Quest: Western Canada Project Initiation Workshop
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Municipal and Indigenous leaders and staffs across Western Canada are being asked to lead their communities through one of the most significant energy landscape shifts in generations, and most are doing it without a clear map. As most municipal and band offices don’t have in-house clean energy engineering and financing expertise, nor the networks to find the right partners, the cost of getting it wrong is real.
Translating ambitious plans into a concrete net-zero energy community project – that contributes to the local tax base and creates local jobs – takes a viable business case, a funding strategy, and a realistic path from planning, to initiation, to implementation – and is a ‘different-level’ next step in the process entirely.
Designed to close the gap, reduce the risk
Come spend the day with peers from across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia to work on similar challenges alongside a group of Subject Matter Experts in sustainable energy project development, financing, policy and funding.
Who should attend? This workshop is designed for municipal and Indigenous community staff members and elected leaders, and potential project developers, energy infrastructure builders, financers, and professional service providers involved in:
- Energy transition initiatives, such as community solar, building retrofits, electric vehicle infrastructure
- Project planning, financial management, and economic development roles, and
- Local public engagement and consultation
Location (see map below):
Life Sciences Innovation Hub
Innovate Calgary
University of Calgary
3655 36 St NW, Calgary, AB T2L 1Y8
Why Attend? Through hands-on sessions, participants will learn how to advance their community’s energy project concept – refine its scope, strengthen its financial strategies, and identify doable next steps.
Participants will leave with:
- A refined project scope and definition, and clear critical path
- An initial financial model and detailed funding strategy
- A solid plan for hiring contractors and managing project execution
- An increased confidence to navigate a sustainable energy projects’ challenges, and
- A strong, local network of funders, consultants, and innovative, experienced solution providers
