Strategic Research Areas

Helping communities explore clean, local energy options by assessing site-specific renewable energy potential, testing new battery energy storage and advanced system controls, and building the tools to keep them working in even the most challenging environments.

Empowering remote and off-grid communities by analyzing their energy systems to inform local decision-making, then co-designing solutions that reflect the surrounding environment and the community’s clean energy aspirations.

Our researchers are developing new materials used in next-generation technologies to turn water into hydrogen more cheaply and efficiently than existing options. Beyond the science, ACET researchers also help communities determine whether hydrogen can meet their energy needs.

Collaborating with community with community leaders, investors, entrepreneurs and policymakers to develop fincial tools, ownership models and business strategies that support community aspirations, build resilience and expand economic opportunities.

We work closely with community partners to ensure that their energy transformation makes sense for them and their local environment, and provide a big-picture view that connects everything from people and policies to power systems and economies.

ACET's research on scale-up and acceleration explores how local, community-based energy solutions and innovations can be expanded, amplified or reproduced in ways that accelerate energy transformation in other communities across Canada and around the world.