Cameron Young

Cameron is passionate about building the business case for clean energy investments that progress the energy transition. His career has been primarily focused on the Canadian energy industry, mainly oil and gas, as a process engineer, greenfield project development engineer, and sustainability consultant who helped companies develop decarbonization strategies and comply with Canadian regulations such as Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) Regulation and Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR). Cameron brings deep technical expertise to the role along with expertise in lifecycle assessments and economic modelling.

Cameron has a B. Chem Eng and Mgmt from McMaster University. He also received a MSc Sustainable Energy Development from U of C where his capstone project covered the techno-economics and GHG impact of biofuel co-processing in a refinery. He is a co-author on five papers examining the GHG impacts and economics of hydrogen in the Western Canadian economy.

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ABOUT FUEL INNOVATION FUND 

Launched in 2026, the Fuel Innovation Fund, administered by ERA, reinvests federal Clean Fuel Regulation compliance contributions from industry directly into projects that deliver measurable emissions reductions, strengthen competitiveness, and accelerate technology innovation.

ABOUT EMISSIONS REDUCTION ALBERTA (ERA) 

Since 2009, ERA’s technology investments have helped innovators develop and demonstrate Alberta-based technologies that reduce emissions, lower operational costs, attract investment, create jobs, and keep the province’s industries globally competitive.