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CLIMATE CHANGE AND EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

P.O. Box 3197, Sherwood Park, AB Canada T8H 2T2

T: 780-417-1920 F: 780-587-4079

CLIMATE CHANGE AND EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT (CCEMC) CORPORATION SHORTLISTS 55 PROJECTS FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF FUNDING FROM ITS INTERNATIONAL $35 MILLION GRAND CHALLENGE: INNOVATIVE CARBON USESThe Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation has invited full proposals from 55 projects from around the world for the first round of its $35 million Grand Challenge. The Grand Challenge is seeking to create new products and markets based on the utilization and conversion of carbon dioxide.

The projects that have been invited to submit full proposals are:

November 7, 2013

Proposal Title Proposal Type Applicant Country

An innovative and highly efficient microalgae-based carbon sequestration system to reduce CO2 emission and produce biofuels in all climates

Algae bio-fixation

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

United States

CO2 Emissions Capture for Transportation Fuels Production Using 3D Algae Tank System and Growth Enhancer.

Algae bio-fixation

T2e Energy Holdings, LLC

United States

The Use of Carbon Dioxide in Making Carbonate-Bonded Concrete Blocks

Bacteria bio-fixation

McGill University Canada

Bioconversion of CO2 into valuable chemicals using engineered cyanobacteria

Bacteria bio-fixation

University of Toronto Canada

Photobiological Production of Butanol Directly from Carbon Dioxide (the sole “feedstock”), Sunlight and Water via Engineered Cyanobacterial Nano-factories.

Bacteria bio-fixation

Phytonix Corporation United States

Total recycling of CO2 for fuel and feed Bacteria bio-fixation

University of California, Los Angeles

United States

Biological Co-fermentation of Carbon Dioxide and Methane to Malic Acid

Bacteria bio-fixation

Industrial Microbes, Inc.

United States

Carbon Dioxide Capture and Conversion to Biodegradable Plastics and Drop-In Fuel Using a Flexible Microbial Platform

Bacterial bio-fixation

OakBio United States

Carbon-Based Construction Building Materials for Structures and Infrastructure

Carbonate production

University of Toronto Canada

The Concrete Carbon Revolution (CCR) Carbonate production

CarbonCure Technologies

Canada

Highly-scaleable market-driven mineral carbonation (HS-MD-MC)

Carbonate production

Cambridge Carbon Capture Limited

United Kingdom

Mineral cabonates produced from industrial waste as a means to produce valuable carbonate products and reduce CO2 emissions

Carbonate production

Lixivia, Inc. United States

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BACKGROUNDER

CLIMATE CHANGE AND EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

P.O. Box 3197, Sherwood Park, AB Canada T8H 2T2

T: 780-417-1920 F: 780-587-4079

Proposal Title Proposal Type Applicant Country

Development and Optimization of Iron-Carbon Dioxide Fuel Cell

Carbonate production

Reactive Innovations, LLC

United States

Blue Planet Ltd. - Carbon Capture and Mineralogic Sequestration - Addressing the World Wide Epidemic on a World Wide Scale

Carbonate production

Blue Planet Ltd. United States

Skyonic SkyCycle™ Proof-of-Concept Demonstration

Carbonate production

Skyonic Corporation United States

Solidia Concrete - A Sustainable Method for Cement Production and CO2 Utilization

Carbonate production

Solidia Technologies United States

Energy-Efficient Conversion of CO2 and H2S from Natural Gas or Refinery Operations into Useful Commodity Chemicals

Carbonate production

New Sky Energy United States

Converting carbon dioxide into industrial chemicals using clean, domestic sources of energy in Alberta

Chemical synthesis

Liquid Light, Inc Canada

Solar Photocatalytic Foam: CO2-to-Products Through Photoactive Nanoparticle-Stabilized CO2 Foams

Chemical synthesis

University of Toronto Canada

Coupled Removal of CO2 and Desalination of Produced Water/Brine

Chemical synthesis

University of British Columbia

Canada

New Solid Sorbents to Capture and convert CO2 to Value-added Products

Chemical synthesis

University of Calgary Canada

Valorization of the contaminant gases H2S and CO2 through an integrated approach

Chemical synthesis

TNO Netherlands

Process Intensified technology for efficient CO2

utilization to hight utility cyclic carbonatesChemical synthesis

Carbon Clean Solutions Limited

United Kingdom

Electrosynthesis of Renewable Chemicals from Carbon Dioxide

Chemical synthesis

Kiirus Technologies United States

Scale up of a process for CO2 conversion into an agricultural chemical

Chemical synthesis

Dioxide Materials, Inc. & 3M Company

United States

Production of Dimethyl Carbonate (DMC) from Captured CO2 and Methanol

Chemical synthesis

E3Tec Service, LLC United States

Direct Catalytic Synthesis of Acetic Acid from CO2 and CH4

Chemical synthesis

Gas Technology Institute

United States

Novel Catalytic Technology for Producing Ethylene oxide using Carbon Dioxide

Chemical synthesis

RTI International United States

High-efficiency CO2 capture using novel fibres in the production of soil conditioning agents and polymer replacements

Fertilizer production

CCm Research Ltd United Kingdom

Carbon-Negative Chemical Production Fertilizer production

Carbon Cycle Limited United Kingdom

Chemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide via Solar-Powered Artificial Photosynthesis

Liquid fuels McGill University Canada

Producing Synthetic Fuels out of CO2 by use of Solar Energy

Liquid fuels New CO2 Fuels Israel

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BACKGROUNDER

CLIMATE CHANGE AND EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

P.O. Box 3197, Sherwood Park, AB Canada T8H 2T2

T: 780-417-1920 F: 780-587-4079

Proposal Title Proposal Type Applicant Country

Turning waste into wealth: biofuels from waste greenhouse gases

Liquid fuels University of Auckland New Zealand

Renewable Fuel Synthesis from Atmospheric CO2 Liquid fuels Climeworks AG Switzerland

Two Shockwave-Enabled Technologies in Tandem Liquid fuels CEFCO Global Clean Energy, LLC

United States

Manufacture of Chemical and Fuels from Green House Gases

Liquid fuels Pioneer Energy United States

Green Methanol from Carbon Dioxisde and Renewable Hydrogen (Methanol+)

Methanol production

Quantiam Technologies Inc.

Canada

Highly efficient production of methanol and ethanol-derived products from continuous CO2 hydrogenation

Methanol production

Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia

Spain

Flue Gas CO2 Conversion Methanol production

Catelectric Corp. United States

Catalytic CO2 Conversion to Industrial C1 Chemicals

Methanol production

National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy

United States

CO2 Conversion to Methanol through Bi-reforming

Methanol production

University of California, Riverside

United States

Production of lignin-cyclic carbonates by chemical fixation of carbon dioxide during biofuel production

Polymer processing

MIRO CHEMBIOTECH Ltd.

Canada

Environmentally Friendly Technology to produce CO2 Derived commercially used products

Polymer processing

SBI Fine Chemicals Inc. Canada

A process for CO2 conversion into polymer intermediates

Polymer processing

Dioxide Materials United States

Electrochemical Production of Polymer Precursors from Waste CO2

Polymer processing

Sustainable Innovations, LLC

United States

Converting CO2 Into Styrene for the production of Rubber Using Kiverdi’s Carbon Engineering Platform.

Polymer processing

Kiverdi United States

CarbonMaster Carbon Ripper Solid carbon products

CarbonMasters Canada

CCO2 to Graphene Conversion Solid carbon products

JRE Petroleum Services Canada

Converting industrial carbon emissions into low-cost carbon nanotubes

Solid carbon products

Damascus Fortune Malaysia

Carbon Dioxide Catalytic Converter Solid carbon products

Solid Carbon Products LLC

United States

CO2 as a Building Block for All Carbon Solar Cells Solid carbon products

Yale University United States

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BACKGROUNDER

CLIMATE CHANGE AND EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

P.O. Box 3197, Sherwood Park, AB Canada T8H 2T2

T: 780-417-1920 F: 780-587-4079

Proposal Title Proposal Type Applicant Country

Novel Internal Dry Reforming Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology for CO2 Utilization

Syngas production

University of Alberta Canada

Valorizing Industrially Produced CO2: An Effective Solution for Carbon Capture and Its Conversion to Marketable Products

Syngas production

Enerkem Canada

Integration of Advanced Hybrid Inorganic Membranes for Carvon Dioxide Conversion

Syngas production

The Robert Gordon University

United Kingdom

HUMASORB® -L for removal of CO2, NO2, GHG’s and Sox trace metals from fossil fuel combustion gases and recycling into a value generation HUMASORB®-CS, a stable multi-purpose filter for removal of contaminants from wastewaters

Water treatment ARCTECH,Inc United States