Under clean technology, it proposed a tax credit of up to 30 per cent of capital costs for investments made in electricity generation systems, such as small modular nuclear reactors and systems that depend on wind, water and solar, in storage such as batteries, in low-carbon heat equipment and in industrial zero-emission vehicles used in mining or construction.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
“With major investment tax credits for clean technology and clean hydrogen, we will make it more attractive for businesses to invest in Canada to produce the energy that will power a net-zero global economy,” Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said in a prepared statement. The bill, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives in August, has little to do with inflation but will result in dramatic changes to the American economy in service of the country’s climate goals through a mix of tax incentives, grants and loan guarantees aimed at boosting clean energy and clean transportation.