EKS Shortlisted for ERA Funding
EKS could secure up to $15M through ERA’s Shovel-Ready Challenge
Calgary, AB – (March 8th, 2021) – ElectroKinetic Solutions Inc. (EKS) CEO Shaun Kavalinas announced today that its “Commercial Pilot of the EKS-DT Process” application has been short listed in Emissions Reduction Alberta’s (ERA’s) Shovel-Ready Challenge. This Challenge provides successful applicants up to $15 million in funding for commercial demonstrations that have the potential to create economic stimulus and environmental resiliency in Alberta.
The EKS-DT process is a tailings dewatering technology that can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the oil sands by up to 12.5 Mt of CO2 eq. Applying the EKS-DT process will increase investor confidence in Alberta’s oil sands industry. As well, the technology will reduce investor risk with mining operations throughout Canada and internationally by reducing risks associated with large volumes of unstable mine tailings behind tailings dams.
Beyond its economic advantages, the ESG (environmental, social responsibility and governance) performance of the technology is outstanding; decreasing GHGs, ecological risks, land footprints and water requirements.
A massive volume of fluid fine tailings has accumulated in northern Alberta over the last 40 years, comprising more than 1,200 Mm3 in 2018 occupying 220 km2. If every Canadian household had a backyard pool, these tailings would fill every pool more than twice to an average depth of 2.5 m.
The EKS-DT process will greatly reduce this economic and environmental liability in the short term; something no other technology can achieve. Without the EKS-DT process, these economic and environmental liabilities are projected by the industry to grow until at least the mid-2030s.
The development of this innovative technology has received significant financial support from Alberta Innovates, Sustainable Development Technology Canada, Natural Resources Canada, CNRL and other industry partners. EKS is also discussing commercial applications of the technology with international partners. The demand for these treatment services is worldwide and EKS plans to meet these demands through its Alberta base, providing significant economic stimulus.
About EKS: EKS is a Canadian-owned clean technology development company that has innovated the ElectroKinetic Solutions-Dewatering Technology (EKS-DT) process. This innovative technology is capable of dewatering various slurries, sludges and soft soils over a wide range of industrial applications.
For additional information regarding EKS, please contact Shaun Kavalinas CEO at:
EKS: Putting the squeeze on water pollution
Across the Alberta oil sands, more than 250 square kilometres of tailings ponds hold a hazardous slurry of water, residual bitumen and fine clay particles — the byproduct created from the bitumen extraction process. Before those ponds can be reclaimed as forests or wetlands, the solids content must be boosted to at least 60 per cent. The question is how?
ElectroKinetic Solutions Inc. (EKS) Announces New CEO; Provides an Update on the EKS-DT Field Demonstration
TORONTO, Oct. 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – ElectroKinetic Solutions Inc. (EKS) Chair and President James Micak announced today the appointment of Shaun Kavalinas as the new Chief Executive Officer. Shaun’s appointment is effective November 1. EKS also announced that retiring CEO James Micak will serve as Executive Chair of the Board and will continue to provide advisory support to the CEO.
EKS Receives Funding from NRCan CGP
In August 2019, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources announced an investment of close to $2 million for ElectroKinetic Solutions Inc. to field test a new dewatering technology that will speed up the process to reclaim new and legacy oil sands mine tailings sites. Funded through Natural Resource Canada’s Clean Growth…