- There are several agencies and programs that support small-scale, community-led renewable energy projects in rural and northern communities in Canada.
- We have raised over $12 million dollars for our clients and we can support you in your application process. Some of the programs we are familiar with:
Services
Grant Writing & Funding Application
Community Energy Planning
A plan to guide your clean energy initiatives with achievable, high impact activities
- Develop a community vision to guide your short to long term goals
- Desktop analysis of various renewable energy technologies (solar, wind, hydro, biomass) based on your local resources
- Provide high level business cases for the implementation of various clean technologies, including energy efficiencies
- Identify governance and human capacity requirements
Pre-Feasibility Study
Low-cost study to determine if your project idea could generate a profit
- Desktop analysis for a specific clean technology (solar, wind, hydro, biomass, hydrogen), answering the question: do we have something or not?
- Perform energy modelling and system sizing
- Perform a high level business case, identifying capital cost (+/- 40%), operation & maintenance costs, expected revenues, and answering several questions:
- Will this project generate a profit?
- Sensitivity: What if the sales are lower than expected; what if major repair is required. How to mitigate the risk of stranded assets
- Identify financial options (funding/loan/private investments)
- Identify regulatory constraints and requirements, land use and access (easement) requirements
- Identify next steps: field studies such as geotechnical study, grounding study, site surveys
- Develop conceptual design drawings
Feasibility Study and Front-End Design
Refine your business case and make informed investment decisions
- Low-cost study to determine if your project idea could generate a profit.
- Desktop analysis for a specific clean technology (solar, wind, hydro, biomass, hydrogen), answering the question: do we have something or not?
- Perform energy modelling and system sizing
- Perform a high level business case, identifying capital cost (+/- 40%), operation & maintenance costs, expected revenues, and answering several questions:
- Will this project generate a profit?
- Sensitivity: What if the sales are lower than expected; what if major repair is required. How to mitigate the risk of stranded assets
- Identify financial options (funding/loan/private investments)
- Identify regulatory constraints and requirements, land use and access (easement) requirements
- Identify next steps: field studies such as geotechnical study, grounding study, site surveys
- Develop conceptual design drawings
Detailed Design
Get ready for the tendering and construction stages
- Prepare drawings for tendering and construction
- Prepare quality and commissioning plan
- Prepare project and financial plan
- Conduct tendering processes
Construction and Commissioning Management
Project Management services to keep your project delivery on time and within budget
Manage your Project to meet financial, timeline and quality expectation:
- Tender and contract suppliers
- Obtain construction permits
- Perform factory acceptance testing
- Site quality control
- Resolve deficiencies
- Support commissioning process
- Resolve deficiencies
- Troubleshoot issues
- Manage project changes
Operational Maintenance and Support
Ensure the long-term success of your project and generate employment opportunities
Ensure your asset is well managed to delivered the expected performance:
- Implement maintenance schedule
- Develop operation and maintenance procedures
- Contract service providers
- Train local operator
- Troubleshoot issues
- Track system performance, compare with financial and energy models
Life Cycle Assessment
Do you need to determine the environmental impact of your product, process, facility?
You might need to conduct a life cycle assessment if:
- The product needs an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
- The product, process or facility needs to meet ISO 14001:2015 requirements
- A full inventory of greenhouse gas emissions (also known as environmental carbon footprint) needs to be disclosed to meet voluntary standards, legislation, or to use as a market differentiator
- You are a fuel producer in Canada who wants to be compliant with the Clean Fuel Standard
Contact us to get started on your next LCA project.