The B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) has awarded the first two recipients of a new non-dilutive investment avenue for emerging B.C.-based ventures that have recently graduated from university entrepreneurship programs. Vancouver-based VulcanX Energy and Victoria-based Curat Innovations have each been awarded $75,000. Many innovative ideas, including clean energy and climate solutions spun […]
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Canada’s First Wildfire Tech Innovation Call Offers Up to $3M in Funding
With wildfire frequency, size and intensity growing annually, effective wildfire management is imperative. This month the B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) is launching Canada’s first call for innovation focused on wildfire technologies. Up to $3 million in non-dilutive investment will be awarded to innovators across British Columbia that are commercializing technology at […]
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 […]
B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) Announces Sarah Goodman as CEO
The BC Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) has announced that Sarah Goodman will take the helm as President and Chief Executive Officer. CICE is an independent, not-for-profit corporation that provides early-stage investment to fast-track the commercialization of British Columbia’s most impactful clean energy solutions – from Canada to the world. Sarah’s extensive background in advancing Canada’s climate change policies, […]
B.C. at Forefront of Decarbonizing Innovations En Route to Net Zero
The British Columbia Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) has collaborated with Innovative Breakthrough Energy Technologies to produce a first-of-its-kind report dedicated to investigating technologies with the capacity to scale Carbon Dioxide Removal to a one gigatonne milestone. The report comprises a series of “techno-economic analyses” of various approaches to carbon removal. The paper’s […]
BC Innovation Center Invests $2.6M to Combat Wildfires with Sustainable Forest Residue Solutions
In 2023, Canada experienced its worst wildfire season on record, posing threats to lives and significantly increasing greenhouse gas emissions. During the high fire years of 2017, 2018 and 2021, B.C. wildfires alone emitted 150-200 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions. One of the strategies to reduce the intensity of wildfires is tree thinning, […]
CICE Invests $2.82 Million in Carbon Emission Measurement, Monitoring, and Verification Innovations
This morning the BC Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) announced the allocation of $2.82 million in non-dilutive funding for B.C. companies that support the measurement, monitoring, and verification (MMV) of carbon emission reduction, removal and avoidance. Through this investment CICE is supporting the commercialization of MMV solutions which are vital to assessing carbon […]
Powering a Green Future: Canada’s Ambitious Vision for Clean and Abundant Electricity
As more Canadians ride electrified public transit and shift to electric vehicles, more homeowners adopt electric heat pumps, and more businesses and industries green their operations, an abundant supply of clean, reliable and affordable electricity will be required. Canada has built one of the cleanest electricity systems in the world with, more than 80 percent […]
B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy Awards $5.2 Million to Accelerate Clean Energy Innovations
The B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) will provide $5.2 million in non-dilutive funding to accelerate the commercial development and global scaling of clean energy innovations from British Columbia. Funding was granted through CICE’s 2023 Open Call for Innovation, which attracted over 100 applications from across the province, highlighting an impressive range of […]
Moment Energy, Svante Among Winners Of 2023 BC Cleantech Awards
With BC experiencing more than its fair share of climate-related disasters — from heat domes and annual forest fires to the devastating floods in the fraser valley — there has never been a better time to shine a light on the individuals and organizations that are working tirelessly to accelerate the development and adoption of critical […]