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What is the Vallée de la Transition Énergétique?

Driven by the desire to accelerate and successfully achieve the energy transition while reducing the environmental footprint of their urban, industrial, and port areas, the cities of Bécancour, Shawinigan, and Trois-Rivières are joining forces around a collective proposal aimed at achieving a sustainable transition that matches their ambitions and those of Quebec. Together, they aspire to establish a research ecosystem and provide innovative, technological, and economic solutions in response to societal and ecological challenges.

Our mission

Initiate, develop, and promote energy transition innovations for a world-class economy in a sustainability-focused living environment.

Our vision

To be a world-class innovation ecosystem that contributes to the energy transition by accelerating innovation, commercializing innovations, providing training, and attracting talent and businesses.

Strategic Plan 2024-2028

Our development sectors

The VTE intends to become a national and global reference in research, development, industrialization and promotion of innovation resulting from its technological axes, in addition to promoting its commercialization. We intend to position the province of Québec and its assets in an emerging market.

Priority Area 1 – Critical and Strategic Minerals (CSMs) and Batteries

Processing technologies
Advanced materials
Electrochemical processes
Advanced recycling and eco-design
Next-generation batteries
Traceability and sustainability

Priority Area 2 – Renewable Energy, Electrification, and Energy Efficiency

Energy storage, battery management systems, and artificial intelligence
Development and integration of electric vehicle components and chargers
Renewable energy and integrated systems
System efficiency
Electric vehicle components and circularity (recycling)
Microgrids and vehicle-to-home, vehicle-to-building, or vehicle-to-grid (V2X)

Priority Area 3 – Decarbonization of Industry and Heavy Transport

CO₂ Capture, Utilization, and Storage
Renewable and Low-Carbon Hydrogen
Alternative Fuels and Power-to-X Technologies
Industrial Ecology and Energy Self-Sufficiency
Low-Carbon Transportation and Energy Networks

Cross-cutting priority area – Systemic and Non-Technological Challenges

Traceability, sustainability, and performance measurement
Multi-level governance and social acceptance of the transition
Public policy, regulatory innovation, and carbon markets
Strategic autonomy and security of value chains in a competitive global context
Data, artificial intelligence, and smart energy systems
Benchmarking, indicators, and comparison of ecosystems
Circular and regional economy

Three poles
of innovation

Founding member

Pole
Bécancour

A natural business niche for Bécancour, the environmental theme was woven through its industrial vocation, which saw the birth of one of the first nuclei of industrial symbiosis in Quebec. Most industrial sub-sectors are represented there, choosing Bécancour to take responsibility for the challenges of social acceptability and achieve their GHG reduction targets.

With the largest industrial park and port under provincial jurisdiction, where major investments in the battery sector are confirmed and the production of green hydrogen is developing, Bécancour is recognized worldwide and becomes an ideal playground for testing and updating the innovative technological solutions of the VTE.

Founding member

Pole
Shawinigan

Designated City of Energy after having marked the history of hydroelectricity in the province, Shawinigan continues to trace its expertise in electrochemistry and the electrification of transport. Anchored by its research centers present on its territory and rich in an innovative ecosystem of companies in the transportation electrification sector, Shawinigan is already presenting itself as an essential pillar in the next stages of the development of the VTE.

Shawinigan’s contribution also goes through its entrepreneurial culture, which has taken root for more than ten years through incubation infrastructures that promote the emergence of startups.

Founding member

Pole
Trois-Rivières

Pioneer of heavy industry in Canada and recognized for its quality of life and cultural richness, Trois-Rivières focuses its efforts on reducing the carbon footprint of industrial and port activities aimed at achieving the objectives of Quebec and Canada. The City’s investments in a new economic development model led in 2019 to the launch of the innovative entrepreneurial district Halo, from which various animation and networking activities now emanate.

Geographical center of the VTE, Trois-Rivières will also be at the center of its culture of collaboration, surrounded by major innovation players who stand out in the renewable energy, clean technology and sustainable development sectors.

Knowledge ecosystem

Objectives :

To position the province of Québec as a world leader in research, training, development and industrialization in technological innovation of the VTE.
To become an example of multi-establishment and inter-order consultation to promote the transfer of knowledge and the development of technologies relating to the energy transition.

The VTE’s scientific committee defines and directs the scientific program linked to the three axes of development of the VTE. It encourages innovations and partnerships between all players to strengthen existing expertise and push the boundaries of knowledge. It promotes collaborative projects and the pooling of resources to increase the synergy of the components of the ecosystem.