Main component
Eligible clientele
Any company established in Québec wishing to refine or adapt a technology or an innovative process that serves to reduce GHG emissions or any company that holds the rights to a technology developed by a Québec institution.
Eligible projects
Eligible projects must:
- involve the demonstration1:
- of a new, innovative and emerging Québec technology or
- of an existing technology that is adapted to new conditions; AND
- aim to reduce GHG emissions in Québec, while subscribing to a sustainable development perspective; AND
- show a strong potential for replication and marketing; AND
- be carried out in Québec.
Financial assistance
Financial assistance is limited to the lowest of the following amounts:
- 50 % of eligible expenses;
- $3M maximum per project;
- the amount requested by the applicant.
Financial assistance may take the form of a loan or grant.
Eligible expenses
Eligible expenses must be directly linked to the delivery of the demonstration project. They must be incurred after the request is completed and signed.
Expenses include:
- the salary of each person working directly on the project as well as the mandatory fringe benefits pertaining to payroll;
- costs related to the application for and acquisition of a patent, manufacturing license or know-how;
- fees of the consultants required to carry out the project;
- costs of materials, equipment and supplies directly linked to the project;
- travelling and living expenses when directly linked to the project;
- professional fees and costs incurred within the scope of the project that pertain to evaluation and verification services (GHG emissions and energy performance) and to financial audit services;
- for existing capital assets: the overrun of expenses and costs directly linked to the delivery and term of the project;
- for new capital assets: the amortization expenses, costs and value directly linked to the delivery and term of the project;
- R&D activities insofar as they do not exceed the lesser of: $200,000 or 20% of the total assistance for the project.
The Department reserves the right to review eligible expenses. The project must be accepted and the costs incurred must be recognized as eligible expenses by the Department within the scope of the agreement entered into with the applicant.
Component supporting the trial implementation of a technology
Specific objectives for this component
- Validate a GHG emission reduction technology in Québec
- Encourage the deployment of proven technologies in Québec that help reduce GHG emissions
Eligible clientele
Any legally constituted organization, enterprise or association that is established in Québec that wishes to use or market a proven GHG emission reduction technology that has weak market presence or no market presence in Québec.
Eligible projects
A product or process whose scale-up is complete and whose use in a commercial or industrial application serving to reduce GHG emissions is proven but has weak market presence or no market presence in Québec.
Eligible projects must:
- involve the trial implementation and validation of performance characteristics or the compliance with a standard in order to establish the credibility of the technology as it is used in Québec; AND
- aim to reduce GHG emissions in Québec; AND
- present a strong potential for replication and marketing, as the case may require.
Clean technologies must be widely adopted to make the advantages of sustainable development a reality for Quebecers. Thus, the results of the technology’s trial implementation must be released in pertinent market sectors in order to encourage its deployment.
Financial assistance
Financial assistance is limited to the lowest of the following amounts:
- 50 % of eligible expenses;
- $1M maximum per project;
- the amount requested by the applicant.
Financial assistance may take the form of a non-reimbursable contribution (grant).
Eligible expenses
Eligible expenses must be directly linked to the delivery of the trial implementation project. The greater part of the project’s expenses must consist of studies or tests performed on the technology. Validation activities must be carried out by independent external resources established in Québec who have gained recognition in their field. If no resources possessing the required expertise are available, the tests may be performed outside the province of Québec.
These studies or tests aim to confirm the characteristics of a performance-based product or a product that complies with a standard or regulation. These activities must be performed after the completed and signed request is filed and include:
- professional fees and costs incurred within the scope of the project that pertain to evaluation and verification services (GHG emissions and energy performance) and to financial audit services;
- fees of the consultants required to carry out the project;
- the salary of each person working directly on the project as well as the mandatory fringe benefits pertaining to payroll;
- legal fees associated with securing a distribution agreement or a manufacturing license;
- costs of materials, equipment and supplies directly linked to the project;
- travelling and living expenses when directly linked to the project;
- for existing capital assets: the overrun of expenses and costs directly linked to the delivery and term of the project;
- for new capital assets: the amortization expenses, costs and value directly linked to the delivery and term of the project;
The Department reserves the right to review eligible expenses. The project must be accepted and the costs incurred must be recognized as eligible expenses by the Department within the scope of the agreement entered into with the applicant.
Non eligible expenses
The expenses not covered by eligible projects are as follows:
- R&D activities and costs related to the application for and acquisition of a patent.
Limitations
The total of financial assistance obtained for the demonstration project from (federal and provincial) ministries and government organizations, as well as from the Department, must not exceed 75% of the total cost of the project.
A project may not receive financial assistance from only one of the two following programs: the Technoclimat® program and the Energy Innovation Assistance program. Furthermore, financial assistance cannot be combined to that offered by other CCAP programs financed by the Green Fund.
What is more, the costs incurred by the applicant prior to the receipt of the request by the Department are not eligible.
