ACET collaborates with communities seeking to accelerate their energy transformation by co-creating equitable and resilient clean energy solutions that create new economic opportunities and strengthen local autonomy.
Building community resilience
By developing locally integrated and diverse energy systems, ACET boosts community resilience against extreme weather, supply disruptions and energy price fluctuations. Innovations in technology and smart infrastructure accelerate this transformation by making energy systems future-ready.
Northern voices lead energy conversations
A first-of-its-kind effort to understand the energy aspirations of communities across northern BC has sparked new conversations that will help shape the next decade of clean energy development in the province.
The power of waves
CBC Producer Camille Vernet travelled to Nootka Island with UVic researchers to learn how the power of wave energy could help bring the Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nation back home to the remote ancestral village of Yuquot.
Photo: Radio-Canada | Camille Verne
Fostering sustainable energy transformation
ACET Executive Director Curran Crawford (left) believes an interdisciplinary approach is crucial to implementing sustainable energy systems that are reliable, cost effective and community driven.
One giant leap closer to net zero
Learn how ACET will support clean energy transformations in remote and Indigenous communities.
Vuntut Gwitchin Government and YukonU train Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation citizens on community energy systems in Old Crow.
Photo: Yukon University
Research areas
Low-carbon & offshore renewable energy tech
Harness, use and store renewables including wave, tidal, hydrogen and offshore wind energy
Distributed systems and hybrid microgrids
Develop advanced microgrid controls, systems integration and management
Green hydrogen and e-fuels
Develop low-cost, safe and clean hydrogen and other e-fuel vectors
Business & finance innovation
Innovate finance and business models, and explore social enterprise potential
Integrated energy systems
Complex systems, place-based transitions, worldviews, policy interactions, Indigeneity
Scale-up and acceleration
Create transformation strategies scalable to communities worldwide
Academic partners
