Energy Research & Development Expenditures by Area of Technology, 2013

Energy Research & Development Expenditures by Area of Technology, 2013
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INFORMATION FOR RESPONDENTS

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  • C0002: Business name
  • C0008: First name
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Purpose

The survey collects expenditure data on energy research and development activities in the Canadian business enterprise sector.

Additional information

This survey collects data which are essential to assure the availability of pertinent statistical information to monitor science and technology related activities in Canada and to support the development of science and technology policy. Your data will be used, for instance, by the Office of Energy Research and Development (OERD) at Natural Resources Canada to plan and evaluate energy research and development programs. The results of this survey will be published in Industrial Research and Development (catalogue number 88-202-X) and in CANSIM 358-0214.

Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

Authority

This information is collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.

COMPLETION OF THIS QUESTIONNAIRE IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT UNDER THIS ACT.

Confidentiality

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Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes.

Data-sharing agreements

To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement
to use the data.

Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidentialinformation as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.

For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial and territorial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon.

The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations. Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician and returning it with the completed questionnaire. Please specify the organizations with which you do not want to share your data.

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut as well as with the Office of Energy Research and Development (OERD) of Natural Resources Canada.

For agreements with provincial and territorial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Record linkage

To enhance the data from this survey and to minimize the reporting burden, Statistics Canada may combine information from the Research and Development in Canadian Industry Survey with the information your organization provided on the Energy R&D Expenditures by Area of Technology Survey, if applicable, and with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.

Security of emails and faxes

Statistics Canada advises you that there could be a risk of disclosure during the transmission of information by facsimile or e-mail. However, upon receipt, Statistics Canada will provide the guaranteed level of protection afforded all information collected under the authority of the Statistics Act.

Note: There is no risk of disclosure if you are completing a web-based questionnaire online.

Return procedures

Please return the completed questionnaire within 30 days of receipt.

If you are unable to do so, please inform us of the expected completion date. If you receive more than one copy of this survey questionnaire for the same business, please complete one and attach and return the duplicate(s).

Assistance

If you require assistance in the completion of this questionnaire or have any questions regarding the survey please address all enquiries to:

Statistics Canada
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Coverage

This questionnaire should be completed for the fiscal year ending in 20YY (reference year). This report should exclude foreign operations. Please report all currency amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars.

Thank you

Thank you for completing this questionnaire.
Please retain a copy for your records.

Definitions

R&D definition

Research and development (R&D) is systematic investigation carried out in the natural sciences and engineering by means of experiment or analysis to achieve a scientific or technological advance.

Research is original investigation undertaken on a systematic basis to gain new knowledge.

Development is systematic work, drawing on existing knowledge gained from research and/or practical experience, which is directed to producing new materials, products or devices, to installing new processes, systems and services, or to improving substantially those already produced or installed.

Research and development should be considered to be scientific research and experimental development in the natural sciences and engineering only, therefore excluding:

i. market research, sales promotion,
ii. quality control or routine analysis and testing of materials, devices or products,
iii. research in the social sciences or the humanities,
iv. prospecting, exploring or drilling for or producing minerals, petroleum or natural gas,
v. the commercial production of a new or improved material, device or product or the commercial use of a new or improved process,
vi. style changes, or routine data collection.

Note

For the purpose of this questionnaire, R&D is given the same definition as that provided in the Definitions section with the following qualifications intended to restrict the response to energy:

(i) Energy R&D is undertaken to achieve economic, environmental, security, safety and/or social objectives. It is aimed at increasing the supply of energy (e.g. energy crops); increasing the efficiency with which it is used in production and conversion processes (e.g. processing oil sands, manufacturing biofuel, generating electricity) and in end-use sectors (e.g. vehicle efficiency); and/or reducing or avoiding energy-related emissions in those sectors. It includes advances that contribute to scientific knowledge as well as those leading to the commercial technologies.

(ii) Exclude R&D on socio-economics, environmental protection (i.e. non-energy related), safety and resource assessment.

GENERAL CORPORATE DATA

Fiscal year ending in 20YY (Reference year)

Please provide the GST number (business number) for the business reporting R&D
expenditures and/or for technology payments in this questionnaire.

Did this reporting unit perform or fund any energy R&D, as defined above?

  • 1.: Yes
  • 3.: No

EXPENDITURES ON R&D

Please estimate the approximate expenditures for energy R&D done within this reporting unit (Self-funded, Government co-funded and Other co-funding), as well as Energy R&D payments outside Canada, for each of the following areas of technology:

EXPENDITURES ON R&D - Question identifier:1.

Fossil fuels

  • a) i: Crude oils and natural gas: Exploration
  • a) ii: Crude oils and natural gas: Production and storage
  • b): Oil sands and heavy crude oil
  • c): Refining, processing and upgrading
  • d): Coal production, separation and processing
  • e): Transportation of fossil fuels

EXPENDITURES ON R&D - Question identifier:2.

Renewable energy resources

  • a) i: Solar: Photovoltaics
  • a) ii: Solar: Thermal-power and high-temperature applications
  • a) iii: Solar: Heating and cooling
  • b): Wind energy
  • c) i: Bio-energy: Biomass production/supply and transport
  • c) ii: Bio-energy: Conversion to fuels
  • c) iii: Bio-energy: Conversion to heat and electricity
  • c) iv: Other bio-energy
  • d) i: Hydro: Small < 10MW
  • d) ii: Hydro: Large > 10MW
  • e): Other renewable energy

EXPENDITURES ON R&D - Question identifier:3.

Nuclear fission and fusion

  • a): Exploration, mining and preparation, tailings management
  • b): Nuclear reactors
  • c): Other fission
  • d): Fusion

EXPENDITURES ON R&D - Question identifier:4.

Electric power

  • a): Generation in utility sector
  • b): Combine heat and power in industry, buildings
  • c): Electricity transmission, distribution and storage

EXPENDITURES ON R&D - Question identifier:5.

Hydrogen and fuel cells

  • a): Hydrogen production for process applications
  • b): Hydrogen production for transportation applications
  • c): Hydrogen transport and storage
  • d): Other hydrogen
  • e) i: Fuel cells: Stationary
  • e) ii: Fuel cells: Mobile

EXPENDITURES ON R&D - Question identifier:6.

Energy efficiency

  • a): Industry
  • b): Residential, institutional and commercial
  • c): Transportation
  • d): Other

EXPENDITURES ON R&D - Question identifier:7.

Other technologies

  • a) i: Carbon capture, transport and storage related to fossil fuel production and processing
  • a) ii: Carbon capture, transport and storage related to electric power production
  • a) iii: Carbon capture, transport and storage related to the Industry in the end-use sector
  • b): Energy system analysis
  • c): Other

EXPENDITURES ON R&D - Question identifier:8.

Please estimate the approximate expenditures for non-energy R&D done within this reporting unit (Self-funded, Government co-funded and Other co-funding), as well as non-energy R&D payments outside Canada.

EXPENDITURES ON R&D - Question identifier:9.

Total expenditures for energy and non-energy R&D done within this reporting unit (Self-funded, Government co-funded and Other co-funding), as well as R&D payments outside Canada.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Please provide the following contact information:

  • 0013: First name of person who completed this report
  • 0054: Last name of person who completed this report
  • 0014: Title
  • 0017: Telephone number
  • 0027: Extension
  • 0016: Fax number
  • 0018: E-mail address
  • 0015: Date

SURVEY COMPLETION TIME

Please indicate how long it took you to complete this questionnaire.

  • C9910: Hour(s)
  • C9909: Minutes

COMMENTS

Please describe reasons for any variations with previous information (e.g., expansion, businesses acquired or sold, closures, organizational changes, etc.).

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