Mike Nartker
GHG Monitor
3/28/2014
A Canadian not-for-profit group has begun seeking to help provide funding support for projects in the Canadian province of Alberta intended to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC) is offering to provide a total of $65 million, with a maximum of $25 million per project. Projects to be supported will focus on carbon capture and sequestration, energy efficiency and conservation, or clean energy production and utilization, according to a release issued this week. “The CCEMC is interested in finding the best ideas from around the world to help Alberta stimulate the development of transformative technologies that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” CCEMC chair Eric Newell said in the release.
According to CCEMC, technology development and small demonstration projects can occur anywhere to be eligible for the funding support, as long as their development is “suitable for Alberta.” Large demonstration and deployment projects, though, must take place in Alberta to be eligible. The CCEMC plans to provide funding to support as much as half of a project’s eligible expenses for a maximum project term of three years, according to the release. Submissions are due by Aug. 28, with those chosen for support to be announced in 2015.
