A new engineering initiative funded by Energi Simulation will bring together energy experts and students to advance technologies in carbon capture and storage, geothermal energy, hydrogen storage and other next-generation energy solutions.
The Calgary-based company’s investment of more than $1 million over five years will support a new program called GeoSAFETY (Geoscience for Subsurface Assurance oF Energy TechnologYs) devoted to safe, sustainable use of underground reservoirs for storing carbon dioxide or hydrogen. It is aimed at positioning Canada as a trusted leader in the global sustainable energy landscape while protecting land and water and honouring local communities.
Energi Simulation’s grant will also continue to support an endowment for University of Alberta expert Rick Chalaturnyk’s Energi Simulation Research Chair in Subsurface Energy Geomechanics.
“Complex processes occur in the subsurface as a result of injection or production of fluids — and solids, potentially. The research outcomes from GeoSAFETY are designed to advance our geoscience knowledge of these processes,” says Chalaturnyk.
“To ensure we meet our research objective of reflecting community perspectives, we have earmarked funds to explore how subsurface information is depicted and understood through Indigenous knowledge systems and traditional knowledge.”