Hydro-Québec Lands 88-MW Green Hydrogen Deal with Thyssenkrupp – The Energy Mix
Provincial utility Hydro-Québec has signed a deal with a division of Essen, Germany-based industrial conglomerate Thyssenkrupp to build one of the world’s biggest green hydrogen plants, an 88-megawatt facility in Varennes that will produce 11,100 tonnes of the product per year.
The big electrolyser will run on electricity from the province’s network of hydropower dams, CNBC reports.
The announcement could be the first of many for green hydrogen projects in different parts of the country, CNBC adds. “Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, for example, is part of a consortium looking to develop another major plant that would be located in British Columbia.” Chetwynd, B.C., to be exact.