Clean Growth Program – Letter of Intent
Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
Deadlines
Academic Unit:
Memorial Deadline: Wednesday 21st, February 2018
External Deadline: Wednesday 28th, February 2018
Description
The program will advance emerging clean technologies toward commercial readiness so that natural resource operationsFootnote1 can better reduce their impacts on air, land, and water, while enhancing competitiveness and creating jobs. It is open to projects from the mining, energy and forestry sectors.
Clean technology is defined as any product, process or service designed with the primary purpose of contributing to remediating or preventing any type of environmental damage. It is also considered as a product, process or service that is less polluting or more resource-efficient than equivalent normal products that furnish a similar utility. Their primary use, however, is not one of environmental protection.
The CGP covers five focus areas intended to address pressing environmental challenges and economic opportunities facing Canada’s natural resource sectors:
- 1. Reducing greenhouse gas and air emissions from natural resource operations
- 2. Minimizing landscape disturbances and improving waste management in natural resource operations
- 3. The production and use of advanced materials and bioproducts in natural resource operations
- 4. Efficient energy use and productivity in natural resource operations
- 5. Reducing water use and impacts on aquatic ecosystems in natural resource operations
The program puts into action the Government of Canada’s new collaborative approach of doing business by leveraging investments in publicly funded researchers, research centres, and Provincial and Territorial leveraging programs to better mobilize clean technologies.
Provincial and Territorial (P/T) engagement is central to the CGP. The program is intended to enhance coordination and leverage clean technology investments to more effectively help Canada to meet its climate change goals, create economic opportunities, and expand global-market opportunities. Given the importance placed on collaboration in the CGP, support from Provinces/Territories will be central in successful projects. P/T co-funding consists of financial and/or in-kind support.
Additional program details and guidelines are available on NRCan’s website.
Partner Opportunities:
Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Industry Association (NEIA) is seeking information on possible projects appropriate for this program to provide support to proponents. If you have a project in mind, contact Kieran Hanley at kieran@neia.org.