Research - Apex

Hydrogen for heavy-duty vehicles?

Hydrogen is being proposed as a strategy to decarbonize several hard-to-abate sectors of the global economy, including heavy-duty road freight. New research by Andrew J. …

APEX National Champion for Frontier Planet Prize 2026

Carleton University’s Ahmed Abdulla has been named Canada’s 2026 National Champion by the Frontiers Planet Prize for his research on direct air capture, a technology …

Hydrogen microgrids in the North

Most remote and northern communities in Canada rely on diesel for their electrical and thermal energy needs. Communities and governments are working toward diesel exit …

Direct air capture with solid sorbents

New work published by researchers in the APEX group builds an open-source model of direct air capture (DAC) technologies that employ solid sorbents. The research, …

Explaining the need for battery energy storage in Ottawa

Professor Schell was interviewed by Stu Mills of CBC Ottawa to explain the need for battery energy storage systems in the Ontario power grid, and …

Hydropower prediction using a new Physics-informed neural network

In conjunction with the Marine Renewable Energy Technology group at Natural Resources Canada, and the Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering group at the National Research …

Opportunity to participate in survey on future energy options

Voice your Opinions on Energy for the Future We are looking for volunteers for a study on energy options for La Ronge and surrounding communities. …

SMRs: “Grid saviors or billion-dollar blunders?”

A group of four experts in small modular reactors, including Professor Ahmed Abdulla, were recently interviewed by POLITICO’s Energywire to discuss the economic, regulatory, and …

Integrating climate and physical constraints into assessments of net capture from direct air capture facilities

Few credible experts see how we’ll reach net-zero emissions without actively removing carbon dioxide out of the air, perhaps through direct air capture technologies. This …

Luis wins Best Poster Award at EMH 2024

Congratulations to 2nd year PhD student, Luis Lopez Diaz, for winning the Best Poster Award at the 2024 edition of EMH! He presented his work …

Ambient environmental conditions influence DAC cost and performance

Direct air capture (DAC) is touted as a potential contributor to climate change mitigation and the achievement of net-zero emission targets, including in nations like …

Laying the foundations for deployment of negative emissions technologies

Researchers Patrick Shorey, Grace Awuor Arwa, and fellow team members have published a new article in the journal Environmental Research Letters, exploring the opportunities and …