The SD Natural Gas Fund, a collaboration between the Government of Canada - through Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) - and the Canadian Gas Association (CGA), is now accepting applications until April 16.

The fund seeks to support technologies with the following applications:

-      Residential (small-scale affordable combined heat and power units, ultra-efficient water heaters, technologies that improve the efficiency of residential heating and/or cooling);

-      Commercial (technologies that improve the efficiency of heating systems, measurement and data management to better control natural gas consumption, natural gas cooling systems);

-      Industrial (higher-efficiency industrial heating equipment, CO₂ capture systems, less energy-intensive hydrogen production);

-      Power generation (higher-efficiency power generation, emissions control technologies, natural gas storage solutions for remote locations);

-      Transportation (more efficient and lower emission natural gas engines, alternative natural gas engines, lower-cost solutions); and,

-      Renewable natural gas (technologies that improve cleanup economics, cost-effective small-scale anaerobic digesters).

The fund was announced last week by Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver.

For more information, please see: http://www.sdtc.ca/index.php?page=sd-natural-gas-fund&hl=en_CA.