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Sustainable Hydrogen Generation Using Novel Heterogeneous Nanocomposites
December 2023 – March 2025
Green chemical pathways are indeed desirable in alternative fuel generation. Solar, wind and hydrogen (H2)-derived methods afford a means of capitalizing on environmentally advantageous resources that limit GHG emissions during power-generation.
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IoT-Driven Modeling System for Monitoring Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Canadian Agriculture Sector
December 2023 – March 2025
"Agriculture significantly fuels anthropogenic global warming and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions could play a significant role in mitigating climate change. In 2020, agriculture contributed about 8.2% (55 Mt CO2 eq) to Canada's total GHG emissions.
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Advancement of Net-Zero Marine Technologies: Development of Long-lifetime Battery Prototype with Vessel-to-Grid (V2G) Functionality for Electric Marine Transportation in Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada
December 2023 – March 2025
Specifically, the project aims to:
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Novel high-performance opto-chromic sensing technology for visible detection of hydrogen leaks in pipelines and storage
December 2023 – March 2025
Hydrogen is a high-in-demand carbon-free alternative to fossil fuels. However, the low heat of combustion and flammability of hydrogen, compounded by lack of odor, endanger storage and transportation.
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Quantifying Emissions Reductions in Ships with Crowdsourced Weather Routing
December 2023 – March 2025
90% of the world's goods are transported by ships, which run on fossil fuel. This creates more greenhouse gas emissions than airlines.
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Piloting Acuicy Software to Incentivize Decarbonization of Agriculture Supply Chains in Nova Scotia
December 2023 – March 2025
The agrifood sector is one of Nova Scotia’s largest carbon emitters.
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Reducing Greenhouse Gases and Improving the Carbon Sequestration Potential of Nova Scotia’s Wild Blueberry Industry
September 2023 – March 2025
Bragg Lumber Company is a Nova Scotia based food production and forestry company. The company focuses on wild blueberry and carrot production. The company owns or leases 48,000 acres of commercial fields and provides custom farm operations for an additional 10,000 acres of wild bluebe
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Exploring pathways to net-zero: utilizing advanced energy system modelling to investigate the impact of long-duration energy storage on Nova Scotia's energy transition
September 2023 – March 2025
This research project seeks to determine the potential role of long-duration energy storage in achieving a decarbonized electricity system in Nova Scotia by 2050.
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Development of a regionally validated mid-infrared soil spectral library and predictive models to enable efficient, accurate and low-cost characterization of soil carbon content and sequestration potential in Nova Scotia agricultural and forest soils
September 2023 – March 2025
Drawing upon existing and new agriculture and forestry soil collections acquired from diverse project partners (NSFA, NRCan, NSDA, OMAFRA, IRDA), this project will characterize soil organic carbon (SOC) content and storage potential, as influenced by inherent soil properties (e.g., soil texture)
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Eco-Friendly Fisheries
September 2023 – September 2024
Eco-Friendly Fisheries project aims to substantially reduce the fuel consumption, optimize by-catch avoidance, reduce time for search of resources and impact on the seabed.