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• Agriculture
• Buildings and industrial facilities
• Renewable heat and power
• Transportation
• Related organization links

Agriculture

Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program (ABIP) - is a $145 million, multi-year program that seeks to mobilize Canada's creative talent in academia and in the private and public sectors and to integrate resources to build greater research capacity in agricultural bioproducts and bioprocesses.

Agri-Opportunities Program - The $134 million, Agri-Opportunities Program, announced in January 2007, is a five-year program that aims to accelerate the commercialization of new agricultural products, processes or services that are currently not produced or commercially available in Canada, and are ready to be introduced to the marketplace.

Biofuels Opportunities for Producers Initiative (BOPI) – Is a $20 million, two-year program designed to help farmers and rural communities hire experts who can assist in developing business proposals and undertake feasibility and other studies necessary to create and expand biofuels production capacity involving significant (greater than one-third) ownership by agricultural producers.

The Co-operative Development Initiative – Will provide a one-time $1 million funding for the support to individuals, groups and communities wishing to develop co-operatives as a way to take advantage of opportunities associated with biofuels and other value-added activities.

ecoAGRICULTURE Biofuels Capital Initiative (ecoABC) - The ecoABC Initiative is a federal $200 million four-year program ending on March 31, 2011 that provides repayable contributions for the construction or expansion of transportation biofuel production facilities.

See also: ecoENERGY for Biofuels

Buildings and Industrial Facilities

ecoENERGY Retrofit - Small and Medium Organizations  – ecoENERGY Retrofit program provides a financial incentive of up to 25% of project costs to a maximum of $50,000 to help small and medium-sized commercial and institutional buildings and industrial facilities implement energy saving projects.

ecoENERGY Assessment Incentive for Industry – Provides a financial incentive to help industrial companies conduct process integration studies that identify opportunities for increasing energy efficiency and improving production processes.

Renewable Heat and Power

ecoENERGY for Renewable Heat – Provides incentives for solar water and air installations in the industrial, commercial and institutional sectors; helps develop renewable thermal energy industry capacity; and contributes to clean air by displacing fossil fuel-based energy use for space heating and cooling and water heating.

ecoENERGY for Renewable Power – Increases supply of clean electricity from low-impact renewable sources such as wind, biomass, hydro, geothermal, solar photovoltaic and ocean energy through a production incentive of one cent per kilowatt-hour over ten years on eligible projects.

Transportation

ecoAUTO Rebate Program –  Part of the ecoTRANSPORT Strategy, this program encourages Canadians to buy fuel-efficient vehicles by offering rebates ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 towards the purchase of more fuel-efficient vehicles that meet the required criteria.

ecoENERGY for Biofuels
The initiative will provide operating incentives to producers of renewable alternatives to gasoline and diesel based on production levels and other factors. It will make investment in production facilities more attractive by partially offsetting the risk associated with fluctuating feedstock and fuel prices.

Freight Technology Incentive Program: providing cost-shared funding to companies and non-profit organizations in freight transportation to help them to purchase and install proven emission-reducing technologies.

Freight Technology Demonstration Fund: establishing cost-shared demonstrations to test and measure new and underused freight transportation technologies in real-world conditions.

Related Organization Links

CANMET Energy Technology Centre Programs – Natural Resources Canada

Funding and Incentives - Environment Canada

Grants and Incentives - Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE), Natural Resources Canada

Financial Assistance for Industry – OEE, Natural Resources Canada

Moving on Sustainable Transportation – Transport Canada

Office of Energy Research and Development, Natural Resources Canada

Related incentives for existing buildings – OEE, Natural Resources Canada

Protecting the environment - Agri-Food and Agriculture Canada

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