Phostec Lithium. Phostech Lithium Inc. has created a high power density carbon nano-coated lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode material to addresses the safety, cost and charge cycling issues for next-generation electric car batteries. The company will lead a consortium including Université de Montréal, GAIA Akkumulatorenwerke GmbH, K2 Energy, and Auto-Kabel Managementgesellschaft GmbH to focus on a 24 times scale-up from a 100t/y batch pilot plant to a continuous and fully integrated 2,400t/y plant; on producing a consistent quality material from a larger “first of its kind” wet chemical processing unit, and on meeting battery manufacturers’ specifications and price points. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd. Ocean Nutrition Canada (ONC) has discovered a heterotrophic algae—ONC T 18B—with 60 times the productivity of other algae which can be grown on elemental carbon in closed reactors, without sunshine. ONC will partner with the National Research Council – Institute of Aerospace Research; National Research Council – Institute for Marine Biosciences (NRC-IMB); UOP LLC, a Honeywell company; and Lockheed Martin to build a demonstration fermentation production site to produce algal feedstock oil for biofuels in a meaningful scale and competitive cost. Trials will be conducted to demonstrate that ONC T 18B can be direct replacements for aerospace (biojet) and land transportation (biodiesel) liquid fuels. Targeted Growth Canada Inc. In partnership with Bombardier Aerospace; Porter Airlines Inc.; Pratt & Whitney Canada; Sustainable Oils, LLC; and UOP LLC, Targeted Growth Canada (TGC) will demonstrate a process utilizing camelina as a feedstock for renewable jet fuel. The project will optimize production and establish performance standards for this first-of-its-kind product in Canada: a drop-in replacement for traditional jet fuel that fits with the current refining and distribution infrastructure and with existing engines. The vertically integrated process takes farmer-produced grain through crushing to a pre-refined vegetable oil. This crude camelina oil is then refined into hydro-treated renewable jet fuel (HRJ). |