Lehigh Valley-based Air Products, an industrial gas company, recently announced it will build a network of permanent, commercial-scale, multi-modal hydrogen refueling stations in Alberta, Canada.
The stations, which will stretch from Edmonton to Calgary along the Queen Elizabeth II Highway, will fuel up to 200 heavy-duty vehicles or 2,000 light-duty hydrogen fuel cell cars daily. They will help Western Canada achieve its goal of 5,000 hydrogen or dual fuel vehicles on the road in five years.
The first station is under construction in Edmonton and is scheduled to begin operation in 2025.
“With abundant resources, tremendous talent, and forward-thinking governments, Canada is driving the clean energy transition forward,” Seifi Ghasemi, Air Products chairman, president and CEO, said. “Last year, Air Products announced our continued investment in Western Canada with the first permanent, commercial-scale hydrogen refueling station in Alberta. Today, we build on that commitment with plans to build additional commercial-scale multi-modal hydrogen refueling stations, developing a hydrogen highway connecting Alberta’s two largest cities and enabling the continued development of the region’s hydrogen ecosystem.”
Air Products Canada operates three hydrogen production facilities in Alberta, and a hydrogen pipeline in the Alberta Industrial Heartland as well as one hydrogen production facility, a pipeline network and a liquefaction facility in Ontario.