Environment committee  Let me just say something briefly about hydrogen. The challenge with hydrogen production is transport. It will take a lot of investment in research and innovation to produce hydrogen that is truly green, that is, with a zero carbon footprint. Transport always involves challenges

Environment committee  Yes, I would say that additional funding is required for entrepreneurs who want their technology to reach maturity, be demonstrated, and then be commercialized. It is always hard to get the last chunk of funding for commercialization. To complete all the stages for approval, cert

Environment committee  I think it is important to have that data, namely, the number of innovations awaiting a lead investor in order to get to the trial stage and, as the case may be, the number of funded innovations that are commercialized.

Environment committee  A lot of companies in the energy efficiency field help companies that are facing energy challenges and want to eliminate bunker fuel, oil or diesel, for example. A lot of companies approach us seeking innovations, to learn about the clean technology ecosystem and to find innovato

Environment committee  If I may, I would like to add to what Ms. Jackson said. Clean technologies are of course not the only solution to climate change. We also have to protect natural environments and change our consumption habits. It is clear though that we must adopt clean technologies. The import

Environment committee  I am not an expert on geothermal energy, but I can tell you that innovations are still being made in vertical or horizontal geothermal energy. We have members who are innovators in this area. I would say that there is no less interest, but it also depends on the available infrast

Environment committee  You’re ahead of me, because we have an ongoing project that I wanted to talk about: we want to create a decision support tool. The problem is that an entrepreneur doesn’t know what’s out there when they’re looking for something. This kind of portal offers support based on their

Environment committee  Yes, Ms. Jackson, I will say hello to Denis for you. Another thing to consider with regard to energy transition is not just renewable energy forms, but also the whole aspect of energy efficiency. We consume a lot of energy in Canada. There are technologies that will increase our

Environment committee  Thank you very much for the question. I won’t have enough time to answer it in six minutes, but we’ll be happy to send you our thoughts and the list of barriers we’ve identified. It is good that many billions of dollars are available to drive the adoption of clean technologies.

Environment committee  Thank you very much. We’re very proud of this tool, which is promoting Quebeckers’ savoir-faire. I can tell you that economic development officers throughout the world use it, especially those in Canadian offices.

Environment committee  It is indeed used abroad. Our clean technology innovators and businesses are currently facing a challenge: it is easier to do business outside the province rather than within it, due to the regulatory aspect. The Canadian government could facilitate the transition on a regulatory

Environment committee  Thank you for your question. I will say this in French. It will be better for me, and also shorter. Écotech Québec works a great deal with the provincial government to support companies that want to transition, to go green and improve their practices. We would like to have gre

Environment committee  Yes, that's true. We work a great deal with Canadian agencies outside of Canada to promote the innovators and solutions we have here. This allows us to showcase our savoir-faire and technologies, and makes exporting them easier. We are therefore working effectively at the inter

Environment committee  Yes. We were mostly talking about why the energy transition couldn't happen faster. Essentially, we need public policies in place to accelerate it. Renewable energy can replace fossil fuels in some situations. Unfortunately, others require more research. Clean technologies accel

Environment committee  It is never enough. We need to create synergy between existing programs and add support for those with solutions that could be applied immediately.