Company

Funding

Project

3XR Inc.

$591,364

The company’s Ammonia Recovering Horizontal Extractor “AmRHEX” unit is an onsite nutrient removing wastewater treatment device. The technology is a proprietary, ammonia stripper/absorber which employs 3XR’s SpiralFlow media.  The technology is designed to extract ammonia from waste water and recover it as liquid ammonium sulphate (AS) which can be resold to fertilizer distributors for agricultural purposes.

6N Silicon

$1.5 million

6N Silicon has a new process for purifying silicon to the degree needed for solar panels. This process promises to reduce the end-cost of solar panels. Since much of the cost of generating solar energy comes from the cost of the panel itself, this innovation will reduce the cost of generating solar electricity.  6N’s pilot plant will demonstrate the commercial viability of this process.

A.U.G. Signals Ltd.

$2.89 million

The “Infrastructure Pilot Project for Online Drinking Water Monitoring” technology is an early warning, real-time system that will detect waterborne contaminants in municipal drinking water distribution systems by aggregating inputs and information streams from multiple commercial off-the-shelf sensor suites (including novel spectroscopic sensors), which are placed strategically throughout the distribution system.

BioDiesel Reactor Technologies Inc. (BDR)

$2.7 million

BDR is developing technology designed to produce clean-burning high-quality biodiesel at lower cost.

BIOREM Technologies Inc.

$1.19 million

BIOREM designs and manufactures systems that remove odours and contaminants from the air. This funding will help BIOREM showcase its new “Unity” technology to customers and investors, including a project at the Preston Wastewater Treatment Plant in Cambridge.

BIOREM Technologies Inc.

$1.19 million

BIOREM’s project specifically focuses on improvements in biofiltration technology for VOC treatment. BIOREM will scale processes, including a novel biotrickling filtration (BTF) media manufacturing scale up, testing of individual process components and the integrated processes, and testing for a wide range and concentrations and types of VOC contaminants. 

Blue-Zone Technologies Ltd.

$3 million

Blue-Zone’s technology captures and recycles unused anaesthetic gases.

EcoSynthetix Inc.

$3.04 million

Ecosynthetix will establish a Global Innovation and Technology Demonstration Centre in Burlington which will house the pilot plant. The pilot plant will develop and commercialize Ecosphere, the biolatex derived from starch instead of the traditional petroleum based latex.

EcoVu

$4 million

EcoVu’s technology identifies and removes contaminants in water, by way of a unique, single-step process. This two-in-one approach is faster, achieves high levels of purity and can yield cost savings by eliminating steps in the purification process.

ENPAR Technologies Inc.

$341,644

ENPAR will design and install an AmmEL System at the City of Guelph WWTP capable of converting ammonia in municipal wastewater to environmentally friendly nitrogen gas at temperatures marginally higher than the freezing point. The AmmEL System is a patented electrochemical reactor that converts ammonia in municipal wastewater to harmless nitrogen gas without the production of volatile organic carbon compounds (VOC’s) or greenhouse gases.

ENPAR Technologies Inc.

$228,619

The ESD System is a state-of-the-art electrochemical technology designed to produce drinking water, gray water and/or select process waters from brackish and waste waters. The system is capable of producing water free of toxic levels of metals and other inorganic contaminants more efficiently and economically than conventional methods.

Entropex

$4 million

The Entropex Mixed Rigids Plastics Recovery Facility project will demonstrate an environmentally sustainable process to recover mixed post consumer plastic packaging for reuse in consumer product packaging. The RigidReclaim technology diverts packaging from landfill while displacing new plastic production at an 87% energy savings.

GreenCore Composites Inc.

$400,000

Green Inside is a high-performance natural fibre reinforced composite that offers environmental benefits while more than doubling the strength of the base synthetic material. GreenCore is working to commercialize the material for use in Ontario’s auto sector.

Greenfield Ethanol Inc.

$4 million

Greenfield is developing a new process for converting bio waste such as corn cobs into ethanol.

Group IV Semiconductor Inc.

$3.6 million

Group IV has a unique technology for producing low cost and energy-saving, solid-state light bulbs for the $12 billion global light bulb industry.

Horizon Plastics International Inc.

$1.97 million

Horizon Plastics develops and manufactures custom plastic products for the industrial, environmental and consumer sectors around the world. The government is helping the company commercialize new technology for producing plastic that uses half the amount of raw material It also uses less energy, oil, gas and water and creates less waste. The resulting product is strong enough to replace plywood used in boats and RVs.

KMX

$1 million

KMX is operating a demonstration plant to showcase new technology that recycles harmful industrial chemicals instead of disposing them. This reduces the impact on the environment while reducing disposal costs for industry.

Linamar Corporation

$1.85 million

Linamar is developing the next generation of innovative lawnmowers. The cordless electric mower works as effectively as a traditional gas model, but without the air polluting emissions. Linamar, an auto parts manufacturer, launched its new cordless lawnmower this spring. The technology can also be used in snow-blowers and other gas-powered small equipment.

Messier-Dowty

$1.9 million

Morgan Solar Inc.

$1.86 million 

Morgan Solar Inc., Morgan Solar has a new approach to capturing and concentrating sunlight for solar energy. Instead of using mirrors, prisms or lenses, the company's technology makes it possible to build products out of low-cost, light-weight, recyclable materials.

Novo Plastics

$1 million

Novo Plastics is developing a plastic auto muffler that is smaller, lighter, stronger and longer-lasting than conventional mufflers. The new muffler has the potential to save millions of litres of gasoline per year through improved fuel efficiency and greatly reduced carbon dioxide emissions.

PDS

$2.5 million

PDS is developing automated onsite water-testing technology, to deliver results faster and at a lower cost than traditional methods.

Plasco Energy Group

$4 million

Plasco was funded to operate a clean-waste-to-energy plant. The facility is regulated to process 85 tonnes of waste per day, generating enough energy to power the plant and approximately 3,600 Ottawa households.

$1.9 million

Sober Steering

$1.5 million

The company has developed a new approach to prevent drinking and driving. Sensors mounted on steering wheels detect alcohol and prevent people who have exceeded the legal limit from driving.

Spartan Biosciences Inc.

$2.79 million

Spartan will develop and demonstrate a rapid screening solution for pathogens relevant to the water quality and treatment market and food processing (wash water) market. Spartan’s technology is a rapid, portable cost effective, easy to use sample-to-result system capable of detecting pathogens in water thereby reducing analysis time down to 4 hours (vs. 3-5 days) and reducing the costs associated with contamination.

Stemergy

$3.3 million

Stemergy is turning locally-grown hemp and flax stems into an alternative to the energy-intensive glass and synthetic materials used to make plastic or fibreglass. This could also provide a new and potentially lucrative market for farmers.

Temporal Power will build the world’s largest flywheel electricity storage (FES) system on Hydro One’s network in southwestern Ontario. The innovative system absorbs surges of power from wind gusts and converts it into a steady flow of power for the electricity grid when wind speed drops. This helps address a key challenge of wind power – converting fluctuations in wind into a reliable flow of power.

Verdant Power Canada

$2.2 million

Verdant is testing its Free Flow™ Turbine technology in the St. Lawrence River as part of a project to turn river currents into clean electricity. The turbine, which looks like an underwater windmill, taps into the power of the current, yet rotates slowly allowing fish to pass through safely with minimal environmental impact.

Vive Nano

$3.78 million

Vive Nano uses an eco-friendly process to create nanotechnology-based products and materials. The first of these targets crop protection. Nanotechnology makes it possible to reformulate pesticides so that the active ingredient is more effective, meaning farmers can use less.

The Woodbridge Group

$1 million

Woodbridge is researching and commercializing Biofoam – a renewable soy-based polyol in polyurethane automotive products. Polyols are a key ingredient in the polyurethane used in automotive seats and interior. Currently, these products are made using polyols derived from non-renewable petroleum.

Woodland Biofuels Inc.

$4 million

Woodland Biofuels produces cellulosic ethanol using low-cost, locally available waste materials, such as wood waste. This cleaner fuel can be mixed with gasoline for use in automobiles.