Federal Government Renews Support for Energy Modelling Hub Activities
December 17, 2025
Natural Resources Canada has renewed its support for the Energy Modelling Hub (EMH) activities for a further four years beginning 1 April 2025, providing $5 million to strengthen Canada’s capacity for transparent, evidence-based energy, climate and energy transition policy development and planning. The new mandate, Reinforcing Canadian Energy Modelling Capacities: Enhancing Tools and Expertise for Canada’s Electricity and Renewable
Energy Sector, will be headquartered at the University of Calgary and delivered through a four-institution consortium: the University of Calgary, Polytechnique Montréal, the University of Victoria and York University.
The four-year project is led by Dr. Blake Shaffer from the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary, Dr. Madeleine McPherson from the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems at the University of Victoria, Dr. Normand Mousseau from the Institut de l’énergie Trottier at Polytechnique Montréal, and Dr. Mark Winfield from the Faculty of Environmental and
Urban Change at York University.
The renewed funding advances NRCan’s Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program’s (SREPs’) capacity building objectives. EMH supports these objectives by providing a national platform for enhanced collaboration and convening to connect policymakers, modellers and other stakeholders working on Canada’s clean-energy transition.
Through three targeted capacity-building activities, EMH addresses the real needs of end-users, fostering inclusivity, generating economic and social benefits, and supporting Canada’s shift toward a decarbonized, sustainable, affordable, reliable and equitable energy system. This includes strengthening open-source modelling tools, improving access to high-quality open data, and expanding user-centred knowledge sharing and training.
The renewed mandate positions EMH to build a pan-Canadian network of modellers, policymakers and experts working together to guide the transformation of Canada’s energy systems in the directions of decarbonization and sustainability. By linking analytical capacity across the country, EMH will help bridge the gap between data and policy, ensuring modelling informs responses to the most pressing energy challenges.
