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Global Carbon Removal Companies Selected to Begin Avatar Accelerator in search of $100M XPRIZE
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In the Media: Calgary accelerator launched to help emerging tech companies trying to win Elon Musk's $100M XPrize
Avatar Innovations, U of C and XPrize team up for Avatar Carbon Removal Accelerator
Avatar partners with XPRIZE to run carbon removal accelerator
XPRIZE, Avatar Innovations & UCalgary Form Partnership to Run Carbon Removal Accelerator for $100M Prize
Avatar Innovations launches Canada’s First CarbonTech Accelerator
Building upon the success of the Avatar Program, Avatar Accelerator develops industry generated and vetted CarbonTech ideas into tangible solutions for the energy transition.
Digitization in the energy industry – the machine learning revolution
How recent landmark accomplishments in artificial intelligence might soon make their way into the energy industry.
Why start-up companies should consider the benefits of patenting
Patents can be a powerful tool to help start-up companies move to the next level, and are one way a start-up can ‘’level’’ the playing field against established competitors.
Meet the BD&P Shark Tank Judges: Kelsey Clark and Bronwyn Inkster
Two partners from Avatar Innovations partner, Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP, are to sit as Shark Tank judges in the first round of the Action Learning Project.
In the Media: Alberta sees an energy transition ‘happen before our eyes’
Each day, we hear more about an energy transition coming Alberta’s way.
In the Media: Former Beaver Drilling exec launches clean energy accelerator, venture fund
A new clean energy accelerator and venture fund launched in Calgary on Wednesday aims to help Alberta become a global leader in energy transition technologies.
In the Media: Alberta drilling veteran Kevin Krausert leaves Beaver Drilling to launch energy investment firm
One of Calgary’s best-known drilling executives is leaving the oil field service sector for a new venture capital fund focused on energy transition technologies for oil and gas.
In the Media: An Apollo 13 moment for Canada’s energy sector
Apollo 13 demonstrated that when humanity is faced with an existential problem, we get very clever very quickly. A parallel can be drawn with the energy sector.
In the Media: Latest Iteration Of Young Professionals Program A Big Win For Energy Sector
An industry-wide leadership, training and collaboration forum advances innovative solutions to the oil and gas sector and creates new business lines.
In the Media: Micro-courses designed to re-employ energy workers, redirect sector
An eight-week course designed to retrain energy sector workers displaced by COVID-19 inspires young professionals to propel the oil and gas industry forward.
In the Media: Unemployed oilpatch workersface 'blurry' post-COVID future
As the industry faces an uncertain future, workers are assessing whether to pivot to another industry or stick with their established careers.
Ottawa’s plan for oil and gas helps in this crisis – but a new energy future must be the bigger goal
Ottawa provides $2.4 billion to get oil and gas workers back on the job.