What We Do
Advocate, Champion, Connect
Since its inception, CCTA has become the go-to source for cleantech insight, policy input, and advocacy. Through our network of thought leaders, industry associations, incubators, accelerators, and ecosystem partners, we represent the full strength and diversity of cleantech across Canada. Our board and collaborators reflect this national scope.
How We Create Impact
CCTA drives progress by:
- Fostering collaboration – connecting regions, sectors, and partners to accelerate innovation.
- Promoting Canadian cleantech – at home and on the world stage.
- Advocating for smart policy – ensuring decision-makers hear and act on the needs of the sector.
- Supporting companies directly – with introductions, export opportunities, and investor connections.
By building bridges between business, government, and capital, we are helping Canada claim its place at the forefront of the global low-carbon economy.
Blogs & Useful Information
A Lot of Hot Air: Why Waste Heat Recovery & Waste Heat to Power Are Crucial Tools in the Race to Net Zero
Next in our “Stumbling Along Electric Avenue” series we cover waste heat recovery and specifically waste heat to power. Every minute, smokestacks across Canada release plumes of hot air—energy that was paid for but never used. In fact, waste heat accounts for up to 50% of lost energy in industrial systems. Yet despite its enormous potential, waste heat recovery remains an overlooked hero in Canada’s decarbonization strategy.
Energy Efficiency: The Unsung Hero of Decarbonization
Energy efficiency refers to the practice of using less energy to perform the same tasks or achieve the same outcomes, whether in homes, businesses, transportation, or industrial operations. By improving energy efficiency, we can lessen our dependence on fossil fuels, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and minimize the environmental impact of energy production and consumption.
Energy efficiency complements renewable energy development in several ways. While renewables work to generate clean energy, energy efficiency reduces the overall energy demand, making it easier to transition to a low-carbon energy system. For instance, a highly energy-efficient building will require less electricity, enabling renewable sources to meet its energy needs more sustainably and at a lower cost.
CUSMA Rules of Origins
The Trade Commissioner Service have put together excellent materials to help companies identify if they are CUSMA compliant.
Stumbling Along Electric Avenue
Energy may be the topic of this generation, and though the word itself sometimes gets co-opted as being only about oil & gas it’s far more than that. Energy is about what fuels, pun intended, our economy and our standard and way of living.
Cleantech and affordable housing go hand in hand
The 2023 Fall Economic Statement (FES) released on Tuesday contains some good news for Canada’s clean technology sector. Ultimately, however, it falls short of what is needed. The FES recognizes the growing demand for affordable housing and the need for a response to...
Canada Cleantech’s reaction to SDTC funding halt
In light of the recent article in the Globe & Mail on the SDTC funding halt for all new projects until corrective measures are taken by its board, Canada Cleantech Alliance would like to highlight the need to implement the corrective measures swiftly so that...