{"id":47576,"date":"2024-08-16T06:36:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T09:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=47576"},"modified":"2024-08-16T06:36:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T09:36:00","slug":"province-announces-funding-for-industries-to-move-towards-cleaner-fuels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=47576","title":{"rendered":"Province announces funding for industries to move towards cleaner fuels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;188&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From a release<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX:<\/strong> The province is now taking applications for the Clean Fuels Fund, which helps industries, businesses and communities switch to low-carbon and renewable fuels.<br \/><br \/>\u201cWe\u2019re moving toward a cleaner, greener Nova Scotia, and our industries are making the move with us,\u201d said Tory Rushton, Minister of Natural Resources and Renewables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Clean Fuels Fund will help us transition from fossil fuels, getting us closer to our net-zero target by 2050.\u201d<br \/><br \/>The fund helps replace traditional fuels with cleaner fuels for heating, transportation and industrial processes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Options include biofuels and biomass from forestry waste products, green hydrogen and renewable natural gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<br \/><br \/>Eligible projects include:<br \/>&#8211; studies supporting the adoption of clean fuels<br \/>&#8211; existing facilities and operations ready for implementation of clean fuel use<br \/>&#8211; new infrastructure to facilitate clean fuel adoption.<br \/><br \/>The deadline for applications is 11:59 p.m. on October 8.<br \/><br \/>The Clean Fuels Fund\u00a0is a commitment in Our Climate, Our Future: Nova Scotia\u2019s Climate Change Plan for Clean Growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plan aims to create a cleaner, healthier and more sustainable future for all Nova Scotians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> It includes initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, switch to clean energy and transportation, create a clean economy, make homes and buildings energy efficient and able to stand up to the impacts of climate change, and help Nova Scotians adapt to the changing climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>advertisement:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;210&#8243;]<br \/><strong><br \/>Quick Facts:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; $3 million is available for eligible projects in 2024-25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; recipients can get 75 per cent of project costs covered if their costs are $500,000 or less; 50 per cent if their costs are more than $500,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; the fund started in 2023-24 with $3 million for seven ready-to-launch projects in a quick-start stream<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; the Clean Fuels Fund advances action 60 under Our Climate, Our Future: Nova Scotia\u2019s Climate Change Plan for Clean Growth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;218&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;188&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;] From a release HALIFAX: The province is now taking applications for the Clean Fuels Fund, which helps industries, businesses and communities switch to low-carbon and renewable fuels. \u201cWe\u2019re moving toward a cleaner, greener Nova Scotia, and our industries are making the move with us,\u201d said Tory Rushton, Minister of Natural Resources [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[7191,6744,48,1077,1404],"class_list":["post-47576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-clean-fuels-fund","tag-cleaner-fuels","tag-n-s","tag-nova-scotia","tag-tim-halman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}