Towards a Fuel Hydrogen Economy in the Calgary Region
The Calgary Region is superbly positioned to take a leadership role in transitioning to a vibrant hydrogen economy that can position Calgary, Alberta and Canada as a key part of the climate change solution. The region has large potential markets for fuel hydrogen and the resources and workforce to produce and make cost-effective, very low […]
Review of Carbon-Dioxide Storage Potential in Western Canada: Blue Hydrogen Roadmap to 2050
The Canadian federal and provincial governments have identified carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) as a major component of their strategies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This report offers a review of CO2 storage projects in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB), discusses the CO2 storage resources in the WCSB, identifies knowledge gaps, and […]
Techno-Economics of a New Hydrogen Value Chain Supporting Heavy Duty Transport
In the transition to a carbon-neutral future, fuel hydrogen is envisioned to play a key role as a zero-emission energy carrier in combination with electricity made with minimal or no greenhouse gas emissions. The successful buildout of a fuel hydrogen economy will require the creation of new value chains that make hydrogen available at a […]
Assessing the Workforce Required to Advance Canada’s Hydrogen Economy
Canada is one of the world’s largest and lowest-cost producers of hydrogen. While there is an existing hydrogen workforce that knows how to produce, handle and use hydrogen safely at industrial scale, developing a low-carbon hydrogen economy will drive additional employment opportunities for a highly skilled, well-paid, technical and professional workforce. It will also contribute […]
The Techno-Economics of Hydrogen Pipelines
The purpose of this ‘technical brief’ is to describe how to carry out techno-economic analyses for pure hydrogen pipelines, including their sizing, operating and cost estimating. The primary focus of this work is on the design and costing of pipelines transporting large volumes of hydrogen across large distances. However, the principles discussed here can be […]
The Techno-Economics of Hydrogen Compression
This technical brief supports the analysis stage (#3) in the Transition Accelerator’s work to identify credible, compelling transition pathways to a vibrant hydrogen economy in Canada. It is intended to provide a tool that students, engineers, policy makers and entrepreneurs could use to assess the technical and economic feasibility of projects to produce, use and […]