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Energy Innovation Program – Renewable Energy Demonstrations Call | Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

September 26, 2024

Value

Funding requests must fall between $500,000 and $4,000,000 over a period of up to a maximum of five years.

Description

Aligned with OERD’s commitment to driving innovation to accelerate Canada’s clean energy transition, the Renewable Energy Demonstration Call (“the Call”) will fund demonstration projects that will help advance innovative renewable heat or power generation and/or integration through novel applications that provide local benefits.

The call will fund projects addressing one or more of the following objectives:

  • Increase local participation in, and local benefits of, renewable energy generation and use;
  • Improve the reliability and accessibility of renewable energy generation;
  • Reduce environmental impacts and contribute to Canada’s net-zero goals; and/or,
  • Advance replicable renewable energy solutions through innovation.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible Canadian Recipients will be:

  1. Legal entities validly incorporated or registered in Canada including:
    • For profit and not for profit organizations
    • Community groups
    • Canadian academic institutions
  2. Provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments and their departments and agencies where applicable
  3. Legal entities validly incorporated or registered in Canada including:
    • Indigenous communities or governments
    • Tribal Councils or entities that fulfill a similar function (e.g., general councils)
    • National or regional Indigenous councils, or tribal organizations
    • Indigenous (majority owned and controlled by Indigenous people) for-profit or not-for-profit organizations

For the purposes of this Applicant Guide, the term “Indigenous” is understood to include Inuit, Métis, First Nation, Status Indian and non-Status Indian individuals, or any combination thereof.

Eligible recipients must apply under one of these streams:

  • Stream 1 is open to all eligible recipients.
  • Stream 2 is open to eligible Indigenous recipients.

Eligible Expenses

The Call is open to demonstration projects that improve local energy systems through innovative renewable heat or power generation and/or integration. Applications will be scored against their ability to meet the Call objectives.

Projects must start at Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) 6 or higher and have a minimum installed capacity of 100 kW electrical or 300 kW thermal. Funding requests must fall between $500,000 and $4,000,000 over a period of up to a maximum of five years. Projects must start on or after April 1, 2025, and no later than March 31, 2026.

Deadline Date

Stream 1 – July 2, 2024; Stream 2 – September 26, 2024. 

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