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 For Immediate Release  PTRC Sustainable Energy and Mitacs today announced in Regina a four-year collaborative funding program to develop and retain highly qualified personnel (HQPs) in “cleantech” research and development (R&D) at the University of Regina and other universities. PTRC will contribute $2.72 million to universities between 2024 and 2028, which will be…

PTRC’s Aquistore CO2 Storage Project has been chosen as the recipient of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan’s Environmental Excellence Award for 2023.  The project, which has stored over 585,000 tonnes of captured CO2 more than 3.2 km underground, is the storage component of SaskPower’s Boundary Dam CCS Facility. APEGS bestows their…

Compressed Air Energy Storage Offers Potential for Emissions Free Baseload Energy PTRC Releases White Paper on CAES Today, the PTRC released a white paper on the development of compressed air energy storage (CAES) in Saskatchewan as one possible solution to produce cost competitive, low or emissions-free firm capacity electricity.  Using commercially proven, available equipment, and known…

The PTRC is pleased to announce funding for a new research project by the Saskatchewan Hydrogen Research Group - made up of inter disciplinary researchers at both the University of Regina and the University of Saskatchewan - on the role of CO2 storage in blue hydrogen production in the province.  Read more here.