Factsheet: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations

Key Information

Country/Region:

North-America›CANADA›NOVA SCOTIA

Description:

These regulations - to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions- apply to any facility located in the Province that emits greater than 10 000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (10 kt CO2 eq) greenhouse gases in a calendar year.

Goal/Aim:

Support investment in renewable energy technologies

Type (and subtype) :

Sector/Topic targeted:

Climate

Status:

In force

Impact on regional bioeconomy objectives

Fostering effective governance and involvement of the society:

Not Relevant

Building a strong research, development and innovation base:

Not Relevant

Enhancing the creation of jobs and ensuring availability of required skills:

Not Relevant

Building competitive biobased industries:

Not Relevant

Creating a reliable and enabling policy setting:

Not Relevant

Address the (multilevel) cooperations needed to start biobased businesses:

Not Relevant

Creating an attractive environment including infrastructure:

Not Relevant

Availability of financial resources:

Not Relevant

Learning from the strategies/actions of other regions, clusters,...:

Not Relevant

Fostering the development of strong biobased markets:

Not Relevant

Contact References

Full name of Instrument & Measure (English):

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations made under subsection 28(6) and Section 112 of the Environment Act

Links:

https://www.novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/envgreenhouse.htm

Responsible Authority:

Nova Scotia Environment Department

Contact of Responsible Authority:

https://www.novascotia.ca/nse/

Completed by:

VITO

Completed on:

March, 2015

Advanced Information

Feedstock type targeted:

Product type targeted:

Electricity

Value Chain:

Conversion / transformation / processing

Year Instrument & Measure Started:

2009

Year Last Instrument & Measure was last Amended:

2013

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