The Province of Ontario and the International Institute for Sustainable Development have signed an agreement that will allow experiments to continue at the facility this year.
Natural Resources Minister David Orazietti says "the government has stepped up to provide the financial support necessary to keep this world-class facility operational, while ensuring the environment is protected."
Ontario is committing 2 million dollars a year to the ELA.
Negotiations to give the IISD full control of the facility have been a year in the making when the federal government cut funding to the facility.