A $200 million federal investment is creating more than 1,200 good jobs and de-risking cutting-edge carbon capture and sequestration technology
Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, visited Advantage Energy's Glacier plant in Alberta's Peace Country, the world's first abated natural gas facility. She highlighted how the Canada Growth Fund's $200 million investment and carbon contract for difference are enabling Calgary's Entropy Inc. to implement carbon capture and sequestration technology.
In December 2023, the Canada Growth Fund announced a $200 million direct investment in Entropy Inc., as well as the world's first carbon offtake agreement. The Canada Growth Fund will purchase up to 185,000 tonnes per year of carbon credits for 15 years at an initial price of $86.50 per tonne. This investment enabled Entropy to scale-up its technology to the Glacier gas plant, which will reduce emissions by approximately 2.8 million tonnes over 15 years and support more than 1,200 good jobs for Albertans.
On July 9, 2024, Entropy announced it will move forward with Glacier Phase 2-a decision made possible by the Canada Growth Fund's deal, as it de-risks the expansion by providing carbon pricing certainty. Entropy also announced its first investment into the clean power generation market, a 15 megawatt gas-fired turbine at the Glacier plant, which will capture 90 per cent of CO2 emissions and is expected to come online in the second quarter of 2026.
In addition to the Canada Growth Fund's investment and carbon contract for difference, Entropy is expected to be eligible for the federal government's Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage investment tax credit, which offers tax credits worth up to 60 per cent of eligible expenditures.
The federal government's investment in Entropy is just one example of how Canada's economic plan is helping Canadian clean tech companies scale-up to create good-paying jobs and accelerate Canada's progress to net-zero emissions by 2050.
