Traduction de «Programme Centre pour les énergies propres » (Français → Anglais) :

Around €10 billion funding is expected to be allocated to clean energy under Horizon 2020 for the period 2014-2020.

He was the inaugural director of the Clean Energy Research Centre at UBC that undertakes research on clean energy technologies with a view to providing sustainable energy for B.C., Canada and the world while reducing the environmental impact of the use of energy.

(Return tabled) Question No. 612 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to changes to environmental programs resulting from the announcements in Budget 2012: (a) specifying how each identified cut is projected to impact the government’s access to scientific information required for the development of public policy, the number of people to be cut, and the amount of money to be cut, what are all areas of scientific research and partnerships to be cut, including, but not limited to, (i) air pollution, (ii) emergency preparedness and response, (iii) industrial waste, (iv) water quality; (b) what briefing notes, memos, or any o ...[+++]ther documentation, including, for each, the details of its findings and recommendations, have been provided to the Prime Minister, Minister of Natural Resources, Minister of the Environment, their respective Parliamentary Secretaries, their respective Deputy Ministers, and their respective staff members, regarding impacts of research and partnership cuts on the government’s access to scientific information required for the development of public policy; (c) what, in detail, does “sufficient data is available to support the dissemination and validation of the UV Index forecast” mean, (i) what does “we will continue to have enough data for EC to track and report on ozone” mean, (iii) in detail, will the government maintain the integrity of the ozone monitoring program, (iv) in detail, will the government maintain Canadian contributions to the global observing system for climate in support of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), (v) what studies have been undertaken to assess the impact of streamlining ozone monitoring on Canada’s international reputation, and what were any findings and recommendations; (d) what briefing notes, memos, or any other documentation, including, for each, the details of its findings and recommendations, have been provided to the Prime Minister, Minister of Natural Resources, Minister of the Enviro ...

Investments include: $400 million for the eco-energy retrofit homes program to support Canadians in making their homes more energy efficient, $252 million to support regulatory activities to address climate change and air quality, nearly $200 million to help address the health and environmental risks posed by dangerous chemicals through the chemicals management plan, $97 million to develop and promote clean energy technologies, $86 million to support clean energy regulatory actions, $68 million to clean up federal contaminated sites, $48 million to develop transportation sector regulations and next generation clean t ...[+++]ransportation initiatives, $40 million to support new climate change and clean air projects under Sustainable Development Technology Canada, $35 million to support climate and atmospheric sciences research, and the list goes on.

For more information on the proposals under the renewable and clean energy portion of the clean energy fund, please see the following website: [http ...]

I will briefly summarize the ecoENERGY initiatives, Mr. Chairman: there's the ecoENERGY technology initiative, which funds research, development, and demonstration of clean energy technologies; the ecoENERGY for industry program, which helps industry improve energy use; the ecoENERGY for buildings and houses program, which encourages the construction and operation of more energy-efficient buildings and houses; the ecoENERGY retrofit initiative, which provides financial support and information to encourage the retrofit of homes and ...[+++]small and medium-sized enterprises; the ecoENERGY for renewable power program, which provides incentives to boost Canada's supply of clean electricity from renewable sources such as wind, biomass, small hydro and ocean energy; and, the ecoENERGY for renewable heat initiative, which provides incentives and industry support to increase the adoption of clean, renewable thermal technologies.