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DECDecentralised Energy Canada

OCTOBER 2014

NEWSLETTER

DEC in Action 3

New Members & Partners 7

Programs & Funding 8

In The News 9

Upcoming Events 10

Kudos 11

Business Opportunities 11

Join Us! 12

Our Members 12

Decentralised Energy Canada (DEC) is a registered, national, non-profit technology accelerator.

We build the competitive advantages of our members by supporting the commercialisation of Decentralised Energy technologies, bringing policy issues to the table, attracting capital and new entrants to this key industry sector.

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FEATURE STORIES

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Energy Efficiency Market Report

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Green Energy Doors Open

Report

IN THE NEWS

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Distributed energy:

A disruptive force

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Operating the integrated grid

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Here are some highlights

In 2011 energy savings from continued improvement in the energy efficiency of 11 IEA member countries equalled 1 337 million tonnes of oil-equivalent (Mtoe). This level exceeded the total final consumption (TFC) from any single fuel source in these countries, and was larger than the total 2011 TFC for the European Union from all energy sources combined. Energy efficiency savings in 11 IEA member countries were effectively displacing a continent’s energy demand.

Energy efficiency finance is expanding and innovating, with new funding approaches and business models; there is a notable expansion in funding for development aid projects, as well as in the use of funding vehicles such as energy service companies (ESCOs) and on-bill financing mechanisms.

Vehicle fuel economy standards now cover 70% of the global passenger light-duty vehicle (LDV) market and will drive the market for more energy-efficient vehicles in the next five years. New standards are estimated to lead to energy efficiency investments of USD 80 billion annually out to 2020 and will save between USD 40 billion and USD 190 billion in fuel costs.

The market potential for energy efficiency is growing significantly in OECD non-member economies. This is pronounced in the transport sector, where passenger travel is estimated to increase by 90% by 2020 from 2011 levels.

The Energy Efficiency Market Report 2014 (EEMR 2014) estimates that investment in energy efficiency markets worldwide in 2012 was between USD 310 billion and USD 360 billion.

Investment in energy efficiency was larger than supply-side investment in renewable electricity or in coal, oil and gas electricity generation, and around half the size of upstream oil and gas investment. Investment in energy efficiency is distributed unevenly across countries and energy-consuming sectors (buildings, domestic appliances, transport and industry).

The annual report, now in its second year, shows that investments in energy efficiency are helping to improve energy productivity – the amount of energy needed to produce a unit of GDP. Among 18 IEA countries evaluated in the report, total final energy consumption was down 5% between 2001 and 2011 primarily as a result of investments in energy efficiency.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY MARKET REPORT 2014INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY

READ THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY REPORT

FEATURED ARTICLE

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What’s on my power bill?DEC MEMBER

October 17, 2014 – The beauty of having a

deregulated electricity market here in Alberta is

that consumers have access to countless energy

providers and a wide array of competitively

priced electricity plans to choose from. Plus, if you

own a micro-generation system, it’s so easy and

seamless to connect to the grid. However, before

deciding on an electricity provider and a micro-

generation system, you should probably first

understand how your electricity bill is calculated.

It is important to note that the only portion of

your bill which changes when you switch between

electricity retailers is the energy charge which

is dependent on your electricity rate and the

administration fee which is set by each retailer. As

a micro-generator, you will automatically receive

a micro-generation credit on your monthly bill for

excess energy supplied to the grid, regardless of

which retailer you have signed on with.

DEC IN ACTION

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE

SkyFire Energy developed an info graphic,

illustrating a rough breakdown of the average

electricity bill in Calgary, with and without a

micro-generation system.

We believe in small business... It’s so good to see so many people out here networking together and talking about their financial needs.

Deborah Brown, Senior Manager Commercial Banking Segments, BMO Financial Group

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Startup Finance Bootcamp 2014October 21, 2014 – Startup Canada partnered

with BMO® Bank of Montreal and AIR MILES® for

Business in Calgary, Toronto & Montreal.

The events feature keynote lectures, expert-led

CPA-certified workshops, speed mentorship on

topics from applying for a loan and crowd funding

to valuation and early-stage finance.

Attendees received access to StartupConnect.ca,

Startup Canada’s new website for entrepreneurs

to map themselves into their startup community

and access support for their startup following the

Bootcamp, as well as a copy of the best-selling

book ‘Show Me The Money’.

The bootcamps brought together more than 200

entrepreneurs, experts and mentors.

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DECDecentralised Energy Canada

On Saturday October 4, 2014 more than 120 families, farmers, cooperatives, institutions and businesses opened their doors to more than 3,300 attendees in Ontario and Alberta.

Green Energy Doors Open is an annual, single-day, province-wide showcase providing access to sustainable and decentralised energy projects, businesses, manufacturing sites, education programs and other related initiatives.

Alberta’s Green Energy Doors Open SuccessWe were able to reach and exceed the 2014 GEDO’s goals in Alberta with:

• 15 hosts

• 10 sponsors and organisational

partners

• 9 communities

• 300 attendees

We would like to thank our hosts, sponsors and partners for supporting this initiative, enabling us to organise it in the first place and spreading the word. This support was vital to making this first Alberta's Green Energy Doors Open a huge success with close to 300 attendees in 9 communities across the province.

GEDO 2014 encouraged users, producers and advocates of sustainable and decentralised energy to open their doors in order to raise awareness, understanding and support for sustainable energy by providing people with the opportunity to visit, see, touch and talk about the projects in their backyard.

DEC worked closely with OSEA to bring the success of Ontario’s Green Energy Doors Open (GEDO) to Alberta

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DECENTRALISED ENERGY CANADA OCTOBER 2014 NEWSLETTERA

Events in Alberta

City of Calgary1 - SEDV Community Garden Host: University of Calgary2 - SAIT Solar Lab Tour Host: SAIT Polytechnic3 - Eden Project: Sustainable Food Host: Eden Project

City of Edmonton4 - Edmonton Waste Management Centre Host: City of Edmonton Waste Management Ser-vices

City of Red Deer5 - Solar Powered SocialHost: Landmark Homes6 - Cielo Waste Solutions Tour-DemonstrationHost: Cielo Waste Solutions7 - Residential Solar Tour and Mini SeminarHost: Krause Residence (Sunfind Solar Products)8 - EnergyMizer Information BoothHost: Energy Management Systems9 - Green Roof and Office TourHost: Berry Architecture

Town of Banff10 - Banff Town Hall Solar PV System TourHost: Town of Banff

Town of Black Diamond11 - Arena Alternative Energy & Energy Efficiency TourHost: Town of Black Diamond

Town of Canmore12 - Residential Solar PVHost: Town of Canmore

Town of Okotoks13 - Drake Landing Solar Community TourHost: Town of Okotoks

Town of Vermilion14 - Applied Research DayHost: Lakeland College

Town of Vulcan15 - Solar Park Progress and Completion of Energy Efficiency UpgradesHost: Town of Vulcan

SEDV Community Garden, Calgary

SAIT Solar Lab Tour, Calgary

Residential Solar PV, Canmore

Drake Landing Solar Community, Okotoks

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Media Coverage at GEDO

CTV Two Alberta

A special thanks to CTV Two Alberta for providing substantial support by broadcasting a Public Service Announcement (PSA). The PSA video was on air from August 23rd until October 4th. If you missed it, click here to watch it.

As part of the CTV Two support for GEDO, they allowed us to choose two DEC members for a Sustainability Connector video campaign. The campaign included professional produced videos to showcase sustainability projects on CTV television.

Lakeland College and SkyFire Energy participated in this campaign!

A sample solar power panel similar to the ones on top of the Banff Town Hall during GEDO.

Photo courtesy of Jordan Small RMO

We thoroughly appreciated the op-portunity to showcase our local renew-able projects in Green Energy Doors Open. Our solar energy project hosts were able to share their success with the community, which generated ex-citement about renewables and the role that solar energy can play in Canmore. Green Energy Doors Open provided the perfect opportunity see real projects.

Lori Rissling Wynn, Town of Canmore

We had 51 guests including one from Newcap TV and two from local newspapers. The President of Lake-land College also attended GEDO. A number of people travelled from Ed-monton after seeing the CTV com-mercial. The open house at CSI was a great success.

Veronica Peterson, Lakeland College Alberta’s first GEDO was a great suc-cess, and Eden Project was pleased to have taken part. We welcomed more than 15 guests to tour the garden and made some valuable connections with the local community. It was a great op-portunity to share what Eden Project is about and to network with potential colleagues and customers who are in-terested in the same goals for a greener planet and more sustainable lifestyles.

Adam Huygen, Eden ProjectKrause Residence Tour, Red Deer

DECENTRALISED ENERGY CANADA OCTOBER 2014 NEWSLETTERA

NEW MEMBERS & PARTNERS

Corvus

Corvus Global Technology Inc. provides fit-for-purpose, innovative solutions for the conventional and alternative energy industries. Its primary focuses are high-value design services and equipment for: (1) tertiary oil

Thank you to our Sponsors and Organisational Partners

Silver Sponsor Bronze Spponsor

CTV Two Alberta provided a Public Service Agreement

We are looking forward to having you at GEDO 2015Stay tuned at www.gedo.ca

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recovery, subspecialising in polymer flooding; and (2) micronised sulfur for global agricultural applications. Corvus also provide engineering, design, procurement, equipment, project management, commissioning, and startup products and services for small energy-related projects.

To learn more about Corvus, please contact Navindra Patel at NPatel@enerproeng.com

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Alberta Venture Mentoring Service

The Alberta Venture Mentoring Service (AVMS) is a new program powered by Innovate Calgary, created to provide world-class mentoring to entrepreneurs throughout Alberta.

AVMS has licensed a program from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), called the MIT Venture Mentoring Service. This program has successfully mentored over 1,000 entrepreneurs since 2000 and has licensed their program to 40 other leading universities and innovation hubs around the world.

PROGRAMS &

FUNDING

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Alberta-Ontario Innovation ProgramExpressions of Interest will be accepted until February 13, 2015

OCE is pleased to be launching Round 2 of the Alberta-Ontario Program in partnership with Alberta Innovates Technology Futures (AITF) and the Governments of Alberta and Ontario.

This program supports inter-provincial industry-academic projects focussed on solving challenges facing key industries in both provinces. Funded by AITF and OCE, the program will leverage contributions from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and industry partners.

The program is valued at up to $12 million in total, and supports academic institutions and businesses in both provinces to collaborate in the development and commercialisation of innovative products and services. It will support innovation in the priority areas of advanced materials and manufacturing, energy and environment (including water), nanotechnology, agriculture, forestry, advanced health technologies, life sciences, biotechnology, information, communications technology and digital media.

The projects and partnerships will support companies from all sectors through collaborations with publicly funded research centres and academic research institutions (i.e., universities, colleges and research hospitals) in both provinces.

This is an exciting opportunity for academic institutions and companies to participate in this unique collaboration between Alberta and Ontario.

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

VA AngelsDEC MEMBER

One of Canada’s leading angel investment groups with member locations in Calgary, Edmonton, Kelowna and Winnipeg.

For EntrepreneursVA Angels provides a variety of services from Bootcamps, to Deal Screenings, along with Investor Forums that help develop your company and entrepreneurial skills.

For InvestorsVA Angels membership consists of accredited high net worth individuals who are interested in angel investments and individuals with experience in building out early stage companies.

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

DECENTRALISED ENERGY CANADA OCTOBER 2014 NEWSLETTERA

By Tom Baker, Joao Maciel, Justin Dean,

Pattabi Seshadri, and David Gee , The Boston

Consulting Group

Distributed energy (DE) technologies have grown

significantly in the U.S. Last year, DE represented

one of the largest investments in the utilities

space, and that investment, along with consequent

growth, is likely to accelerate.

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IN THE

NEWS

Nova Scotia in talks to expand tidal energy

READ THE STORY

READ THE STORY

Distributed energy: A disruptive force

From 2010 to 2013, DE accounted for about 21% of

all new capacity in the nation.

The number of commercial

and residential rooftop

solar installations, for

example, increased by

22% in 2013.

By The Canadian Press

The Nova Scotia government is in talks with an

Irish firm about adding another berth at a tidal

energy research centre in the province. Energy

Minister Andrew Younger says DP Energy is

interested in installing a 4.5-megawatt tidal stream

demonstration power plant. It would be located at

the test site for the Fundy Ocean Research Centre

Operating the integrated grid

The rapid growth and

diversity of distributed

resources is driving changes

to the traditional electric

system operating model. This

emerging hybrid system,

You can also read “The Rise of Distributed Power“

by Brandon Owen, published by GE.

By Paul de Martini, Intelligent Utility

comprised of a complementary mix of centralised

and distributed energy resources, has created

multi-directional power flows while also expanding

the number of transactions. Additionally, these

resources are increasingly owned and controlled

by various parties, including utilities, merchant

distributed generators, merchant energy storage,

demand aggregators, energy services like solar PV

firms, and customers. Operating such an electric

system safely and reliably requires an evolution of

the distribution system operator (DSO) role and

responsibilities. This also necessitates changes in

the coordination and duties between transmission

system operators (TSO) and DSOs.

READ THE STORY

CLICK HERE

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DECEMBER 8 - 9, 2014

Solar CanadaTORONTO, ON

This year’s Solar Canada is expected to be the largest and most influential event yet, with more than 3,000 attendees and 200 exhibitors expected, taking advantage of the unique opportunity to share knowledge, to experience advancements in solar energy policy, and to network with colleagues and stakeholders from around the country and the world. Solar energy professionals, practitioners, stakeholders and advocates should not miss this key event.

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UPCOMING

EVENTS

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DECEMBER 8 – 12, 2014

Arctic Change 2014OTTAWA, ON.

The international Arctic Change 2014 conference aims to stimulate discussion and foster collaborations among people with a vested interest in the Arctic and its peoples. Coinciding with the pinnacle of Canada’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council and marking ArcticNet’s 10th anniversary, the event welcomes researchers, students, Northerners, policy makers, and stakeholders from all fields of Arctic research and all countries to address the numerous environmental, social, economical and political challenges and opportunities that are emerging from climate change and modernisation in the Arctic.

FEBRUARY 25 – 27, 2015

World Sustainable Energy DaysWELS, AUSTRIA.

The World Sustainable Energy Days are one of the largest annual conferences in this field in Europe, offering a unique combination of events on sustainable energy.

MORE INFO & REGISTRATION

MARCH 26, 2015

Game Changer Awards 2015 TORONTO, ON.

Is 2015 your turn in the spotlight?Find out at CanSIA’s Game Changer Awards Gala.

Don’t miss out on CanSIA’s social event of the year!

We want your Top Stories,

Events and Announcements

Use our newsletter to reach industry contacts

and energy media.

Send your content ideas to: Ana Medina

amedina@deassociation.ca

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KUDOSCleantech Group unveils the

2014 global cleantech 100 list Cleantech Group released the sixth annual Global Cleantech 100 list and report. The list recognizes the 100 most promising and innovative companies most likely to make a significant market impact over the next five to ten years across 17 sectors, including:

- Energy Efficiency - Biofuels & Biochemicals- Smart Grid, Transportation, and - Water & Wastewater

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIESDEC is also looking for project financing partners in solar, CHP and hydro.

If you are interested on this, please contact us.info@deassociation.ca(403) 210 5374

DEC works to connect its members with business opportunities

APRIL 27 – 28, 2015

CanWEA Western ForumVANCOUVER, BC.

Join the CanWEA Wester Forum in Vancouver to explore wind energy development opportunities in Western Canada.

MORE INFO & REGISTRATION

SEPTEMBER 24 & 25, 2015

BANFF VENTURE FORUM 2015 BANFF, AB.

MORE INFO & REGISTRATION

APRIL 8 – 9, 2015

Hybrid Energy Innovations 2015NEW YORK, US.

Hybrid Energy Innovations 2015 gives the big picture on the dramatic transformation sweeping the energy industry.

MORE INFO & REGISTRATION

In addition to the list, a full report with commentary and insight into the 2014 Global Cleantech 100 was also released.

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DECDecentralised Energy Canada

Decentralised Energy Canada (DEC)

is a national, non-profit technology

accelerator. We are the national

market access hub for Canada’s DE

industry.

Our Vision

A sustainable energy future where

affordable, efficient, and reliable

DE technologies are deployed in

community driven markets and

enabled by progressive policies and

legislation.

Thanks to all our members for their continuing support.

PARTNER AFFILIATES

Alberta Innovates Technology Futures, Alberta Association of Power Producers of Ontario, Ontario Biogas Association, Ontario Canadian American Business Council, Alberta Canadian Environmental Technology Advancement Corporation, Alberta Canadian GeoExchange Coalition, Quebec Canadian Institute of Forestry, Ontario

Canadian Solar Industries Association, Ontario Central Alberta: Access Prosperity, AlbertaCybera, Alberta Innovate Calgary, Alberta Ontario Sustainable Energy Association (OSEA), OntarioPetroleum Technology Association of Canada, Alberta Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow (QUEST), Ontario Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition, British Columbia

CORPORATE AFFILIATES

AgriPower Inc, US

AOE Canada, British Columbia

Aquatera Utilities Inc., Alberta

Benoit & Cote, Quebec

Bert Dreyer, Alberta

Bob Hawkesworth, Alberta

Bob Mick, Alberta

Capital Power Corporation, Alberta

Carbon Credit Solutions, Alberta

Ceetol Systems Inc, Saskatchewan

Corvus Global Technologies, Alberta

David Horsley, Alberta

DX3 Enterprises Ltd., Alberta

Eguana Technologies Inc., Alberta

ENMAX Corporation, Alberta

EPS AB Energy Canada Ltd, Ontario

e-Zn Inc, Ontario

FPInnovations, BC

Frans Diepstraten, Alberta

Fraser & Company, Ontario

GE Energy, Canada

GEM Services, Alberta

Goose Creek Renewable Energy Inc., Alberta

Government of the Northwest Territories, NT

Husky Energy Inc., Alberta

INSOIL Canada Ltd, Alberta

ipXtraction, Quebec

IRIS Environmental Systems Inc., Alberta

Kineticor Resource Corp, Alberta

Lakeland College, Alberta

MHG Systems, Finland

NuEnergy Group Inc., Alberta

Portfire Associates, Alberta

RER, Renewable Energy Research, Quebec

Rocky Mountain Power, Alberta

Scott McGregor, Alberta

Simple Solar Heating Ltd, Alberta

Skeena Energy Solutions, British Columbia

SkyFire Energy, Alberta

Sky Hunter Corp, Alberta

Solar Snow, Alberta

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Alberta

Starland County, Alberta

SuperSHELL Homes Corp, Ontario

The Prasino Group, Alberta

Town of Black Diamond, Alberta

Trover Solutions Ltd, Alberta

VA Angels, Alberta

WastAway Services Canada Inc., Alberta

National and international networking opportunities

Access to international markets

A higher profile for your company

Substantial discounts at our events and events hosted by our broad

& diverse network of affiliates

Direct input into policy submissions

Pre-qualification for Innovation to Commercialisation

Program (I2CP) services

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