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With Yellowhead pipeline, ATCO is making a bet on natural gas to meet Alberta’s energy needs
ATCO chief executive officer Nancy Southern at the company’s offices in Calgary, Alta., on September 21, 2023. LEAH HENNEL / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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Plug Power to build up to six new hydrogen plants for EV industry, after getting US$1.66-billion loan guarantee
FILE PHOTO: A Hydrogen fuelling pump for vehicles is seen on the base at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California December 10, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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German coalition agrees on financing details of hydrogen network
FILE PHOTO: German Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck points at a map showing Germany's hydrogen network during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
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A different kind of steam engine: How CPKC aims to decarbonize its fleet with hydrogen locomotives
Kyle Mulligan, Assistant Vice President of Operations Technology, right, talks about CPKC's 3rd ever hydrogen locomotive, and first-ever high-speed hydrogen locomotive in Calgary on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. With a goal of having 5 hydrogen locomotives running in the near future on multiple routes including Calgary to Edmonton and Calgary to Golden, CPKC is hoping, among other things, to model a new type of technology to demonstrate to other companies what is possible. (Photo by Jude Brocke/The Globe and Mail)
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Dreams of Canada-EU hydrogen trade are a sinking ship
Paul Martin and Jochen Bard
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Ottawa signs memorandum of understanding with Germany for Canadian hydrogen
Canada and Germany have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a trade program to sell hydrogen produced in Atlantic Canada. The agreement signed in Germany by federal Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, shown in this Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 file photo, and German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck is to secure early access to the German market for Canadian hydrogen producers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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‘Green’ hydrogen project in Newfoundland to get $128-million federal loan
World Energy GH2 CEO Sean Leet, right, looks on as Labour and Seniors Minister Seamus O’Regan speaks during an announcement in the Foyer of the House of Commons, Wednesday, February 28, 2024 in Ottawa. Export Development Canada and World Energy GH2 say they have reached an agreement for a $128 million credit facility which is a business loan similar to a line of credit.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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B.C. backs hydrogen despite concerns about electricity supply shortage
Josie Osborne, minister of energy, mines and low carbon innovation, speaks during an announcement at the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday, June 15, 2023. British Columbia's government is accelerating its zero-emission vehicle targets so it can hit its goal five years sooner. Osborne says the province is the "first in the world" to put EV sales target into law. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Australia’s Fortescue touts hydrogen plans in B.C. despite limited hydroelectricity supply
Fortescue Future Industries Chairman Andrew Forrest at their office in Perth, Australia on Aug 12, 2022. PHOTO BY Frances Andrijich
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Eby says planned Prince George, B.C., hydrogen project will cut emissions, boost jobs
British Columbia Premier David Eby says a planned clean energy hydrogen project in Prince George is set to cut harmful carbon emissions and create jobs. Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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Saudi Arabia says it has shifted focus to all kinds of energy, not just oil
FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud attends the plenary, after a draft of a negotiation deal was released, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 13, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky//File Photo
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China’s SPIC plans US$5.85-billion investment turning green hydrogen into fuel
FILE PHOTO: Wind turbines stand on a power station near Yumen, Gansu province, China September 25, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo
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Hydrogen: A big piece of the clean-energy puzzle
Hydrogen can help nations meet their carbon dioxide reduction goals as the fuel can be used in manufacturing, shipping and mass transportation where it can be more difficult to use battery technology.
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Ontario funding projects aimed at using hydrogen to power electricity grid
<div>Ontario is putting nearly $6 million toward nine projects aimed at making use of hydrogen to power the province's electricity grid. Todd Smith, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, speaks at the microphone at Queen's Park in Toronto, Thursday, June 4, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rick Madonik - POOL</div>
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Israel-Hamas, Ukraine wars to feature prominently in St. John’s EU-Canada Summit beginning today
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses European lawmakers ahead of a NATO summit and G7 meeting, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium, March 23, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
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Ottawa signals green hydrogen support with financial boost for Nova Scotia project
The federal government is backing a massive wind-powered hydrogen project in Nova Scotia with a $125-million loan. Sean Fraser, the federal minister of housing, infrastructure and communities, was in Port Hawkesbury, N.S., today to announce that Ottawa had reached an agreement in principle for the financing with EverWind Fuels, the company behind the project. Fraser rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Desmarais family member part of investor group launching $4-billion project in Quebec to reduce fossil fuel dependence
Jean Aimrattanalert, Junior Engineering Research Analyst, monitors data from a single electrolytic research cell at the Hydrogen Optimized facility in Owen Sound, Ontario, September 28, 2023. (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Globe and Mail)
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B.C., Newfoundland and Labrador agree to share details on growing hydrogen sectors
Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, looks on during a press conference at the meeting of the Council of the Federation, where Canada's provincial and territorial leaders meet, in Halifax, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Clark
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N.L. wants details on environmental impact before hydrogen project can move forward
The Newfoundland and Labrador government says it wants more information from the company hoping to build a massive wind-powered hydrogen and ammonia project. The province ruled today that World Energy GH2 must revise its environmental impact assessment documents to include more details about its project's environmental effects. John Risley, head of World Energy GH2, fields questions at a news conference in Halifax on Friday, Feb.15, 2002. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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A Canadian hydrogen dynasty believes its moment has finally come. Can it happen here?
Edward Stuart, VP Development, (left) and Andrew Stuart, President and CEO, at the Hydrogen Optimized facility in Owen Sound, Ontario, September 28, 2023. (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Globe and Mail)
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Ottawa making energy companies the middle man with net-zero electricity legislation, ATCO chief executive says
ATCO chief executive officer Nancy Southern at the company’s offices in Calgary, Alta., on September 21, 2023. LEAH HENNEL / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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What is green hydrogen and why is it touted as a clean fuel?
An officer checks a part of a hydrogen plant at Oil India Limited in Jorhat, India, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Green hydrogen is being touted around the world as a clean energy solution to take the carbon out of high-emitting sectors like transport and industrial manufacturing. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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Newfoundland and Labrador picks four wind farm projects to power hydrogen plants
<div>Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp. says it has hired an interim CEO to replace the current one as it looks to sell its renewable energy division after losses topping US$250 million last quarter. The West Pubnico Point Wind Farm is seen in Lower West Pubnico, N.S. on Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan</div>
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First U.S. Gulf offshore wind auction to fuel region’s green hydrogen push
U.S. President Joe Biden holds up a wind turbine size comparison chart while attending a meeting with governors, labor leaders, and private companies launching the Federal-State Offshore Wind Implementation Partnership, at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Low-carbon hydrogen standard key to Canada trade, says U.K. minister
UK Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance, Lord Callanan poses for a portrait at the UK Consulate Office in Calgary, AB on Aug 18, 2023.
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Russia, Saudi Arabia oppose G20 proposal to triple green energy capacity
FILE PHOTO - The national flags of Russia and Saudi Arabia are seen during a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC producing countries in Vienna, Austria, May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
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CPP Investments taps Europe’s green hydrogen hopes with Dutch investment
BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 10: A hydrogen pumping station for hydrogen-powered cars stands on June 10, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. The German government is to announce a new national hydrogen strategy later today that includes the development of a five gigawatt electrolysis capacity to produce "green" hydrogen by 2030. Hydrogen, which lends itself as a means for storing energy produced by renewable energy sources, is to become an important part of Germany's overall renewable energy plan. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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Toronto’s Pearson airport to host Ontario’s first public hydrogen refuelling station
A sign for Toronto Pearson International Airport is pictured in Mississauga, Ont., on Thursday, April 20, 2023. Toronto's Pearson Airport will be home to Ontario's first public hydrogen refuelling station. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
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Chemical maker Chemours partners with TC Energy on clean hydrogen facilities in West Virginia
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: TC Energy's logo is pictured on a smartphone in this illustration taken, December 4, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Inside Australia’s renewable hydrogen boom
The ATCO Hydrogen Refuelling facility located in Jandakot, Perth, Western Australia.
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Atlantic hydrogen projects tracking well for 2025 production start, Wilkinson says
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz applaud as Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and German vice-chancellor Robert Habeck shake hands after signing an agreement&nbsp;in Stephenville, N.L., Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Wilkinson says he expects to know the final investment decisions on at least two new hydrogen production projects in Atlantic Canada before the end of the year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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EU reaches provisional deal to raise renewable energy target
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, in this file picture taken October 28, 2015. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo
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Nuclear dispute hangs over EU renewable energy talks
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 5, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman
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Infrastructure bank offers $277-million loan to enable Canada’s largest biofuel refinery in Quebec
FILE PHOTO: A fuel nozzle from a bio diesel fuel pump is seen in this photo illustration taken at a filling station in San Diego, California January 8, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo