County of Newell carbon monitoring pilot project receives $3.8 million

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 6, 2025.

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The government has announced it will provide Carbon Management Canada with $3.8 million to test a new system designed for monitoring, measurement and verification of carbon dioxide geological storage.

The new funding, announced Tuesday, is part of a $12.7-million investment to support three new technology innovation and emissions reduction projects in the province that seek innovation in emission-reduction technology.

According to Emissions Reduction Alberta, funding will be used in a pilot for the Advanced Multi-Physics Sparse Project that will use next-generation geophysical techniques, combined and integrated with geochemical and reservoir engineering methods.

The results will be benchmarked against already established monitoring technology at the Newell County Field Research Station.

“This new project will enable Carbon Management Canada, in collaboration with our joint industry partnership, to develop cost-effective and real-time innovative monitoring solutions for CO2 geological storage,” said Neil Wildgust, president and chief executive officer of Carbon Management Canada.

The goal of the project, projected to cost a total of $8.8 million, is to develop a comprehensive report on integrated monitoring, measurement and verification of carbon dioxide system performance and guidelines to support industry-wide implementation.

“Monitoring systems are an essential component to de-risk and establish secure operations at geological carbon storage sites that support CCUS deployment,” said Wildgust. “The work will be undertaken primarily at CMC’s Newell County Field Research Station and is made possible with financial support from the Government of Alberta through Emissions Reduction Alberta.”

The province also announced a $5-million investment to help Cache Power Corp. advance the Marguerite Lake Compressed Air Energy Storage Demonstration Project in salt caverns located primarily in the central and northeastern parts of the province.

Additionally LithiumBank Resources will receive $3.9 million to advance its technology that pulls battery-quality lithium out of brine aquifers located deep underground in the northern part of the province.

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