“We are creating a whole new sector Canada is poised to do exceptionally well in. Carbon capture and utilization in the future will be a huge sector — billions of dollars. And it will have its roots, in large part, right here in Western Canada.”
says Frisky. “We’re able to disrupt that charge, and separate the contaminants and solids.” The system can filter out nitrates, ammonia, phosphates, pharmaceuticals, and many other pollutants. Soon, he notes, municipalities will be required to remove pharmaceuticals, including birth control and penicillin, from their water supplies. Similar to the PureJet, GEE’s electrical ‘plants’ come in several sizes and are manufactured to be mobile. One such plant measures 8’ x 20’ in a crash frame, so it can be used on onshore or offshore rigs. At 45,000 pounds, it is both compact and heavy, yet is moveable by flatbed truck. Another parallel GEE shares with Atlantis is its recommitment to R&D for a global marketplace. This has meant solidifying partnerships to outsource certain business functions — experimenting with a distribution sales channel, for example — to allow GEE to hone in on its strengths. “We are, first and foremost, a technology company, so we have decided to focus on that,” says Frisky. “We’re taking a leap and concentrating on what we do best: Tech development, manufacturing assembly, and quality control before it goes out the door.”
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Inspiring clean growth XPRIZESUMA — awarding big dollars to WCB17 Foundational Ad 4.625x7 1.0.indd 1 Back at COSIA, CEO Dan teams of innovators that demonstrate Wicklum is confident the shift toward the best idea to convert carbon into a environmental stewardship and clean valuable product. technology will produce many more “We have 26 teams competing Mravcaks and Friskys over the next from seven countries,” says Wicklum. decade. “Interestingly, the country that has the And, as an organization, COSIA is most teams in the final is Canada. We putting its money where its proverbial feel strongly that’s not just because it’s mouth is. a Canadian prize, but because we are Two years ago, the organization helped found the $20 million Carbon global leaders in this area.”
XPRIZE finalists will test 2017-11-09 11:38 AM their submissions at a new commercialization centre funded jointly by the Alberta and federal governments. “We are creating a whole new sector Canada is poised to do exceptionally well in,” concludes Wicklum. “Carbon capture and utilization in the future will be a huge sector — billions of dollars. And it will have its roots, in large part, right here in Western Canada.”
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