Emerging Concepts and Technologies Research Program Prince Edward Island (ECT-PEI): Clean Technology Challenge

From Laboratory to Market

Prince Edward Island (PEI) will get to net-zero by 2040 with proven renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. There are still significant knowledge and technology gaps that must be identified and addressed to tackle the most hard-to-abate greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the 2030-2040 period.

Many of the solutions needed to achieve net-zero goals will need to be invented, proven, and scaled up to achieve further reductions in GHG emissions. Bringing critical, emerging technologies and concepts from the laboratory to the market may take decades to achieve. Given the critical importance of action during the next 10 years and the time that it typically takes for emerging technologies to get from the laboratory to market, PEI cannot afford to wait for market incentives to deliver the level of change required. 

The Net Zero Emerging Concepts and Technologies Research Program Prince Edward Island (ECT-PEI): Clean Technology Challenge will help to expedite this process. The ECT Research Program seeks to identify gaps in GHG emissions reduction pathways for hard-to-abate emissions and prioritize PEI solutions to reduce GHG in the post 2030-period.

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Objectives

The primary objective of the ECT-PEI Clean Technology Challenge is to encourage and fund the research and innovation community - in both private and academic sectors - to identify and develop a suite of promising, emerging clean technologies, approaches, and practices that warrant continued funding from PEI’s technology incubation ecosystem.

The ECT Research Program has the following objectives:

1. Identify knowledge gaps to eliminate or offset the hard to abate GHG emissions (post 2030).
2. Advance promising technologies and approaches that can address the gaps to net zero.
3. Encourage collaborative research among Atlantic Canadian universities and community colleges, Indigenous-led institutions, the private sector and others.
4. Generate intellectual property that has the potential to address global demands for low-carbon solutions.
5. Foster collaborative and thematic research networks that attract national and foreign investment.

Expected Outcomes

By the end of the program, project leads will have a product that is scalable to commercialization with potential for economic development for PEI.

Support for this program

This program is supported in funding by Innovation PEI, the lead economic development agency in Prince Edward Island providing funding and expertise to enable strategic sectors, accelerate entrepreneurship, and foster innovation. Through Prince Edward Island’s Climate Change Plan for Clean Growth, Innovation PEI has invested $230,000 in the ECT Research Program to support research needed to develop new clean technologies and practices to help Islanders meet their net-zero by 2040 target.