Source: montrealgazette.com
Ottawa provides funding to several clean-technology projects in Quebec.
Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver announced an investment of $53 million in 17 clean technology projects across Canada through Sustainable Development Technology Canada. Four of these projects are based in Quebec.
Ottawa is investing $13.2 million in four clean technology projects in Quebec, the federal government said Thursday.
Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver announced an investment of $53 million in 17 clean technology projects across Canada through Sustainable Development Technology Canada.
The money is slated to help realize the commercialization of clean technology in the areas of agriculture, transportation, mining and energy.
The investment comes from funds that were never spent in pasts SDTC budgets.
In Quebec, the federal funding goes to:
• Logistik Unicorp in St. Jean sur Richelieu for a textile fibre project.
A consortium has identified a technology that can process hemp and flax fibres into a quality textile-grade fibre. It would be an alternative to cotton which requires pesticides. Logistik is to receive $1.1 million;
• BioAmber Inc. in Montreal for a downstream purification demonstration.
The company has a bio-based technology that uses glucose to make succinic acid rather than petroleum-based chemicals. It intends to build a demonstration plant in Sarnia, Ont. BioAmber is to receive $7.5 million;
• Northex Environment Inc. in Contrecoeur for a soil remediation project.
It is proposing that soil contaminated with inorganic compounds, such as metals, can be remediated for less cost than the usual dig-and-dump method. Northex is to receive $1.5 million;
• TM4 Inc. in Boucherville for an electric powertrain project. It is to receive $3.1 million.
TM4 president and CEO Claude Dumas said the federal funding will further development of an ongoing all-electric made-in-Quebec bus project.
The project, which has received provincial funding, is being developed by a consortium of companies including Nova Bus, of St. Eustache.
Work started on the project in 2010 but has picked up speed this year, Dumas said.
The technology can be used in other applications, he added.
The federal government “is committed to supporting clean energy technology in Canada as an effective measure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create high-quality jobs for Canadians,” Oliver said in a statement Thursday.
“The projects announced today demonstrate our leadership in driving clean energy technology innovation to help create a viable clean energy industry in Canada.”
Sustainable Development Technology Canada’s SD Tech Fund™ has supported more than 220 projects and allocated $548 million, generating more than $1.3 billion in leveraged funds.
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