Calgary clean energy tech accelerator gets $3M from feds

A group of energy and clean tech entrepreneurs along with the University of Calgary and the local and federal governments are hoping Calgary’s ample and available downtown office space will make the city synonymous with clean energy innovation. The Energy Transition Hub, with the goal of opening March 1, may not be the first of its kind, even in Alberta. But it will for the first time put large oil and gas companies in the same space as the researchers, entrepreneurs and academics working to decarbonize the industry. “The Energy Transition Centre is really an in-person, physical space to start clustering a lot of the like-minded energy transition groups in the city to start building solutions for commercialization and export — right beside and in partnership with Calgary’s oil and gas companies,” Kevin Krausert, CEO of Avatar Innovations, said following the announcement…

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