Canada invests in carbon capture and storage in Ottawa

The Government of Canada (Natural Resources Canada) announced an investment of $2.5 million from the Energy Innovation Program (EIP) to support Ottawa-based TerraFixing in developing made-in-Canada carbon management technology.

• Confirmed actions: The EIP has provided $2.5 million to TerraFixing Inc. under the EIP’s CCUS RD&D call; the project will scale up CO2 capture beds using structured zeolite packing, with a design target to fit a 1,000-tonnes-per-year capture unit into a shipping container and achieve costs below $100 per tonne of CO2 at large scale. The release also confirms TerraFixing has built a lab, doubled its team, and is moving IP toward a pilot production line in an Ottawa warehouse.
• Planned initiatives & program context: The investment is funded through the EIP (part of a broader $319 million Budget 2021 RD&D commitment over seven years for CCUS) and sits alongside Budget 2024 measures including $93 billion in investment tax credit incentives by 2034–35, which include a CCUS Investment Tax Credit. These are described as government policy and funding commitments rather than project completion guarantees.