Thank you for that question. Most of the support that Natural Resources Canada gives specifically towards renewable energy is through support to technology-demonstration projects, for example, integrating renewable intermittent wind and solar and other renewables into the grid. One of the major challenges for renewable power, especially non-traditional power such as wind and solar, is the fact that it's intermittent. So there's significant work being done on how to better integrate them, using smart-grid technologies in addition to looking at potential storage techniques.
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