Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities Program
This Program Has No Maximum Funding Limit.
The Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities Program supports project proposals that contribute to Indigenous-led climate action, to economic development, to pollution reduction, and to job creation. This program has received an additional $300 million in funding until 2027.
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Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities Program
Amount of Funding
This program has no maximum funding limit. However, the program has a total of $300 million in funding to be distributed.
Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities Program
Eligible Applicants
To be eligible for this program, applicants must:
- Be a First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, governments, development corporations and organizations;
- Canadian businesses and not-for-profit organizations; or
- Provincial, territorial, regional or municipal government organizations.
Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities Program
Eligible Activities
Projects for the CERRC program should meet one of the following areas:
- Renewable Energy Technologies
- Solar;
- Wind;
- Hydropower, and more.
- Capacity Building
- Training, skills and curriculum development;
- Energy coordinators; and
- Energy literacy, and more.
- Energy Efficiency
- Building upgrades and retrofits;
- Measures like LED lights and efficient equipment; and
- Emerging technologies, and more.
- Heat
- Biomass heating, district heating, and combined heat and power systems;
- Biomass supply chains; and
- Geothermal, and more.
Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities Program
Program Deadline
This program has open intakes until funding fully committed or program closes in 2027.
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