The Government of Saskatchewan is providing $658,000 for three Saskatchewan energy innovators through the Saskatchewan Advantage Innovation Fund. S
AIF supports commercialization of game-changing technological innovations in the province’s core economic sectors.
Minister Responsible for Innovation Saskatchewan Tina Beaudry-Mellor has outlined three emerging technologies in the energy sector, developed with assistance from the SAIF:
• Ground Effects Environmental Services - $395,000 to support development of a cutting-edge water treatment system for oil extraction that operates on a reduced environmental footprint, removing key containments from waste water at a fraction of the cost.
• LiEP Energy - $113,000 to support the development, validation and scale-up of a working prototype for new lithium resource extraction technology to pull lithium ions out of concentrated brines faster and using less energy and chemical inputs.
• Wave9 - $150,000 for an oil site monitoring system which uses remote cameras and sensors to feed information into artificial intelligence software and issues alerts through a smartphone app, reducing operating costs and improve worker efficiency.
“These investments help grow the province’s tech sector while having a significant impact on related industries that drive the Saskatchewan economy,” Beaudry-Mellor said.
“It is important that we continue to support these industries so they can continue to develop technologies that benefit our province.”
