Charting the Course: A Program Roadmap for Canada’s Transition to a Hydrogen Economy

Contact:  www.ic.gc.ca/hydrogen

International Trade Canada (ITCan) works to position Canada as a business leader for the 21st century. ITCan helps large and small Canadian companies expand and succeed internationally, promotes Canada as a dynamic place to do business, and negotiates and administers trade agreements. Through Investment Partnerships Canada, ITCan provides foreign investors with the assistance they need in investing in Canada. ITCan's services are offered through three broad business lines: services for Canadian businesses; services for non-Canadian businesses; and information on Canada's trade and economic policy. The Trade

Commissioner Service is a network of more than 500 trade professionals working in Canadian embassies, high commissions and consulates located in 140 cities around the world and 12 regional offices in Canada. The Trade Commissioner Service has a primary role of providing in market assistance to Canadian companies in the development of their international business. The Trade

Commissioner Service also helps foreign buyers find Canadian products and services.

Contact:  www.itcan-cican.gc.ca

National Research Council Canada (NRC) operates world-class research facilities and innovation support networks from coast to coast. The NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation, located in Vancouver, B.C., is the lead institute of the NRC Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Program, an international effort linking industry, government and academic partners worldwide. Among its facilities, the Institute includes one of North America's few hydrogen safe environmental test chambers and nine fuels-safe laboratories to enable NRC researchers and Canadian companies to develop, test and evaluate fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. Other NRC Institutes across the country provide a wide range of expertise and specialized facilities for fundamental and applied research on fuel cells and hydrogen.

Contact:  www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/randd/areas/fuelcells_e.html

Natural Resources Canada's CANMET Energy Technology Centre (CETC) is Canada's leading federal S&T organization that is developing and deploying energy efficient, alternative energy and renewable energy technologies. CETC's Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Transportation Energy (HyFATE) program partners with industry and other federal and provincial agencies to develop and deploy new transportation technologies, including hydrogen and fuel cells, alternative fuels and advanced propulsion systems; energy storage systems; emissions control technologies; vehicle transportation system efficiency; and hydrogen fuelling infrastructure technologies. The program supports R&D through cost-shared agreements, standards development and technology transfer, both domestically and internationally. NRCan is also involved in hydrogen separation technologies and utilization of hydrogen fuel cells in underground mines as well as stationary applications for fuel cells. NRCan also is responsible for Canada's energy policy.

Contact:  http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/es/etb/cetc/cetc01/htmldocs/home_e.htm

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada (NSERC) invests in people, discovery and innovation by supporting basic university research through discovery grants and project research through partnerships among universities, governments and the private sector, and also by helping provide for the advanced training of highly qualified people.

Contact:  http://www.nserc.gc.ca/index.htm

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) plays a leadership role in a Federal House-in- Order initiative to improve the energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions of government operations and activities. The department is working with industry to explore alternative energy sources, including electricity production from fuel cells. PWGSC is also helping Indian and Northern Affairs evaluate fuel cell applications for remote Northern communities.

Contact:  http://www.pwgsc.gc.ca/text/index-e.html

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is Canada's foremost granting agency for research and training in the social sciences and humanities. SSHRC does not conduct research itself. It distributes funds to Canadian researchers, scholars and universities through highly competitive granting programs.

Contact:  http://www.sshrc.ca/web/home_e.asp

Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is a catalyst for creative, collaborative solutions that deliver positive environmental and economic impacts to Canadians. As a funding organization developed through a national government initiative, SDTC fosters the rapid development, demonstration and pre-commercialization of technological solutions that address climate change and air quality.

Contact:  http://www.sdtc.ca/en/index.htm

Technology Early Action Measures (TEAM) has provided $16 million towards 13 hydrogen economy related projects with a total value of $113 million since 1998. These technology demonstration commitments have helped pave the way for future commercial investments in hydrogen and fuel cell projects. TEAM operates interdepartmentally and continues to offer technology demonstration funding through federal departments and agencies in support of GHG reduction, including fuel cell and hydrogen production technologies.

Contact:  http://www.team.gc.ca/english/

Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC): is a special operating agency of Industry Canada. Its mandate is to provide funding support for strategic research and development, and demonstration projects that will produce economic, social and environmental benefits to Canadians. TPC offers two main programs: the TPC R&D program, geared to pre-competitive projects, and the Hydrogen Early Adopters program. Since 1996, TPC's activity has been rooted in helping Canadian companies perform R& ;D that takes new technologies closer to the marketplace by supporting pre-competitive projects across a wide spectrum of technological development, including environmental technologies, life sciences, information and communications technologies and advanced manufacturing.

Contact:  http://tpc-ptc.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/tpc-ptc.nsf/en/Home

Transport Canada (TC) supports research into future fuels including hydrogen, and as an active member of the Canadian Transportation Fuel Cell Alliance is also interested in fuel cell vehicles. Part of TC's Freight Efficiency and Technology Initiative, which is designed to reduce the growth of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from freight transportation, is its commitment to demonstrating and encouraging the uptake of innovative technologies.

Contact:  http://www.tc.gc.ca/en/menu.htm

Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) promotes economic diversification in Western Canada and has supported the growth of a hydrogen and fuel cell sector in Western Canada since 1990.

Contact:  http://www.wd.gc.ca/default_e.asp