The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, and Jim Balsillie, Chair of Sustainable Development Technology Canada, today announced almost $10 million in new investments for five Ontario projects under Sustainable Development Technology Canada’s SD Tech Fund.
The SD Tech Fund supports projects that address climate change, air quality, clean water and clean soil, providing solutions to key Canadian industries that increase efficiency and enhance environmental responsibility.
These investments support jobs furthering the research, development and demonstration of innovative clean energy technologies across Ontario. With global clean technology demand estimated to grow from $1.1 trillion in 2012 to $2.5 trillion by 2022, international markets will create enormous potential for Canada’s clean technology industry. Today’s investments will help advance four new clean energy technologies from concept to commercialization. Funding to SDTC for some of these projects is subject to Treasury Board approval.
- Ubiquity Solar Inc. in Waterloo will receive more than $3 million for its solar power technology;
- GreenMantra Technologies in Brantford will receive $2 million for plastics recycling;
- Electro Kinetic Solutions in Toronto will receive over $2 million for tailing ponds remediation;
- Morgan Solar in Toronto will receive in excess of $2 million for solar panel technology; and
- Cleeve Technology Inc. in Oshawa will receive $710,000 for de-coating technology for aircraft maintenance.
The announcement followed the conclusion of an energy innovation roundtable hosted by Natural Resources Canada. Today was the sixth in a series of discussions looking at energy innovation across our country. The roundtables engaged leading stakeholders from industry, academia, the financial community, and non-governmental organizations to share their perspectives on solutions for improving Canada’s competitiveness in energy innovation.
The Government of Canada will use the results of the roundtable discussions as a guide to inform means to collaborate and coordinate with private and public sector groups interested in advancing energy innovation in Canada.
Today’s announcement follows the one made by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on June 20th in Waterloo. The Prime Minister announced last week the organizations that have been chosen to advance in the selection process for the Canada Accelerator and Incubator Program (CAIP), which is designed to help outstanding small- and medium-sized Canadian enterprises to grow, prosper and create jobs. Business accelerators and incubators provide innovative, early-stage entrepreneurs with resources, facilities and expertise to help them develop their business plans and seek follow-on financing.
Greg Rickford,
Canada's Minister of Natural Resources and
Minister for the Federal Development Initiative for Northern Ontario
Jim Balsillie,
Chair of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)
Ian MacLellan,
President and CEO, Ubiquity Solar Inc
Tim Haig,
President and CEO, GreenMantra Technologies
Paul Church,
Owner and President, Cleeve Technology Inc
Nicolas Morgan,
VP, Business Development, Morgan Solar
Jim Micak,
CEO, Electro Kinetic Solutions
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