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8 Downstream Natural Gas Copyright © 2014 by SDTC ™

The Market Assessment is conducted from the perspective of SDTC’s mandate, which is to support the development and demonstration of emerging sustainable technologies in Canada at critical stages in the development cycle. Specifically, SDTC is focused on those technologies that are between prototype, development and market-ready product stages. The size and span of the blocks in Figure 7 are indicative of the relative timing and amount of funding from various sources.

Figure 7: SDTC’s Mandate

Funding Gaps

Industry Industry

Governments

Banks

Investors Angel

Pension Funds

Project Finance

Corporate VC

Venture Capital/ Private Equity

Public Markets

Technology Development and Demonstration

(Pilot to Full Scale)

Fundamental Research

Applied Research

Product Commercialization & Market Development

Market Entry and Market Volume

SDTC Funds

3.2 Report Scope

This SD Business Case™ report focuses on impacts of downstream natural gas use in Canada. The report does not include an analysis or needs assessment of the upstream or midstream natural gas sectors.

3.2.1 Downstream Natural Gas Sub-Sectors

Downstream natural gas has been divided into six sub-sectors including:

• Residential

• Commercial

• Industrial

• Power Generation

• Transportation

• Renewable Natural Gas (RNG)

The renewable natural gas sector is treated differently than the other sub-sectors, which only include downstream applications. For RNG, the sub-sector also includes production and gas cleanup.