Industrial Facility Call for Proposals Now Open for Green Facilities and Manufacturing

The Green Industrial Facilities and Manufacturing Program (GIFMP) provides cost-shared financial assistance to support the implementation of energy efficiency and energy management solutions designed to maximize energy performance, greenhouse gas emissions reductions, and competitiveness for industry in Canada.  GIFMP is now accepting proposals from industrial facilities under its “Track 2: Industrial Facility track”.  You can read the announcement here.

The Industrial Facility track provides direct-to-industry support to help implement energy efficiency and energy management solutions within their respective facilities.  Proposals can involve a single facility or multiple facilities.  The Industrial Facility track offers cost-shared financial assistance of up to 50% of eligible implementation costs to a maximum of $10 million per proposal; the minimum contribution is $40,000 per proposal.

Who is eligible to apply under GIFMP Track 2? 

Eligible recipients are Canadian facilities in any industrial sector that are engaged in energy consuming processes that involve the physical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into new products, regardless of the size of the facilities.

There are five areas of activity for eligible projects:  training for energy management practitioners; energy assessments and audits; energy managers; energy management systems; and capital investments.  More information on the program and types of eligible activities can be found here.

How to apply:

Track 2: Industrial Facility call for proposal is now open and will close on July 31, 2023. Applicants are required to submit their proposals through NRCan’s online portal.  Also please find attached the Track 2 Application Guide, which provides guidance on proposal requirements.  If you have any questions, please email: rfpindustry-ddpindustrie@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca.

They will be holding a series of webinars in early June to provide additional information on GIFMP, Track 2 and will follow up with you soon to provide you with the dates and times of those webinars.

Expressions of Interest

For those not ready to submit a formal proposal before the intake period closes on July 31, 2023, please consider providing an expression of interest.

For more information, please contact rfpindustry-ddpindustrie@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca.