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CLEAN TECHNOLOGY Will Create Jobs and Position Canada for Clean Technology Is a Key the Low-Carbon Economy of the Future PROFIT PERFORMANCE STABILITY PROFIT PERFORMANCE INNOVATION DIVERSITY DIVERSITYINV STABILITYEST IN PROFIT PERFORMANCE INNOVATION PROFIT DIVERSITY STABILITY STABILITY DIVERSITYCANADA’S COMPETITIVE INNOVATION ADVANTAGES PROFIT DIVERSITY STABILITY PROFIT PERFORMANCE INNOVATION PROFIT DIVERSITYCLEAN STABILITY PERFORMANCE INNOVATIONTECHNOLOGY DIVERSITY PROFIT PERFORMANCE STABILITY PROFIT PERFORMANCE STABITLITY PROFIT DIVERSITY STABILITY DIVERSITY INNOVATION PROFIT PERFORMANCE STABITLITY PROFIT DIVERSITY THE CANADIAN supporting growing companies through A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT GOVERNMENT IS government procurement. It is also in AND A STRONG ECONOMY addition to the government’s plan to invest INVESTING HEAVILY $21.9 billion in green infrastructure, which go hand in hand: IN CLEAN TECHNOLOGY will create jobs and position Canada for Clean technology is a key the low-carbon economy of the future. AND CLEAN GROWTH component of Canada’s The international community is forging approach to promoting clean ahead in the fight against climate change THE TIME TO INVEST growth and will play a critical through Mission Innovation, with a IN CANADA IS NOW commitment to accelerate innovation role in Canada’s transition and make clean energy accessible and The government is collaborating with into a low-carbon economy. affordable worldwide. As a member, stakeholders and jurisdictions across Canada Canada has committed to double government to meet our climate change commitments The government’s new investments in clean energy research, and bring innovative and competitive clean Innovation and Skills Plan development and demonstration (RD&D) technology to market. New financing will be over five years, while encouraging greater used alongside private sources to increase will help position Canada as a levels of private sector investment in the overall amount of capital. Strong leader in the global economy transformative clean energy technologies. international linkages will promote Canadian with world-class clusters of technology as solutions to global challenges, To meet its commitments and drive attract new private sector investment and innovation and a highly skilled clean innovation, Canada’s 2017 Budget create new economic opportunities. and mobile workforce. commitments include more than $2.3 billion to support clean technology research, Foreign investment in clean technology is development, demonstration and adoption, on the rise, and Canada’s commitment to as well as scaling-up clean technology clean technology growth and adoption makes businesses. This is in addition to broader Canada a hotbed of clean technology potential. innovation measures, including better 13 CANADIAN FIRMS IN THE 2018 GLOBAL In 2017, the Global CLEANTECH 1001, 3 ON THE ONES TO WATCH LIST2 Cleantech Innovation index ranked Canada awesense st st in the G20 in the G20 and th th globallywith globallyespecially strong scores for emerging clean 1. Cleantech Group, 2018 Global Cleantech 100, 2018. 3 2. Cleantech Group, 2017 Global Cleantech 100 Ones to Watch, 2017. technology 3. Cleantech Group and WWF, The Global Cleantech Innovation Index 2017, 2017. $12 M CLEAN GROWTH HUB Whole-of-government focal CLEAN TECHNOLOGY point for clean technology SUPPORT ACROSS program coordination and THE ECONOMY stakeholder engagement. $2 B LOW CARBON ECONOMY FUND will leverage investments in projects that will generate clean growth and reduce greenhouse gas emissions towards meeting or exceeding commitments $75 M under the Paris Agreement. IMPACT CANADA: CLEAN TECHNOLOGY Innovative $300 M funding approaches (e.g., prizes, IMPACT CANADA: SMART co-creation) to solving CITIES Innovative funding Canada’s big challenges. approaches (e.g., prizes, co-creation) targeted at communities to solve CANADA’S tough problems. COMMITMENT TO $1.4 B 4 NEW FUNDING for equity CLEAN TECHNOLOGY financing, growth capital and project financing for promising clean technology firms through the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and Export $1.26 B Development Canada (EDC). STRATEGIC INNOVATION FUND supports firms of all sizes across all sectors through four streams: R&D; growth and expansion; attracting and retaining large scale investments; and $21.9 B $429 M advanced industrial research. INVESTMENTS IN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, including CLEAN TECHNOLOGY IN $822M for clean energy NATURAL RESOURCES, infrastructure across five CLEAN ENERGY AND CLEAN streams: smart grids, renewables, TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS reducing diesel in rural and support clean technology RD&D remote communities, electric in national laboratories and with vehicle infrastructure, and external participants, including energy efficient buildings. in the energy, mining, forestry, $400 M agriculture and fisheries/ SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT aquaculture sectors. TECHNOLOGY CANADA (SDTC) Recapitalization of the SD Tech Fund that supports the development and demonstration of pre- commercial clean technology. 4 Budget 2017. CLEAN TECHNOLOGY ACROSS CANADA H HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELLS – Canada is recognized internationally as a global GREENLAND leader in hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, with a leading presence in British Columbia. ALASKA (USA) FEATURE TECHNOLOGY – Mercedes-Benz Canada’s $53 million automated fuel cell production and technology development YUKON facility in Burnaby, B.C. has consistently NORTHWEST NUNAVUT played an instrumental role in the global TERRITORIES commercialization of fuel cell technology. NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR BRITISH COLUMBIA ALBERTA MANITOBA QUEBEC Edmonton SASKATCHEWAN CLEAN RESOURCES – Saskatoon Vancouver PRINCE Canada offers forward-looking innovation in clean EDWARD ONTARIO ISLAND resource technology development and implementation. Calgary Québec City NOVA SCOTIA FEATURE TECHNOLOGY – Winnipeg Ottawa Halifax British Columbia-based MineSense has developed High UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Montréal NEW Frequency Electromagnetic Spectroscopy (HFEMS) and BRUNSWICK rTo onto High Speed X-Ray Fluorescent (HSXRF) technologies Waterloo Niagara combined with laser telemetry to measure and report London ore grade in real-time for large-scale mines. ENERGY STORAGE – CO Canada’s energy storage industry is rapidly building momentum with leading technologies and showcase installations. Ontario CARBON CAPTURE, UTILIZATION is a leading jurisdiction for energy storage in North America. AND STORAGE (CCUS) – Canada is a CCUS technology demonstration leader FEATURE TECHNOLOGY – Hydrogenics, a leading developer and manufacturer of hydrogen with cutting-edge projects in Saskatchewan, generation and hydrogen-based power modules, has a 20 megawatt Alberta and British Columbia. project pipeline for its industry leading PEM power-to-gas FEATURE TECHNOLOGY – systems for hydrogen production. For bulk storage, Hydrogenics’ electrolysis technology directly converts excess renewable Nova Scotia-based CarbonCure retrofits concrete energy into hydrogen which is then fed into the local natural plants with an innovative technology that recycles gas pipelines, helping to reduce the region’s carbon footprint. carbon dioxide to make stronger, greener concrete. CarbonCure’s technology is currently operational in a growing number of concrete plants across North America, including several of the world’s largest vertically-integrated cement and concrete companies. INDUSTRIAL BIOPRODUCTS – Canada is an active centre for research and innovation in bioproduct technologies. Major clusters are located in Ontario and Quebec. FEATURE TECHNOLOGY – Quebec-based Enerkem’s patented technology chemically recycles the carbon contained in non-recyclable waste (i.e. garbage). In less than 5 minutes, Enerkem’s process first converts this carbon into a pure synthesis gas (also called syngas), which is then turned into biofuels and chemicals, using commercially available catalysts. GREENLAND RENEWABLE ENERGY – With renewable sources generating 64% of Canada’s total electricity, Canada has ALASKA (USA) become a world leader in collaborative R&D in the renewable energy sector. FEATURE TECHNOLOGY – YUKON Cape Sharp Tidal is an exciting demonstration project that is harnessing the energy of the highest tides in the world in Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy. The in-stream tidal turbine NORTHWEST NUNAVUT TERRITORIES is designed to be deployed directly on the sea-bed where it allows the extraction of NEWFOUNDLAND renewable and sustainable energy from the tides. The project is a joint venture between & LABRADOR Halifax-based Emera Inc. and Irish company OpenHydro (a DCNS company). BRITISH COLUMBIA ALBERTA MANITOBA QUEBEC Edmonton SASKATCHEWAN Saskatoon Vancouver PRINCE EDWARD ONTARIO ISLAND Calgary Québec E-MOBILITY – City NOVA SCOTIA Exciting forward-looking activity in Quebec, Ontario and British Winnipeg Ottawa Halifax Columbia which is shaping the future of electric mobility. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Montréal NEW BRUNSWICK FEATURE TECHNOLOGY – rTo onto Waterloo Niagara Quebec-based TM4 pioneered the electric propulsion system technology developed London by Hydro-Quebec’s renowned research center (IREQ). Today, it provides customers in more than a dozen countries with patented technology and distinctive expertise in electric motors, generators and inverters for the transport and energy markets. WATER TECHNOLOGIES – Canada is a known leader in the development of innovative SMART GRID – and technologically advanced water technologies that are Canada is pioneering Smart Grid deployment across the country helping to solve global water challenges, with exceptional with world-leading knowledge and expertise
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