Bioénergies — Implementation

Who is eligible?

• Commercial sector companies
• Institutional sector organizations
• Municipal sector organizations
• Industrial sector companies
• Manufacturing sector companies
• Agricultural sector enterprises
• Agri-food sector enterprises

Eligible expenses

• The cost of purchasing and upgrading equipment, including additional costs for replacing end-of-life equipment compared to conventional equipment.
• Engineering, installation, commissioning, and measurement costs performed by in-house or contracted personnel.
• Costs of measurement, quantification, and verification by an external consultant, both before and after equipment installation (for existing sites).
• Additional equipment purchase costs compared to conventional equipment (for new sites).
• Additional engineering, installation, and commissioning costs compared to traditional approaches (for new sites).
• Post-installation measurement costs, including expenses related to GHG quantification (for new sites).
• Purchase orders issued up to 30 calendar days before the application submission date are accepted as eligible expenses.

Eligible geographic areas

• Sites located in Quebec, Canada.

• The project must be completed within a maximum period of 36 months following the effective date of the agreement.
• An annual update report must be provided to the Ministry for the duration of the agreement.
• The documents must be signed by an engineer who is a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ), and an authorized signatory listed in the Quebec Enterprise Register (REQ) must sign the official application.
• Purchase orders issued up to 30 calendar days prior to the application's submission date are accepted as eligible.