Ontario is rapidly emerging as an international hub for developing innovative clean tech solutions and delivering them to markets worldwide.
Ontario’s Green Energy and Green Economy Act (GEA), passed in 2009, places a priority on establishing Ontario as the North American leader in producing and using clean and renewable sources of energy including wind, water, solar, biomass and biogas power.
One in three Canadians calls Ontario home. Diverse cultural backgrounds make up this vibrant province, a magnet for industry, the arts and innovation. Photo Credits Coutersy © Queen's Printer for Ontario, 2012.
Although Ontario has been home to renewable energy development for decades, the adoption of the GEA has seen fast and significant growth in the province’s renewable energy sector, including manufacturing, R&D, and major energy generation projects.
With innovation at the core of its provincial water strategy, Ontario is fast becoming a global clean water centre thanks to an educated, highly skilled workforce and vast expertise in clean water technologies and water protection.
In fact two of the world’s leading water and wastewater treatment technologies – UV purification and membrane filtration – were developed in Ontario. We are also home to leaders in detecting leaks in underground water mains, extracting value from industrial wastewater, monitoring water quality in real-time, and several other key fields.
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