Dr. Frank Gu explains the late-night research behind H2Nano’s ground-breaking SolarPass™ technology, which uses sunlight to treat industrial water so it’s safe for aquatic life.

In celebration of COSIA’s 10th anniversary, Brenda Leeds Binder, QC, joins me to discuss what it was like being on the team tasked with drafting the organization’s original governance agreements and what she believes has been the “secret sauce” in advancing clean tech innovation.

Engineering Specialist, Denis Westphalen, shares with us what efficiencies are being explored in the oil sands industry as well as the steps he’s implementing at home to reduce his energy use.

Karo Afiegbe, P. Eng, explains how his childhood curiosity of gadgets and his father’s book collection lead him to his current role as Technology Development Specialist & Advisor for CO2 Capture at Cenovus Energy.

COSIA’s Chief Executive, Wes Jickling, shares insight into his role at COSIA, and his perspective on oil sands innovation. 

Michael Wendlandt, Graduate Researcher, shares how he got down and dirty gathering wetland samples to advance reclamation efforts as part of the NSERC/COSIA Industrial Research Chair Program at the University of Calgary.

There’s a new clean-tech accelerator program aimed at giving new cleantech companies a kick start. Peter Beaudoin, COSIA’s Senior Advisor is leading its implementation and shares learnings from the pilot and details for those looking to build or participate in such a program.

Marlon Norona, a researcher at SAIT-ARIS’s Centre for Energy Research and Clean Unconventional technology solutions (CERCUTS), explains how his dreams of becoming a chef lead him to pursue a career studying water fouling, erosion and corrosion at this world-class Once Through Steam Generation facility and what he hopes to achieve through his work.

Winners of the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, CarbonCure’s Director of Engineering, Travis Janke, describes his experience competing during a global pandemic, how their technology injects CO2 into concrete to make it stronger and cleaner, and shares his advice for other innovators developing pathways to a lower-carbon world.

He carries his net proudly across Alberta’s Northern boreal forest, finding and tracking the region’s butterfly species. On this episode, learn how Dr. Federico Riva is seeking to understand how different species of insects and plants respond to both human and natural habitat changes along seismic lines in the region and examining these ecosystems to better equip conservation efforts.