What is ERPP?

Emerging renewable projects face higher risks, costs and more regulatory issues than projects using established renewable energy sources.

This program mitigates the risk of emerging renewable power projects through federal government funding, allowing emerging renewables to play a larger role in Canada’s electricity supply mix.
The program will establish new industries in Canada by supporting renewable power technologies that are:

• already established at the commercial level abroad but not yet in Canada
• demonstrated in Canada but not yet deployed at utility scale

Further information regarding the ERPP

​Event Information

On February 7, 2018 Natural Resources Canada will be offering an information session on the Emerging Renewable Energy Power Program (ERPP). The information session will be geared towards providing an overview of the ERPP and offer stakeholders a chance to ask questions.

Eligibility

As space for the information session is limited, priority registration will be given to CanSIA and CanGEA members. Additionally, for most technologies (including geothermal), only projects with a net energy capacity of 4 MW will be considered (for some cases, projects with capacities of greater than 1 MW may be considered). 

Registration does not guarantee a seat; a confirmation email will be sent to those eligible for the information session.
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Where: Calgary Place 2, 355 4 Avenue SW, Floor 7 CanGEA office

When: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 2:30 pm

When: 7:30- 8:30 AM Presentation and Discussion, Open Mingle 8:30-9:00, Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Where: Cardium Room at the Calgary Petroleum Club

Registration for this event has now closed.

You are invited to join Climeon for breakfast and an overview of:

• Why Heat Power and the sub category geothermal will be one of the top 3 renewable energy categories and why Climeon focuses so much on Alberta
• Low temperature geothermal examples​

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Climeon is a Swedish cleantech equipment vendor and world leader in converting low temperature heat into clean electricity. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Stockholm with 50+ employees. Climeon was founded to deliver an economically viable business case when it came to converting low temperature heat into electricity. Climeon was built with the ambition to deliver a good business case and a positive environmental impact.
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In comparison to ORC-systems, Climeon’s Heat Power system reaches a higher efficiency due to its unique low pressure technology and patented condensation solution, among other things. Due to the low pressure, the internal energy consumption can be decreased by 90 percent compared to traditional ORC systems. The result is a simpler solution that makes it economically viable to produce electricity from low temperature sources (below 120 °C).

Climeon website

The event has been postponed, details on the new date will be posted soon. Registration will be open until the event day. 

​Date:                   TBA

Location:            PTAC Conference Room, Calgary, AB

Event Info:         Click  here for more information

Event Cost:        Free for corporate members
                              (Geyser members get 2 free admissions, Fumarole and Hot Spring members get 1 free admission)
                              $25 for student/individual members

Registration:  Further details will be provided when event is scheduled.

Delegates may choose to attend one or both of the conferences. Please click the links for more information on each conference.
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​1) German Geothermal Congress 2017
2) Praxisforum Geothermie.Bayern

The German Geothermal Congress is a more academic and technical event, whereas Praxisforum is more a practical, industry-focused event. Both are held in Munich, Germany.

This 3-day conference is held by Bundesverband Geothermie. The first day will feature workshops, and the last 2 days will be Congress

The program can be found here. It is in German but all English events are displayed with an English title and a British flag indicating language. 

Workshops in English include:
1) GeoPLASMA-CE

2) Zentralamerika
Experts present and discuss their experiences From Germany, such as Niederenthalpie deposits economical, efficient and sustainably explored for electricity, heat and cold production, developed and managed. They make different technologies and procedures based on the experience of over 30 successful deep geothermal projects. The goal of the workshop is the transferability of the experiences from Germany The region of Central America.

Congress talks in English include: 
Near Surface Geothermics and Energy Storage (6 presentations), Deep Drilling (5 presentations), Deep Geothermal Systems (5 presentations), and Global Developments (5 presentations)
Details on the presentations can be found in the program starting Pg.14

​Back to Germany Market Visit

Praxisforum is more a practical, industry-focused event. If you are looking for a more academic and technical event, check out the German Geothermal Congress 2017, also a subsidized CanGEA trip!

The first day will feature 2 field trips. The first field trip will visit the wells and the heating plant Freiham, the most recent drilled project of the Stadtwerke München. The second target will be announced soon.

The second day, Congress Day, will feature presentations from 10AM - 6PM and Praxisforum Lounge from 7PM - 10PM. Presentation details can be found here.

​Back to Germany Market Visit

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