BC announces $35 million for new clean-energy industry projects

Wednesday August 13, 2025 | VANCOUVER, BC

by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends

Yesterday in Vancouver Adrian Dix announced an investment of $35 million to support new industry projects that will create local jobs, strengthen local communities and grow British Columbia’s clean industry.

Dix is the Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions in the David Eby NDP government. He has also recently been part of announcements about the completion of the LNG facility at Kitimat and the full operations of the Site C hydroelectric facility.

Dix has been part of many BC Hydro electrification announcements over the past couple of years.

Invests carbon pricing into projects:

The CleanBC Industry fund helps companies adopt cleaner technologies and supports the transition to electrification and net-zero operations at their B.C. facilities. It invests part of B.C.’s industrial carbon pricing system into projects that support jobs and advance climate action.

The fund enables to work of cutting emissions, improving energy efficiency, and adopting technologies that will make companies more competitive in a global low-carbon economy.

2025 applications open:

Applications for the 2025 funding round are open. | Learn more about the CleanBC Industry Fund.

• CleanBC Industry Fund projects are chosen through a competitive process that evaluates each project’s business case, the cost of reducing emissions, and the broader potential of the technology to benefit other industries.
• Projects are funded through milestone-based agreements with performance metrics to ensure emissions reductions are achieved.

Jobs in decarbonization sector:

“We’re helping B.C. industries accelerate decarbonization and lead in the global shift to clean energy,” said Adrian Dix, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions.

“These consistent and focused investments protect good jobs today, while opening the door to new opportunities in tomorrow’s economy,” says Dix.

Fund since 2019:

Since 2019, the fund has committed more than $368 million to 173 projects throughout the province. These are expected to reduce more than 14 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over 10 years, the equivalent of eliminating over 20% of emissions from all heavy-duty vehicles in B.C. For every $1 invested by the Province, the fund has leveraged an average of $2 in additional investment from industry and other partners.

Projects supported by the CleanBC Industry Fund include ARC Resources Ltd., which has electrified all of its major facilities in northeastern B.C., and is evaluating…