The 2 Billion Trees Capacity Building Stream seeks to support organizations in improving capacity to make sound decisions in implementing successful planting and management of trees and forests.
ACE Green Offset Program
Alberta Cooperative Energy (ACE) customers that join the Green Offset Program choose which renewable energy generators to support. They might select a local wind farm, a group of solar or wind micro-generators in their community.
Municipalities may register to sell the green attributes of their exported energy. If municipalities have received funding from the Government of Alberta, they cannot sell their green attributes.
Alberta Capital Finance Authority
The Government of Alberta provides eligible municipal, regional, health and education authorities with financing for capital projects. Funding is available for capital project purposes to municipalities, improvement districts, Métis settlements, and regional, education and health authorities.
Alberta Community Partnership
This program supports regional collaboration and capacity building initiatives which may include planning for energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions.
The Partnership offers support for inter-municipal collaboration and finding efficient and effective ways to deliver regional municipal services, municipal restructuring (e.g. amalgamation or dissolution), cooperative processes to resolve conflict and facilitate collaboration, and municipal internships.
Alberta Municipal Water/Wastewater Partnership
This grant provides cost-shared funding to eligible municipalities to help build municipal facilities for water supply and treatment, and wastewater treatment and disposal which may include planning for energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions.