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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
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Newfoundland’s dreams of a wind-powered hydrogen future are starting to take shape
Construction the White Rose offshore oil production platform at the Argentia Port Authority in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. Site of proposed hydrogen production facility. GREG LOCKE / The Globe and Mail
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EverWind Fuels gets approval for North America’s first green hydrogen facility
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BP reports record profit in 2022, pulls back from plans to cut oil and gas output
FILE - A logo of BP is seen at a gas station in London, on Nov. 1, 2022. British energy company BP reported record annual earnings on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023 amid growing calls for the U.K. government to boost taxes on companies profiting from the high price of oil and natural gas after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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Alstom plans a pilot project in Quebec to run a hydrogen-powered train
A picture taken on February 1, 2023 shows the first tests of Alstom's Coradia ilint Hydrogen train between Reignac-sur-Indre and Loches, central France. - French engineering giant Alstom launched on February 1 a three days of testing on France's rail network for the Coradia ilint Hydrogen train, which will run until February 3. (Photo by GUILLAUME SOUVANT / AFP) (Photo by GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ottawa delivers $9.7-million to support Alberta jobs, hydrogen industry
The federal government has delivered nearly $10 million to support Alberta's growing hydrogen industry. The federal money, expected to support 1,600 jobs, will be augmented by another $3 million from Alberta. Chrystia Freeland tours Air Products hydrogen production plant in Edmonton, on August 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
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India approves US$2.11-billion incentive plan for green hydrogen industry
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Ottawa announces green energy tax credits to keep up with U.S. policy
Workers walk with Chrystia Freeland as she tours Air Products hydrogen production plant in Edmonton, Alberta, on Thursday August 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
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Imperial Oil ‘striking a balance’ between shareholder returns and capital spending, CEO says
FILE PHOTO: The Imperial Strathcona Refinery which produces petrochemicals is seen near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo
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Airline ground crew walks past grounded Air Canada planes as they sit on the tarmac at Pearson International Airport, in Toronto on Tuesday, April 27, 2021.
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Suncor Energy to sell its wind, solar assets to Canadian Utilities Limited for $730-million
The Suncor Energy Centre picture in downtown Calgary, Alta., Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Suncor Energy Inc. says it is selling its wind and solar assets for $730 million to Canadian Utilities Limited, an ATCO company. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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NASA tries fuelling moon rocket in test, but leak reoccurs
FILE - The NASA moon rocket as stands on Pad 39B for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the Moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA is fueling its moon rocket in a leak test ahead of a launch attempt as early as next week. Wednesday, Sept. 21 demo will determine whether the 322-foot rocket is ready for its first test flight, a lunar-orbiting mission with mannequins in lieu of astronauts. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
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A green hydrogen future needs more investment in production capacity
Air Products hydrogen production plant in Edmonton, Alberta, on Thursday August 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
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Loop Energy says new hydrogen fuel cell more efficient than diesel engine
A hydrogen fuel cell range extender is seen at Loop Energy Inc., in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday, February 8, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail