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I was in a bit of a shock when I read this headline this morning. The article says they want to have a number of terminals up and running by 2030. The plan is on having a strategy developed by strategy 2023. The announcement certainly outdoes the “going green news” rumoured out of Ontario.
The federal government has plans, too. They are well aware of what Alberta is planning. Their main concern will be whether Alberta stays under the emissions limit set for the province. It will be manufacturing blue hydrogen in contrast to green hydrogen. Blue relies on natural gas for it’s production whereas green doesn’t.
GM, Ford Toyota are planning on building more hydrogen and electric vehicles. It’s rumoured this could be another boom for Alberta which has a “new Alberta pipeline that would deliver natural gas for hydrogen-fuel applications along major trucking corridors “is a fantastic way to create jobs and position Canada well along the way to transition to zero-emission vehicles.”
There are already plans to use hydrogen for transport trucks and even the Canadian aerospace industry is eyeing a hydrogen-powered future with commercial aircraft concepts.
The cost of green hydrogen will drop 64 per-cent by 2040 so with a little more planning, green hydrogen manufacturing will be able to replace the blue and lower emissions considerably.
It’s certainly a step in the right direction. Maybe this will encourage the government to shut down new coal mine developments as well.