Canada has announced $60bn in clean energy tax credits and $20bn in sustainable infrastructure investments as part of its 2023 budget, released last week. The green investments are a response to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which committed nearly $370bn to clean energy. The EU recently issued its own response.
The largest portion of the Canadian budget’s energy transition-focused investments, representing more than $25bn through 2035, is made through the Clean Energy Investment Tax Credit. The budget proposes a 15% refundable tax credit for investments including non-emitting electricity generation systems – such as wind, solar and hydro, but also nuclear – as well as for “abated” natural gas-fired electricity generation subjected to an emissions intensity threshold, stationary electricity storage systems and equipment for the transmission of electricity between provinces and territories.
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Other major tax credit proposals include nearly $18bn for investments in clean hydrogen production, more than $11bn to support clean manufacturing technology – including the extraction, processing and recycling of critical minerals – and more than $500m to expand an existing Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage Investment Tax Credit.
“I have never been more optimistic about the future of our country than I am today,” said Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s deputy prime minister and minister of finance in a press release. "Budget 2023 will deliver new, targeted inflation relief for the Canadians who need it most […] and significant investments to build Canada’s clean economy. At a challenging time in a challenging world, there is no better place to be than Canada.”
Taxable and non-taxable entities such as Crown corporations and publicly owned utilities, corporations owned by Indigenous communities, and pension funds will be eligible for the tax credits.
The budget also proposes investing $3bn over 13 years to support critical regional priorities and Indigenous-led projects.
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By GlobalDataThe Canada Infrastructure Bank will invest at least $10bn in “clean energy” (for example, clean power, energy storage and transmission) and at least $10bn in "green Infrastructure” (for example, building retrofits, carbon capture, use and storage, hydrogen, and zero-emission vehicle charging).
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