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Innovative Natural Gas Technology Investment Proposal

Provide detailed information on the problem, solutions, environmental benefits, key innovations, technology readiness, IP protection, market opportunities, and team expertise for the Natural Gas Innovation Fund.

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Innovative Natural Gas Technology Investment Proposal

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  1. Natural Gas Innovation FundInvestment Intake Template*Note: This template is intended as a guide on content; you may use your own template with the checklist on S2 as a guide

  2. Checklist

  3. Corporate Profile (maximum 1 slide)

  4. Funds Raised to Date (maximum 1 slide) Prior private or public funding raised to date in the development of your innovation is required. Please complete the table below: *Maximum of 150 characters, including spaces, per item above; 16pt font.

  5. Problem – Solution (maximum 1 slide) • Define the problem that your technology will solve for natural gas • X (maximum of 600 characters, including spaces, 16pt font) • Briefly, how will your technology solve this problem? • X (maximum of 600 characters, including spaces, 16pt font)

  6. Environmental Benefits (maximum 1 slide) • How does the use of the technology result in emission benefits (provide absolute and relative estimates of emissions benefits)? • What would happen in the absence of the proposed technology? • What sources of energy use are displaced? • What emissions sources are displaced? • List any relevant key assumptions to validate the claimed benefits. *Maximum of 150 characters, including spaces, 16pt font, per item.

  7. Innovation A – Key Innovation (maximum 1 slide) • What is the key innovation? • X (maximum of 600 characters, including spaces, 16pt font) • What are the competing technologies? • X (maximum of 600 characters, including spaces, 16pt font)

  8. Innovation B (maximum 1 slide) • Detailed description of technology? • X (maximum of 600 characters, including spaces, 16pt font) • Technology readiness level (See Annex, slide 24)? • X (maximum of 600 characters, including spaces, 16pt font)

  9. Innovation C (maximum 1 slide) • Provide a brief history of the technology development to date (maximum of 600 characters, including spaces, 16pt font). • List key performance indicators (metrics for costs, efficiencies, etc.) achieved to date relative to the competition (maximum of 150 characters, including spaces, 16pt font per entry).

  10. Innovation D – Visual Aids (maximum 2 slide) • Drawings • Photos • Renderings • Process Flow Diagrams

  11. Innovation E – Intellectual Property (maximum 1 slide) A breakdown of your patent applications to date is required. • Is the IP protected? • How? • Renderings • What is covered by the IP? • Who owns the IP? *Maximum of 150 characters, including spaces, 16pt font, per above item.

  12. Innovation F – Technical Risks to Overcome Commercialization (maximum 1 slide) • Technical risks to overcome to commercialize:

  13. Natural Gas Market A (maximum 1 slide) • Quantify the Canadian and global market opportunity for the technology. • X (maximum of 600 characters, including spaces, 16pt font) • Quantify the potentialmarketshare and listassumptions to support thatestimate. • X (maximum of 600 characters, including spaces, 16pt font)

  14. Natural Gas Market B (maximum 1 slide) • What is your anticipated business model/path to market? • X • Where is your initial target market? • X • What partnerships do you have or foresee to accelerate market roll-out? • X *Maximum of 600 characters, including spaces, 16pt font, per item.

  15. Natural Gas Market C (maximum 1 slide) • Who do you see as the end-user/customer for you technology solution? • What are the end-user and/or public benefits of your technology solution (see below for examples)? • Lower energy bills • Increased appliance efficiency • Reduced equipment first cost • New high-efficiency, low emission options for commercial and industrial consumers to aid economic development. • Enhanced consumer, public, and gas operator safety • Enhanced system integrity • Reduced environmental impacts (CO2, CH4, NOx) • Reduced escalation of O&M costs • What are the key customer benefits related to the use of your technology, i.e., what is the value proposition for the customer? • What is the payback period or improvement to return for the customer and why? *Maximum of 600 characters, including spaces, 16pt font per item.

  16. Natural Gas Market D (maximum 1 slide) • List direct and indirect competitors and their key performance indicators strengths and weaknesses:

  17. Management / Project Team (maximum 1 slide) • Who will work actively on the project, who will advise, etc.? • Who, from the project partners, will advise on the project? • What relevant experience does the project team have? (technical expertise, business expertise, project management expertise, etc.) *Maximum of 150 characters, including spaces, 16pt font, per entry.

  18. Project Partners (maximum 1 slide) • Letters of Intent are required from organizations that are participating in the project funding. Letters should be addressed to NGIF, confirm funding is in place subject to any conditions, describe the organization participation, and be signed by an officer of the company. • X • X *Maximum of 150 characters, including spaces, 16pt font, per entry.

  19. Project Summary (maximum 1 slide) • Project Title: • Summary of Scope and Objectives (maximum of 150 characters, including spaces, 16pt font, per bullet): • X • X • What needs to be achieved for a successful outcome (maximum of 150 characters, including spaces, 16pt font, per bullet)? • X • X

  20. Project Work Plan (maximum 1 slide) • Start Date: • End Date: • Demonstration Site(s): • Overall Objective: • Key milestones, duration and key objectives to achieve during milestone: *Maximum of 150 characters, including spaces, per item; two (2) slide maximum.

  21. Project Budget • Estimated total cost of the project:

  22. Project Funding • Project funding sources: Include itemized partner contributions, other government funds etc., this may include in-kind contributions. Include estimate of funding request from NGIF (refer “Guidelines Document” for Round 4 NGIF participation)

  23. Summary (maximum 1 slide) • Please give a brief summary of your project scope and objectives, focusing on how this project solves an industry problem. • Problem your technology solves • Project scope and objectives • How does a NGIF project advance the technology toward commercialization? • Size of market opportunity • Potential environmental benefits

  24. Next Steps (maximum 1 slide) • X • X • X • X *Maximum one (1) slide maximum.

  25. Full Contact Information (maximum 1 slide)

  26. Annex – Technology Readiness Level (TRL)

  27. www.ngif.ca

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