Indigenous Partnerships

Authored by BMAC, this report reflects efforts to bridge Indigenous and industry perspectives on advancing battery and critical minerals value chains in Canada.

Towards a Western Canadian Battery Value Chain

Realizing Western Canada's potential to build a world-class battery supply chain requires more than isolated investments — it requires a coordinated regional strategy grounded in global competitiveness, clean innovation, and economic reconciliation.

Walking the Talk

The report offers a moment-in-time snapshot of how Alberta-based Oil & Gas and Power & Utilities companies are approaching the energy transition.

Leading the Charge: A Vision for Alberta’s Electricity Future

Decarbonizing our energy system is a formidable challenge, with electricity playing a pivotal role.

The Mass Timber Roadmap

After more than a decade of hard work to unlock and demonstrate the potential for mass timber in Canada, the industry is ready to scale.

Accelerating the Adoption of CCUS in Alberta

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) is a pivotal avenue to achieving net-zero energy by 2030.

2022 Energy Futures Lab Impact Report

How can we accelerate the transition to a net-zero future, while also staying true to our intentions of an inclusive and equitable transition?

Creating a Bold Transformative Vision for Canada’s Battery Metals Industry

This summary report captures the output from a series of workshops co-hosted by the Battery Metals Association of Canada and the Energy Futures Lab

Tracking Progress to the Future

Alberta faces the challenge of developing and scaling areas of economic activity that are more competitive in a decarbonizing world.

Sustainable Finance Research Project

The Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) retail fund segment has been gaining tremendous interest from sustainable and responsible investors over the last few years.

Designing A Marketplace Framework For Future-Fit Hydrocarbons

This policy brief makes the case that federal and provincial governments need to act to encourage investment in future-fit hydrocarbon industries

Leveraging our Assets for Diversification

The LEAD project aims to clear roadblocks that will allow entrepreneurs to utilize existing oil and gas sites and infrastructure

Optimizing Alberta’s Electricity Distribution

To ensure cost-effective and efficient service, utilities will need to implement new solutions to service new customers, manage intermittent generation, and address shifting loads in order to ensure optimization of the system. However to do this, they require capabilities that currently don’t exist.

From Rocks to Power

The Transition Accelerator, From Rocks to Power outlines investable priorities across eight key minerals essential to EVs and energy storage.

Engagement Report: Future Energy Competitiveness in Southern Alberta

The Lab’s track record of engaging Albertan communities to envision their energy future has generated impact.

Alberta’s Electricity Future Challenge Statements

Alberta’s Electricity Future (AEF) is based on the view that players across the electricity system are responding to new factors that fall outside (and sometimes run contrary to) the parameters of what Alberta’s electricity system was originally designed to do.

2023 Energy Futures Lab Impact Report

As the Energy Futures Lab celebrates nine years of work towards establishing a trusted network of energy leaders and bridging their innovative efforts to accelerate Canada’s energy transition, 2023 saw us reach a pivotal moment in our maturation as a social innovation lab and make our biggest adaptation to-date.

The C-SAF Roadmap

A first for sustainable aviation fuels in Canada, this roadmap is the result of a collaborative effort between C-SAF, Energy Futures Lab, and Transition Accelerator.

A Roadmap for Canada’s Battery Value Chain

Demand for electric vehicles is growing at a rate that exceeds even the most robust recent predictions.

Same game, new rules

This report provides a conceptual framework for the efforts of the Energy Futures Lab’s Policy Collaborative (EFPC)

Renewal And Reinvention Of Alberta’s Hydrocarbon Cluster

This paper examines factors that could allow for the renewal of the Alberta hydrocarbons cluster so it becomes future-fit

Policy Levers Toolkit

This toolkit is designed to help organizations understand and leverage government policy actions used to shape the behaviour of consumers

Evaluating Future Fitness

This policy brief outlines a set of common assessment criteria that are currently used by decision-makers