This presentation discusses clean technology in Canada. The presentation will look at the market for clean technology and issues facing Canada transforming to low carbon economy.

1. PAUL YOUNG, CPA, CGA
DECEMBER 10, 2016
Clean Technology Transformation –
Canada – December 2016

2.  This presentation discusses clean technology in Canada. The presentation will look at
the market for clean technology and issues facing Canada transforming to low carbon
economy.
Description

3.  GDP Analysis
 Cleantech Market Canada
 Carbon less economy
 Cleantech products
 Cleantech environmental impact
 Cleantech VC/Canada
 Cleantech Subsidies USA
Agenda

4. GDP Analysis
Source – Stats Canada

5. Canada Clean Tech Market
Key Programs
• SDTC
• Trade/FIPA
• Provincial Funds
for Clean
Technology
Market Size /Clean
Technology
• $44B
Market Growth
• 10% or about
$4.4B/year
• Technology evolving
(storage, microgrids,
solar, advance
materials, etc)
Downsize Risk
• Ability to commercialize
• Projects have to be profitable without Government Grants
• Access to raw materials
• Access to skills / Training
• Trade/FIPA Agreements
• The requirement for Carbon (mining to installation)

6.  You need substitute material for carbon based material, i.e. coal, metals, plastics, wood,
etc.
 You cannot transformed an economy overnight
Transforming to carbon-less economy

7. Clean Tech examples

8.  Refining
 Lithium
 Vanadium
 Rare Metals
 Assembling
 Fabrication
 Assembling
 Raw Materials
 Lithium
 Vanadium
 Rare Metals
 Aluminum
 Nickel
 Copper
Environmental Impact of Clean Technology

9. Venture Capital Issues

10. United States Subsidies for Clean Technology

11.  It takes time to move ideas from incubation to market (Testing)
 Canada is small market as such raising capital is very difficult compare to countries like
United States that have a large venture capital market
 Cleantech requires extraction, refining, fabrication, delivery and installation
 Cleantech is not truly clean tech until it is installed. You can not harness wind, solar or
methane without turbines, panels, storage and delivery systems
 Businesses need to be viable without subsidies. In the 1990s there was a big push for
ethanol. The problem is once you removed the subsidies ethanol as not profitable
 Climate change is overrated. You can put 30+ climate change specialist in a room and get
30+ different answers. More information can be found by searching the internet or google.
Here is one example - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Smhn1gL6Xg&t=595s
 CO2 is foundation for life on this planet. Plants need CO2 for their development cycle.
Summary / Cleantech