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 The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Natural
Resources, announced a collaborative agreement under the Canada–U.S.
Clean Energy Dialogue that will focus on clean energy research and
development.
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Clean Energy Dialogue was established between Canada and the United
States by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Barack Obama in
February 2009. Its objective is to enhance joint collaboration on clean
energy science and technologies in order to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and combat climate change.The agreement will
see Natural Resources Canada's CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory
(CANMET-MTL) work with the United States Department of Energy's Oak
Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) on scientific research in support of
materials for clean energy and energy efficiency. One element of
the collaborative research will focus on developing advanced materials
and processing technologies that will aid in reducing the weight of
vehicles, thereby improving fuel economy and reducing greenhouse gas
emissions. "The Government of Canada is committed to
supporting and promoting clean energy science and technology," said
Minister Paradis. "This partnership will help us shape the next
generation of technologies for fuel-efficient vehicles and clean energy
sources, reducing the impact on the environment and enhancing the
competitiveness of sectors such as the automotive industry in North
America." "Achieving the goal of sustainable mobility
requires a variety of advances in science and technology with a
particular focus on advanced materials," said Thom Mason, Director of
ORNL. "Researchers at ORNL look forward to working with their colleagues
at CANMET-MTL to deliver innovations that will move us toward this
goal." CANMET-MTL is the largest research centre in
Canada devoted to metals and materials fabrication, processing and
evaluation. Its scientific and technical staff provide materials
solutions for Canadian industry in the energy, transportation and
metals-manufacturing sectors. The laboratory will be relocating from
Ottawa to a new state-of-the-art research facility in Hamilton this
fall, which will benefit this collaboration due to the close proximity
to southern Ontario's automotive and metal-manufacturing industries.For more CE News, click hereTo subscribe to the CE eNewsletter, click
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