As the hydrogen economy moves forward, countries are looking at applying hydrogen across three other categories: for heating, as a transportation fuel and for power generation. That will create new markets for hydrogen, as long as it can be produced in a low- or zero-emissions way.

Alberta has an opportunity to produce low cost blue hydrogen, initially for domestic application in its industrial processes and for blending with natural gas across power generation and heating applications.

By laying a foundation of technologically and economically viable hydrogen projects, Alberta would embed itself in the hydrogen economy at an early stage through key trade agreements and distribution channels. This will put in place a solid foundation that it can scale up as national and international hydrogen demand escalates through the 2020s and beyond.

It also would allow for a smart solution to decarbonizing hard to abate areas where electrification is not technically or economically feasible, they said. These strategic hydrogen deployments across mature applications that don’t require significant investment in distribution infrastructure and that help to reduce emissions across the Canadian energy and industrial sectors offer a stepwise approach to developing a Canadian hydrogen economy.

Source: Canada poised to lead the blue hydrogen transition – JWN Energy