Air Products will build a multi-modal hydrogen refuelling station near to its C$1.6bn Net Zero hydrogen energy complex under construction in Alberta, Edmonton.

 

The station will be the industrial gas giant’s first in Canada and the first commercial-scale hydrogen refuelling station in the Canadian province.

 

Set to open in early 2025, the station will have two refuelling lanes for heavy-duty vehicles and two additional positions for light-duty fuel cell electric vehicles.

 

The company said the station will have a capacity of up to six tonnes of hydrogen per day and will offer a filling time on par with conventionally fuelled heavy-duty trucks.

 

The station plans were announced at the Canadian Hydrogen Convention during a fireside chat with Eric Guter, Air Products’ Global Vice-President of Hydrogen for Mobility. Speaking at the event, Guter said the station will serve as a model that can be replicated throughout Canada to grow the hydrogen economy and achieve Net Zero by 2050.

 

The hydrogen refuelling station is supported in part by C$1m (CAD) in funding from Natural Resources Canada’s Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Programme.

 

Once complete, Air Products’ hydrogen energy complex aims to capture more than 90% of carbon emissions for permanent sequestration underground.

 

To avoid the indirect emissions associated with using grid electrical power, the project includes a 100% hydrogen-fuelled power generation unit.

 

In September (2022), Air Products said it the complex will be integrated with neighbouring Imperial Oil Limited’s new renewable diesel facility, using innovative engineering.

 

Imperial will produce renewable diesel from locally sourced non-petroleum feedstocks, using a process that produces a biogenic renewable off-gas (ROG) by-product.

 

The ROG will be used as a feedstock within the Air Products hydrogen complex, displacing natural gas and further enhancing the overall carbon emissions profile.