Businesses in Canada spent $2.8 billion on in-house energy-related research and development (R&D) in 2022, up 17.2% from 2021. This marked the second consecutive year with significant spending increases, which contrasts with the relatively stable expenditures seen from 2015 to 2020. Of the overall $30.4 billion spent on in-house R&D in 2022, energy-related R&D represented 9.1% of expenditures, up from 8.5% in 2021.
Outsourcing of energy-related R&D spending rose by 6.2% in 2022 to $306 million. As a proportion of overall outsourced R&D expenditures, energy-related R&D outsourcing accounted for 5.3% of the $5.8 billion that businesses spent in 2022.
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