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• Supporting the development of resource
assessment data and tools;
• Supporting federal policy and programmes.
NRCan has actively cooperated with provinces, utilities,
private industry, academic institutions and other
organizations on key projects to reduce equipment
and construction costs and increase turbine and site
efficiencies as well as to support technology
demonstrations at national and international level.
This facilitates the realization of the additional
capacities available within Canada, while at the same
time helps the industry to strengthen its expertise in
both products and services within Canada and abroad.
Barriers to small hydropower development
The above-mentioned incentives across Canada have
helped to strengthen interest in small hydropower
development. There has also been a positive policy
shift to improve relations with First Nations i and to
include them as active hydropower project partners.
However, developers encounter long lead times
required for approvals. Also, projects can be arbitrarily
derailed by opposition during public participation
processes. The most common concerns about small
hydropower projects are the impact of civil works
construction on stream flow, aesthetics and
prevention of fish movement towards their natural
habitat. In recent years, provincial governments have
begun to address some of these issues and barriers
using a more streamlined and sustainable watershed
management approach. The federal government has
recently joined this approach.
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Note
i. First Nation is a term that came into common usage
in the 1970s to replace the word ‘Indian’ in Canada.
Although the term First Nation is widely used, no legal
definition of it exists.
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