COALDALE, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 12, 2026--
Taurus Canada Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Corp. announced today the company has been awarded $10 million in funding through the Government of Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) program to construct a fully integrated anaerobic digestion and carbon sequestration facility that will produce natural gas (RNG) exclusively from livestock manure in partnership with KCL Cattle Company and Kasko Cattle Co.
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The announcement was made at a press conference at Kasko Farms Headquarters today attended by Honourable Grant Hunter, Minister of Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta; Nathan Neudorf, MLA for Lethbridge-East; Kelly Ogle, Board Chair, Emissions Reduction Alberta; Phillip Abrary, Chairman & CEO, Taurus RNG; and, Ryan Kasko, CEO, Kasko Cattle Company.
At the press conference, Alberta’s government announced it is investing $28 million from the industry-funded Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) program to support six new technology projects designed to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and lower environmental impacts. The funding will be delivered through Emissions Reduction Alberta’s Industrial Transformation Challenge.
“We are incredibly appreciative of this support from the Government of Alberta through Emissions Reduction Alberta. Their financial support, together with our capital commitment, will allow us to proceed with a pioneering, fully-integrated Renewable Energy and Carbon Capture and Sequestration Project in the heart of Alberta’s cattle farming region. In partnership with KCL Cattle Company and Kasko Cattle Co., this first-of-its-kind project will pave the way to establishing global leadership in renewable energy and sustainable farming practices,” said Phillip Abrary, Chairman and CEO of Taurus Canada Renewable Natural Gas Corp.
“We’re increasing energy production and protecting the environment at the same time. The world wants our energy, and these technologies can help us deliver while lowering emissions and keeping our industries competitive for decades to come. We’re investing in made-in-Alberta projects because nobody innovates faster and better than Albertans," said Honourable Grant Hunter, Minister of Environment and Protected Areas.
“Alberta was built by and continues to be built by innovators. It is because of these efforts we are the economic engine of Canada and global demand continues to grow for our responsibly produced energy,” said Brian Jean, Minister of Energy and Minerals.
Through this innovative renewable energy production partnership with Kasko Cattle and KCL Cattle Company, Taurus RNG will utilize their deep process expertise in advanced anaerobic digestion, using a natural decomposition process to break down the manure and produce bio-methane, and avoiding it from escaping into the atmosphere. The result of the process is drop-in clean energy - Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) - which will be injected directly into the natural gas pipeline.
The facility will transform 130,000 tonnes of manure per year into 360,000 GJ of RNG (and a nutrient-rich digestate that serves as a sustainable fertilizer) while simultaneously capturing and sequestering biogenic CO2. The RNG from the Taurus RNG facility will generate enough energy to power 4500 homes, and it’s estimated the fossil fuel displaced will result in the reduction of emissions equivalent to removing 3,800 cars from the road.
“This anaerobic digestion and carbon sequestration facility represents a breakthrough in agricultural technology, turning a waste stream into a valuable resource, enhancing sustainable farming and redefining the value of feedlot manure for cattle operations,” said Abrary.
The facility will officially break ground this summer and it is estimated the construction will be completed and the facility will be fully operational by January 2028.
About Taurus Canada Renewable Natural Gas Corp:
Taurus RNG is leading the development of waste-to-renewable natural energy facilities in North America, specializing in carbon-negative energy created from complex and varied inputs such as manure and agricultural organics. The Team has delivered more than 50 projects globally, and is based in Vancouver, BC.
From manure to energy and valuable nutrients: 130,000 tonnes of manure per year will be transformed into 360,000 GJ of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) at a Taurus RNG facility constructed on site at the Kasko Home Lot in Coaldale, Alberta. This will be the world's first integrated Anaerobic Digestion and Carbon Sequestration Facility to produce RNG exclusively from local livestock manure.
MILAN (AP) — An all-time great comeback and a controversial exclusion are dominating the Milan Cortina Olympics on Day 6.
And then there's Chloe Kim, the American snowboarder who fell just short in her bid to become the first to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals in her sport.
NHL players on the U.S. and Canada teams also joined the action in their opening men’s hockey games.
For much of last year, it wasn't clear if Italian skier Federica Brignone could compete at her home Olympics at all, let alone contend for a medal.
She came away with gold in the women's super-G on Thursday, following a year spent largely in rehab after breaking multiple bones in her leg. She only returned to racing last month.
Brignone shrugged off difficult, foggy conditions to win her fourth career Olympic medal and become, at 35, the oldest female gold medalist in women’s Alpine skiing. Romane Miradoli of France took silver and Cornelia Huetter of Austria got bronze.
It's a third medal for Chloe Kim, but not a three-peat. The American snowboard star won the halfpipe in 2018 and 2022 but 17-year-old Chao Gaon ended her reign this time.
Kim was in first ahead of the last run but Choi snatched the lead with a score on 90.25. Kim fell on her final attempt to beat it.
Choi earlier had to recover following a hard fall on her first run. She is the first non-American to win the gold medal on the women’s side of snowboarding’s premier event since Torah Bright of Australia at the 2010 Vancouver Games.
As the men's skeleton competition got under way, all the attention was on a Ukrainian athlete who wasn't on the track.
Vladyslav Heraskevych was barred from racing after refusing to give up his plan to race in a helmet commemorating athletes who have been killed since Russia invaded his country. The International Olympic Committee says it breaks rules against making statements on the field of play.
IOC President Kirsty Coventry turned up at the sliding track in a last-minute bid to change Heraskevych's mind ahead of the opening run of the competition Thursday morning.
Heraskevych, who had been a contender for the medals, refused and was excluded from the Olympics.
Heraskevych said it “looks like discrimination” to bar him from competing. Coventry, who said she'd hoped to find a compromise, was tearful on what she called an “emotional morning.”
Connor McDavid had three assists and Jordan Binnington made 26 saves to help Canada beat Czechia 5-0 in the opening game of their Olympic campaign.
The U.S. men play their first Olympic game later Thursday against Latvia.
The Canadian women responded after their worst-ever Olympic loss by beating Finland 5-0 to end the preliminary round. That sets up a quarterfinal meeting with Germany on Saturday.
The most decorated short-track speedskating Olympian of all time has yet another medal.
Arianna Fontana of Italy earned her 13th career medal from six Olympics with silver in the women's 500 meters but missed out on a three-peat in the event she won in 2018 and 2022. Xandra Velzeboer of the Netherlands won and also broke her own world record in the semifinals.
In a major upset, Cooper Woods of Australia won freestyle skiing gold in men's moguls by edging Canadian great Mikael Kingsbury — the sport’s most decorated skier — on a tiebreaker.
American skier Jessie Diggins overcame bruised ribs to take bronze in the women's 10-kilometer cross-country skiing race. Frida Karlsson won her second gold medal of the Milan Cortina Games by leading a 1-2 finish for Sweden.
Italian speedskater Francesca Lollobrigida, whose great aunt was movie star Gina Lollobrigida, won her second gold of the Olympics by a tenth of a second in the women's 5,000.
Alessandro Haemmerle of Austria and Eliot Grondin of Canada repeated as gold and silver medalists, respectively, in men’s snowboardcross.
Germany won the team luge, as it has done at every Olympics since the event was added in 2014.
AP Winter Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics
Arianna Fontana of Italy wins silver during the short track speed skating women's 500m at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Silver medalist United States' Chloe Kim holds an American flag as she celebrates after the women's snowboarding halfpipe finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Australia's Cooper Woods competes during the men's freestyle skiing moguls finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych left, holds his crash helmet at the mixed zone of the sliding center at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Italy's Federica Brignone, gold medalist in an alpine ski, women's super-G race, waves to supporters at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
