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Integrated Marketplace: COAST Innovation Challenge │ Innovate BC

December 31, 2025

Value

Receive up to the lesser of $100,000 or 50% of Eligible Project Costs

Description

Delivered through Innovate BC’s Integrated Marketplace in partnership with Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies (COAST), the Innovation Challenge is a high impact offering to accelerate the commercialization of marine energy technologies.

The Innovation Challenge supports B.C. innovators to demonstrate technologies that can support the Canadian Coast Guard’s objective of transitioning remote, land-based operational sites along the coast of British Columbia from dependence on diesel generator power to integrated energy systems and renewable energy. This challenge creates a pilot opportunity for rapidly deployable, modular and scalable technologies focusing on energy generation from renewable sources; energy management and storage to support capacity increases / demand management; and energy resilience in the marine space where it might otherwise be difficult to secure a pilot opportunity.

Eligible Applicants

To be eligible, applicants must: 

  • be duly organized and validly existing under the provincial or federal laws of Canada;
  • be in good standing with respect to all filings required by the governing authority having jurisdiction over the affairs of the Challenge Participant; and
  • be actively doing business in British Columbia.* 

The Challenge Participant must have met the foregoing criteria for at least 12 months prior to participating in the Challenge, unless a shorter timeframe has been agreed to by Innovate BC in writing. 

*Actively doing business in British Columbia is defined as: 

  • All Challenge Participant staff are residents of BC and the Challenge Participant declares BC as its province of residence for tax purposes;
  • 50% or more of the Challenge Participant’s staff are in BC and claim BC as their province of residence for tax purposes; or
  • the Challenge Participant is committed to establishing a physical location in BC and having staff located in BC who claim the province as their primary residence for tax purposes within the next 12 months.  

Eligible Expenses

The following applicant types are eligible for this Challenge: 

  1. Renewable energy generation enterprises. 
  2. Energy management and storage enterprises. 

Deadline Date

The application period for the Integrated Marketplace: COAST Innovation Challenge was from November 10, 2025, to December 31, 2025, closing at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. The program is currently closed. Please visit the official Innovate BC website for any future updates or new intake announcements.

Contact

Contact Name: Innovate BC

Phone Number: 604.335.2495 or 1.800.665.7222

E-mail Address: info@innovatebc.ca

Website: https://www.innovatebc.ca/coast-innovation-challenge

Industry:

Energy & Environment, Software/Technology

Location:

British Colombia

Tags:

Coast Guard, Renewable Energy

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