Organic waste-to-energy loan and grant
A combined loan and grant for Canadian municipalities and qualifying partners to build and start operating systems that recover energy from organic waste, landfill gas or waste heat.
Ta możliwość jest obecnie dostępna po angielsku.
Finance building an organic waste-to-energy system, testing and preparing it for use, and starting its operation. Eligible routes include using or upgrading landfill gas, anaerobic digestion of local organic waste, and heat recovery from composting, wastewater or landfill sites.
The combined loan and grant can cover up to 80% of eligible costs, to a standard maximum of C$10 million. The grant can be up to 15% of the loan amount, with an additional 5% available when the project involves brownfield remediation. The grant is tied to the loan and cannot be taken separately.
Eligibility
Canadian municipal governments can apply. Private companies, municipal corporations, organisations delivering municipal services, NGOs, nonprofits and research institutes can apply as municipal partners. An Indigenous community can lead if it partners with a Canadian municipality or has a relevant shared-service agreement with one.
Your project must:
- build on a completed feasibility study covering technical and financial feasibility and environmental, social and economic impacts;
- provide records of community support, including local council approval and the start of an impact assessment where applicable;
- show that the project's expected net energy result is better than the existing situation used as its baseline; and
- place new infrastructure outside the current 100-year floodplain, unless you can show that the asset will be protected.
If new infrastructure assets are valued above C$2 million, complete a recognised climate risk assessment and address the risks it identifies.
How to apply
- Status
- Nabór ciągły
- Ograniczenia naboru
- Applications are accepted while programme funding remains available.
Create a client profile and submit a pre-application through the FCM funding portal. If Green Municipal Fund confirms that your organisation and project can proceed, complete the full application, project workbook and supporting documents in the same portal.
Quebec municipalities must also follow the provincial MAMH review route described on the official offer page.