Contact Us TodayCanGEA: 2011 Year in Review
An eventful year comes to an end. The challenges for the industry continue, but at the same time CanGEA is proud to say that three of its member companies are working on actual geothermal power projects in Canada, with the first one scheduled to go online in 2013.
CanGEA has been quite active this year and worked closely with its member companies to promote geothermal energy in Canada and Canadian business interests abroad.
As policy is one of the cornerstones of CanGEA’s activities, CanGEA continued its activities reaching out and lobbying on behalf of the industry.
CanGEA got the chance to present geothermal energy and its potential in Canada at the Senate’s Standing Committee for Natural Resources and Energy in Ottawa and has been in close connection with several administrative bodies, such as the Privy Council of the Prime Minister, CanMET of Natural Resources Canada and several provincial institutions.
We are currently in preparations of work on a Geothermal Technology Roadmap, for which we are now in final discussions regarding funding for at least the start of the work. This is a huge step for CanGEA, as it would mean concrete and government funded efforts on pushing geothermal development in Canada, while including industry in efforts for R&D and project deployment.
For the first time, CanGEA had access to GOA funding through International Trade Canada. This funding is provided on a cost matching funds basis and allowed for some international cost of CanGEA and member companies to be partly reimbursed. We are currently preparing the application for next year and are preparing a list of events that could and should be of interest to our members to see how we can tap into these funds to the best benefit.
CanGEA organized two events this year: the CanGEA Annual Conference in September in Toronto (as part of the event we also opened the Toronto Stock Exchange), and the annual CanGEA Geothermal Power Forum in Calgary in November. Both events were very successful and provided great networking opportunities for Canadian and international attendees. At the same time it provided a great platform for discussions with government representatives, particularly at our Calgary event. CanGEA also continued to represent the Canadian geothermal energy industry at several events, including the GRC Annual Meeting, the GEA Geothermal Finance Forum, the World Petroleum Conference, several First Nations events, the Global Clean Energy Congress and others.
We are also now initiating our membership renewal campaign for 2012 and urge you to help CanGEA by renewing your membership before the year end via http://www.cangea.ca/join-cangea/
Some of the key tasks we see for us in the New Year:
Geothermal Technology Roadmap
Geothermal Mapping
Policy inroads in the key provinces of geothermal development in Canada
Continued support through International Trade Canada
Event representation within the industry and beyond
Promotion of geothermal energy
Cooperation with international geothermal energy associations as part of our International Geothermal Business Coalition
Promotion of the Canadian Geothermal Reporting Code and efforts to promote codification of geothermal resources in tandem with the same efforts of the Australian geothermal energy industry
General promotion of geothermal energy in Canada
