Canada's ecoENERGY Initiatives to Help Reduce Greenhouse Gases
February 15, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS
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"Canada is an emerging energy superpower, but energy production and use are the source of most of our air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions," said Lunn.
"Our challenge is to be a clean energy superpower and our ecoENERGY Initiatives are designed to meet this challenge."
The ecoENERGY Initiatives are a set of focused measures to help Canadians use energy more efficiently, boost renewable energy supplies and develop cleaner energy technologies.
The suite of initiatives includes:
- The ecoENERGY Efficiency Initiative, which uses approximately $300M to promote smarter energy use, including the new ecoENERGY Retrofit Program to support energy-efficiency improvements in homes, small buildings and industries.
- The ecoENERGY Technology Initiative, which is a $230M investment in energy science and technology (S&T) to fund the research, development and demonstration of clean energy technologies.
- The ecoENERGY Renewable Initiative, an investment of more than $1.5B to boost Canada's renewable energy supplies.
"The ecoENERGY Initiatives complement the regulatory approach of our proposed Clean Air Act," said Lunn. "They will deliver real results in the short term and drive the improvements in energy efficiency and use of clean energy that are needed to support upcoming regulations."
Source: Natural Resources Canada (NRC).