The Trottier Family Foundation has announced a major grant to Polytechnique Montréal that will ensure the continuity of the Trottier Energy Institute’s operations until 2030, along with the creation of a philanthropic chair in energy transition. In all, $14 million will be invested in independent energy research, analysis and guidance to help achieve climate targets…
CARBON NEUTRALITY IN CANADA: THE IET AT POLYTECHNIQUE MONTRÉAL LAUNCHES PATHWAYS EXPLORER, AN INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION TOOL
On July 5, 2023, the Institut de l’énergie Trottier (IET) at Polytechnique Montréal launched the Pathways Explorer, a new interactive online dashboard for net-zero scenarios visualization. The tool represents an innovative resource that, by easing comparison of possible transformation pathways towards carbon neutrality, can help inform decision making and policy development. Powered by over a…
WEBINAR – LAUNCH OF THE PATHWAYS EXPLORER
WEBINAR – A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE ON ELECTRICITY IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN CANADA
CALL OF INTEREST TO PARTICIPATE INTO THE THEMATIC COMMITTEE OF THE ENERGY MODELLING HUB
The newly created Energy Modelling Hub (EMH) is opening a call of interest to strengthen of Canada’s energy modelling capacity through the participation in various thematic committees that will advise the EMH in its convening and structuring activities across Canada. More specific, the EMH is looking for energy modelers, model users and policy makers interested in participating…
NEARLY $5 MILLION IN FUNDING BY NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA FOR THE CREATION OF THE ENERGY MODELLING HUB
On May 25, 2022, at Polytechnique Montréal, Rachel Bendayan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, announced an investment of nearly $5 million for the Institut de l’énergie Trottier at Polytechnique Montréal, and their partner organizations, the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems at University of Victoria and the School of Public…
REDUCING CANADA’S EMISSIONS: THE IET IDENTIFY PRIORITIES TO COUNTER THE EXPECTED FAILURE OF 2030 GOALS
WEBINAR – CANADA’S 2030 EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN: THE IET PROPOSAL
2030 GHG EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS: THE IET ANALYZES CANADA’S TRAJECTORY
There’s an urgent need to reconcile action and ambitions Are Canada’s announced and deployed efforts to achieve 2030 climate goals sufficient and consistent? In the report On the way to net-zero: The 2030 milestone, Polytechnique Montréal’s Institut de l’énergie Trottier (IET) points out that there is nothing less certain than the possibility of achieving Canada’s…