facility.
  • Having now completed the detailed design phase of our Empower Calgary Facility, and having Alberta Innovates recognize this accomplishment with their second government grant is very complimentary to the Company.
  • The support of Alberta Innovates has been very welcome, and we look forward to delivering our first commercial facility that merits their support."

Kodama Systems Raises $6.6M Series Seed to Accelerate Forest Restoration and Carbon Storage

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Thursday, December 15, 2022
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SONORA, Calif., Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kodama Systems Inc. (Kodama), an innovator in forest restoration, announced that it has raised $6.6 million in a Series Seed funding round co-led by leading climate-tech investors Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Congruent Ventures. Kodama has additionally received a business development grant from CAL FIRE to develop site connectivity and automation for forest thinning, and a carbon removal R&D grant from Frontier Climate for a biomass storage pilot project in partnership with the Yale Carbon Containment Lab. The combined funding accelerates Kodama's technology development to improve the efficiency of forestry thinning operations and expand markets for woody biomass byproducts.

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  • Wildfires have increased in intensity over the past decade, threatening communities and acting as a headwind for carbon emissions reduction efforts.
  • "Kodama is increasing the pace and scale of forest restoration in an industry that has previously been hindered by limited workforce capacity and biomass utilization infrastructure," said Merritt Jenkins, CEO of Kodama.
  • "In order to meet the forest restoration goals of the US Forest Service and CAL FIRE, the industry's capacity must double over the next five years.
  • "This brings new technology to forest restoration work with the potential to increase the pace and scale of forest fuels management."

Northstar Secures Grant Funding from Alberta Innovates for Engineering Costs of Calgary Scale Up Facility

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022
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Alberta Innovates reviewed Northstar's application and approved a total of $200,000 in funding towards the estimated $675,000 of direct engineering costs.

Key Points: 
  • Alberta Innovates reviewed Northstar's application and approved a total of $200,000 in funding towards the estimated $675,000 of direct engineering costs.
  • Northstar is required to use this funding to pay for a portion of the engineering costs for its planned expanded-capacity asphalt shingle reprocessing scale up facility in Calgary ("Calgary Empower Facility"), which was previously announced on March 17, 2022.
  • We expect this level of government support to continue covering costs with both the Calgary Empower Facility and future planned facilities.
  • Our Calgary Empower Facility is expected to build on the Empower Pilot Facility through the engineering design study that Alberta Innovates has generously supported through its Bioenergy Program.