Goals for Sustainability, Security and Sovereignty
Projects Eligible for Renewables Grant
- Micro-hydro
- Wind
- Tidal
- Solar photo-voltaic (not solar thermal)
- Creating new Community Energy Planning (CEP) or updating existing CEP
- Co-generation biomass projects i.e. combined heat and power
- Subsystems (batteries, inverters, and micro-grid controls) that enable GHG emissions reductions through a renewable electricity generation project
- Transmission systems that enable GHG emissions reductions through a renewable electricity generation project; or
- Some combination of the above, provided the combination of technologies has been proved elsewhere
Projects Not Eligible for Renewables Grant
- Heating systems other than co-generation
- Geothermal
- Non-commercial technologies
Projects Eligible for Restoration Grants
- Stream and riparian restoration
- Island forest and forest habitat restoration
- Marine shore restoration
- Nursery to provide local seedlings for reforestation
- Local fish hatcheries
- Silviculture (tree planting and spacing, etc)
- Research Centre
Projects Not Eligible for Restoration Grants
- Projects that have the potential to do harm.
- Technologies that are not proven.
Projects Eligible for Revitalization Grant
- Mentorships.
- Projects that support economic development on Haida Gwaii
- Partner with colleges and institutes for local skills training needs
- Food Security (food production, distribution, storage)
- Inter-island ferry / transportation
- Boat Building
- Locally processed forest products
- Trails
- Tourism
- Barge / container loading facility
- Steel Recycling Facility
Projects Not Eligible for Revitalization Grant
- Projects that have the potential to do harm
- Technologies that are not proven
- Current operation expenses