A BC company that received $ 4.6 million from Ottawa's so-called “Green Slush Fund” received just over $ 1.1 million from the provincial government.
Progressive Planet was awarded the British Columbia Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) fund of $ 1,140,000, which supports the continued development of its Pozglass™ Pilot facility.
On March 5, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) announced that the company would give 4.6 million US dollars for the same project over the next four years. The first tranche of $ 4,636,468, a payment of $ 1,555,682, was received on January 31.
The entire STDC Board of Directors resigned in June 2024 after the interest conflicts of 186 were discovered in a federal examination. STDC was soon referred to by conservatives as “Green Slush Fund”.
The liberal government refused to comply with a request from Parliament in order to comply with non -edited copies of STDC documents that they wanted to shared with the RCMP. Last October, the spokesman Greg Fergus decided that the government violated Parliament's powers.
Hospital™ represents a breakthrough in carbon cement technology and transforms the glass according to the consumer into a high -performance additional cement material (SCM).
Adrian Dix, Minister for Energy and Climate Protection Loos, said that sending tax money on progressive planets would reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
“Cement production makes up over 7% of global CO₂ emissions and creative solutions such as the progressive planet pilot plant in Kamloops to reduce emissions here in BC and at the same time increase economic development,” said Dix. “With the support of the innovative Clean Energy Fund of British Columbia scaled Progressive, her pilot project, which focuses on reducing the CO2 footprint of the cement industry by converting waste materials into valuable resources.”
Steve Harpur, CEO of progressive planet, says that the product is “the right solution at the right time” and thanked the province for its subsidy.
“We are working on two important environmental challenges at the same time: reduction of the CO2 footprint of the cement and the creation of a high value for the consumer that would otherwise end on landfill,” said Harpur.
Hospital™ Offers a triple-Bottom-line solution:
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Reduction of emissions by replacing up to 50% of Portland Cement, an important contribution to CO₂ emissions.
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Carbon by permanent conversion of recorded CO₂ in limestone.
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Waste by converting glass to the consumer into a valuable industrial material.
Cement production accounts for more than 7% of global CO₂ emissions and change sources for traditional SCMs such as flight ash and slag. With Lafarge Canada already undertakes to buy the entire Pozglass™ Progressive planet is produced in the pilot plant and is well positioned to scale a practical solution produced in Canada, which supports both in industry and in the environment.
The global market with low -carbon cement with low -carbon cement, which has been rated, is expected to be tripled by 2034. With partnerships that exceed investors, engineers and construction takers, progressive planet is known that he benefits from this growth and at the same time reduces the CO2 footprint of one in the world.
Progressive Planet's pilot facility in Kamloops is scheduled to start operating in October 2025. The first phase of the company includes drying out of the consumer for removing contamination and creating coarse glass powder-die key ingredients in Pozglass™.
In phase 1, progressive planet will also produce additional rough glass products such as Canblast™A crystalline, pebble -free sandblast medium that the company has sold over a decade through a manufacturer of third -party providers.
Phase 2 introduces the wet grinding of the coarse glass powder to produce Pozglass™. The construction of the wet grinding system is expected to be completed at the end of 2026, which further improves the capacity of the progressive planet in order to cover the demand for sustainable building materials in the industry.
On June 29, 2023, Progressive Planet announced that Lafarge Canada Inc. signed a purchase contract to agree on the purchase of the entire Pozglass™ Produced by progressive Planet's pilot plant up to a maximum of 3,500 tons per year.
As part of this agreement of 2023, Lafarge Canada agreed to maintain progressive planets Technical guidelines and support in the further development of the proprietary Pozglass™ Technology through design, construction and operation of the pilot plant.