Deadline: 4 March 2018
Natural Resources Canada is seeking proposals for its Smart Grid Program.
Smart grids help ensure safer and more secure delivery of electricity, provide foundations for new market structures and a higher quality of service for customers. They are a key enabler for GHG mitigation as they increase the hosting capacity of renewable generation, improve asset utilization and increase resiliency. Benefits of smart grids include:
- better utilizing the existing capacity of electricity assets
- increasing the penetration of renewable generation
- increasing the reliability, resiliency and flexibility of the power system
- maintaining cyber security
- reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- creating jobs
Funding Information
Up to $100 million will be invested for utility-led projects to reduce GHG emissions, better utilize existing electricity assets and foster innovation and clean jobs for:
- demonstration of smart grid technologies
- deployment of smart grid integrated systems
Eligibility Criteria
The request for proposals is open to:
- legal entities formed in Canada, including: electricity and gas utilities, electricity system operators, transmission system owners and operators (including provincial Crown corporations, agencies, co-operatives, Indigenous and municipally owned) and local distribution companies as direct or ultimate recipients;
- provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments and their departments and agencies where applicable as initial recipients.
How to apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
Eligible Country: Canada
For more information, please visit Smart Grid Program.