Arca Climate Technologies this month signed a 10-year agreement. The decade-long agreement grants Arca an exclusive right to evaluate the potential of the ultramafic waste rock and mine tailings at the Turnagain Nickel Project in British Columbia with an aim remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Based in Vancouver, Arca is an Industrial Mineralization company […]
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Vancouver’s Arca Secures Microsoft Deal for 300,000 Tonnes of Carbon Removal
Vancouver-based Arca Climate has signed a offtake agreement with Microsoft to deliver nearly 300,000 tonnes of durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) over the next decade — a major validation of Canada’s growing leadership in carbon removal innovation. The agreement recognizes Arca’s pioneering work in industrial mineralization, a carbon removal process that transforms atmospheric CO₂ into […]
Half of Canada’s Most Investable Cleantech Ventures Call B.C. Home in 2024 Foresight 50
At a time when climate concerns are at an all-time high in the province, a new list of Canada’s most investable cleantech companies reveals that one half of them are based in British Columbia. Should we be surprised? Vancouver is regarded as a top 10 Cleantech cluster worldwide. Foresight Canada, the nation’s largest cleantech accelerator, […]
Immersion Week at UBC: Innovators and Storytellers Unite to Drive Change
Immersion Week, powered by Innovation UBC, is coming up September 24-25 at UBC Robson Square. This annual celebration promises to bring together storytellers and movement builders from across the Vancouver ecosystem to share their insights on the strategies and tactics that helped them transform their innovation and ideas to impact. This year’s theme is Translating Inventions […]
Foresight Fulfilled: Arca Rocking B.C.’s Green Tech Scene
Techcouver named Arca Climate Technologies one of 10 homegrown B.C. startups to watch in 2024 and apparently we were right. Earlier this year the Vancouver company picked up the Startup of the Year award at the BC Cleantech Awards and they are currently a top 20 finalist in the prestigious XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition. They continue […]
Nine B.C. Innovators Secure $7.6M from CICE to Propel Clean Energy Solutions
Nine B.C. companies have secured a total of $7.6 million from the B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) to scale breakthrough innovation and lead the net-zero global economy. Founded in October 2021, CICE is an independent, not-for-profit corporation that helps fund the commercial development and scaling of made-in-B.C. clean energy solutions — from […]
Arca Named As Finalist in Prestigious XPRIZE Carbon Removal Competition
Vancouver’s Arca has been named a top 20 finalist in the prestigious XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition. The competition invites innovators and teams from anywhere on the planet to create and demonstrate solutions that can pull carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere or oceans and sequester it durably and sustainably. Arca is 1 of 20 finalists that […]
MaRS Purchases Carbon Removal Credits From Vancouver Cleantech
Canada’s largest urban innovation hub is taking a trailblazing step in the fight against climate change. Today, MaRS Discovery District announced the purchase of carbon removal credits from five Canadian ventures through its Mission from MaRS program. Among the five ventures is Vancouver-based cleantech Arca. Originally known as Carbin Minerals, Arca re-processes tailings from nickel […]
Arca, Intelligent City Among Winners Of 2024 BC Cleantech Awards
This past winter was Canada’s warmest on record by a wide margin, and the low snowpack in the mountains of British Columbia has authorities warning of potential droughts, increased wildfires, and water shortages this summer. The signs of climate change have never been more clearly on display, and there has never been a better time […]
Arca and RainStick Among Finalists for 2024 BC Cleantech Awards
The finalists for the 2024 BC Cleantech Awards have been announced. Chosen from over 130 nominations, these individuals and organizations reflect the best of BC cleantech. The BC Cleantech Awards ceremony will be a live event this year with finalists and program partners gathering in-person on March 27th. Among the companies nominated in for the […]