Office of Energy Research and Development (OERD)
The Office of Energy Research and Development (OERD) advances energy innovation and invests in the most impactful energy research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects that maximize environmental and economic outcomes.
Funding
Current opportunities
Energy Innovation Program - Mining Decarbonization Demonstration Call for Proposals
Open for applications
The Call will fund demonstration projects in Canadian upstream to midstream operations to scale technologies, reduce emissions, and support low-carbon mineral supply chains.
Energy Innovation Program – National Energy Systems Modelling Call
Open for applications
The Call will fund projects that quantitatively model the role of innovative technologies in achieving emissions reductions and supporting Canada’s net-zero emissions targets.
Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities Program
Open for applications
Currently accepting applications under the Research, Development, and Demonstration stream to be added to a waitlist, should funds become available.
Programs
Energy Innovation Program
Funds energy RD&D projects to advance clean energy technologies that will help Canada meet its environmental targets while supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Greener Neighbourhoods Pilot Program
Aims to validate the benefits and business cases of aggregated deep energy retrofit approaches in up to six community housing neighbourhoods in Canada.
Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities Program
Provides funding for renewable energy and capacity building projects to reduce reliance on fossil fuels for heating and electricity in Indigenous, rural, and remote communities across Canada.
Impact Canada – Oil Spill Response Challenge
Aims to spark new ideas and engage diverse perspectives to spur the development of innovative and rapidly deployable solutions that improve oil spill response in diverse Canadian aquatic environments.
Green Infrastructure: Energy Efficient Buildings
Funds projects that showcase innovative building technologies through deep-energy retrofits and the construction of new buildings.
Past programs
Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada
This collaborative initiative between leading public and private sector investors fostered new financial and in-kind investments into high-risk, high-potential clean energy technologies made in Canada.
Canadian Emissions Reduction Innovation Network
Alberta Innovates and Natural Resources Canada worked together to speed up the development, validation, and deployment of technologies that reduce oil and gas sector emissions.
Clean Growth Program
This program funded projects focused on major environmental issues and economic opportunities in Canada’s energy, mines and forestry sectors.
Green Infrastructure: Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Demonstrations
This program funded demonstration projects that sought to address technological gaps and barriers to the introduction of electric vehicles, such as cost, safety, charging speed and function in very cold climates.
Green Infrastructure: Smart Grids
This program funded utility-led projects focused on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, optimizing the use of current electricity assets, and promoting innovation and the creation of clean jobs.
Impact Canada Clean Tech Challenges
The Clean Tech Challenges helped innovators find breakthrough solutions to complex and persistent problems in clean technology development.
Current investments
OERD invests in a wide range of organizations, including businesses, industry, non-profits, academia, other levels of government, and Indigenous organizations. It also funds energy research and development in federal labs and research centres.
Learn more about the projects we are funding
Impact
50 years of innovation: for half a century, OERD’s investments have helped energy innovators research, develop, and demonstrate technologies that reduce emissions, lower costs, attract investment, and create jobs.
Since 2016, OERD has invested over $1.4 billion in more than 850 energy innovation research, development, and demonstration projects.
434
datasets, models, platforms, software, and tools
500+
patents, or other intellectual property rights, filed
662
jobs per year of innovation related employment
68%
projects advancing 1 or more technology readiness levels
3090
publications, technical reports and other products
212
codes, standards, or regulations influenced
$2.60 contributed by project partners for every $1 invested by OERD
Partnerships
OERD has many “Trusted Partnerships” with regional and national organizations that support energy innovation in place to align priorities, maximize impact and reduce risks across the energy innovation funding ecosystem.
We collaborate with our “Trusted Partners” to:
- Share information: We share market research, project information and processes and methodologies to inform one another’s programming and identify opportunities for co-funding.
- Lend expertise: Our technical experts participate in each other's review committees for project selection, bringing valuable perspectives to the process.
- Co-fund: We jointly launch programs and invest in impactful projects together. This reduces the burden for applicants seeking funding from both organizations and strengthens our respective pipeline of projects while sharing the financial risk of investing in early-stage clean tech.
Our current “Trusted Partners” include:
- Alberta Innovates (AI)
- BC Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) Fund (New in 2024)
- CleanBC Industry Fund (CIF)
- Emissions Reductions Alberta (ERA)
Latest updates
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About us
Leveraging 50 years of experience and unique science and technology expertise, OERD leads the Government of Canada's efforts in energy innovation. OERD’s programs target these four missions to realize a clean energy future and a sustainable natural resources sector:
Improve energy efficiency and processes to reduce emissions from energy end-use
Accelerate electrification and maximize benefits of renewable heat and power
Develop cleaner fuels pathways
Reduce reliance on diesel in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities
Contact us
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