Ontario East offers skilled workers, advanced technology, research talent, and incentives to attract businesses like solar companies. The region provides generous national, provincial, and local support for environmental initiatives, solar innovation, and R&D. One solar company chose to locate its Canadian headquarters in Eastern Ontario due to the region's better solar resource than other parts of the province. Ontario offers some of the most generous tax credits for R&D in the G7, which can significantly reduce the costs of innovation. Development programs provide up to 50% funding for capital projects or 75% for non-capital projects, while the Eastern Ontario Development Fund offers up to 15% of eligible project costs up to $1.5 million. Ontario East also has