Ottawa ON K1A 0E4
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Northern<br />
Ontario<br />
Heritage Fund:<br />
Northern<br />
Energy<br />
Program<br />
Ministry of Northern<br />
Development & Mines<br />
70 Forester Drive, Suit 200<br />
Sault Ste. Marie, <strong>ON</strong> P6A 6V8<br />
T: 1800 461-8329<br />
F: (705) 945-6701<br />
nohfc.ndm@ontario.ca<br />
Help eligible Northern organizations to capitalize on<br />
energy opportunities by encouraging private and public<br />
sectors to pursue clean renewable energy generation<br />
capacity that will reduce demand on external energy<br />
sources. Specific program areas include: Renewable<br />
Energy Planning, Renewable Energy Capital Assistance,<br />
New internal Energy Generation Projects, and Energy<br />
Conservation Pilot Projects.<br />
Incentive $ Provincial<br />
Businesses<br />
and not-forprofit<br />
organisations<br />
involved in<br />
the energy<br />
sector<br />
http://www.mndm<br />
.gov.on.ca/nohfc/<br />
program_nep_e.a<br />
sp<br />
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Ontario Biogas<br />
Systems<br />
Financial<br />
Assistance<br />
Program<br />
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture,<br />
Food and Rural Affairs<br />
T: 1888 588 4111<br />
The Ontario Biogas Systems Financial Assistance<br />
Program is a $9-million investment that will help farmers<br />
and agri-food businesses develop and build generating<br />
systems that produce clean energy, reduce electricity<br />
costs and contribute to local economies.<br />
Incentive $ Provincial<br />
Agriculture<br />
and agri-food<br />
operations<br />
http://www.omafr<br />
a.gov.on.ca/engli<br />
sh/engineer/biog<br />
as/<br />
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100,000 solar<br />
Roofs<br />
Ministry of Energy 1-888-922-<br />
2896<br />
Target of installing 100,000 solar powered systems in the<br />
province and the establishment of a taskforce in fall 2007<br />
of industry experts and market specialists on how best to<br />
achieve this target.<br />
Education,<br />
Outreach<br />
Provincial<br />
http://www.rev.go<br />
v.on.ca/english/re<br />
fund/sesr/<br />
MULTI SECTOR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT<br />
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OPA<br />
Technology<br />
Development<br />
Fund<br />
OPA Conservation Bureau<br />
120 Adelaide Street West<br />
Suite 1600<br />
Toronto, <strong>ON</strong> M5H 1T1<br />
T 416 967 7474<br />
F 416 967 1947<br />
The $1 million Fund will focus on technology initiatives<br />
that are in the pre-commercial phase of development.<br />
Funding will be awarded to both solicited and unsolicited<br />
proposals and emphasis will be placed on co-funding<br />
projects.<br />
$<br />
http://www.power<br />
authority.on.ca<br />
OTHERS<br />
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Municipal Eco<br />
Challenge<br />
Fund (MECF)<br />
Ministry of Energy<br />
880 Bay Street, 6th floor<br />
Toronto, <strong>ON</strong> M7A 2C1<br />
www.energy.gov.on.ca<br />
Tel: 1-888-922-2896<br />
Email: MECF@Ontario.ca<br />
$20 million in grants is to be provided by the fund for<br />
projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through<br />
energy efficient retrofits of municipally-owned buildings.<br />
The fund is split into two application streams: standard<br />
retrofit projects and showcase retrofit projects.<br />
Infrastructure Ontario will also provide $200 million worth<br />
of loans for municipal projects that reduce GHG<br />
emissions through its OSIFA Loan Program.<br />
Incentive,<br />
Outreach<br />
$ Provincial<br />
Ontario<br />
Municipalities<br />
http://www.energ<br />
y.gov.on.ca/index<br />
.cfm?fuseaction=<br />
conservation.mec<br />
f<br />
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Retail Sales Tax<br />
Rebate for<br />
Building<br />
Materials<br />
Incorporated<br />
into Qualifying<br />
Generating<br />
Facilities<br />
Ontario Ministry of Finance<br />
7 Queen's Park Crescent<br />
7th Floor<br />
Toronto, <strong>ON</strong> M7A 1Y7<br />
As part of the Electricity Pricing, Conservation and Supply<br />
Act, 2002, the Ontario government introduced the rebate<br />
for RST paid on the purchase of building materials<br />
incorporated into eligible electricity generating facilities,<br />
qualifying nuclear facilities or eligible deep lake-water<br />
cooling facilities. The rebate applies to new facilities as<br />
well as upgrades and expansions of existing facilities.<br />
Incentive $ Provincial Generators<br />
http://www.rev.go<br />
v.on.ca/english/re<br />
fund/electricgen/i<br />
ndex.html<br />
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