Atura Power to become major clean hydrogen player in Ontario
Subsidiary of government-owned Ontario Power Generation plans to take FID on its 20MW Niagara Hydrogen Centre early this year
Atura Power, a subsidiary of government-owned Ontario Power Generation (OPG), is nearing FID on its Niagara Hydrogen Centre, which on completion will be Ontario’s first green hydrogen production facility. The developer last year selected US-based Cummins to design and manufacture the project’s 20MW proton-exchange-membrane (PEM) electrolyser system. To learn more about Atura, including its expanding remit from OPG, the timeline for first production from the Niagara project and which markets it is targeting, Hydrogen Economist interviewed company CEO Shelley Babin. OPG established Atura to operate and manage its portfolio of natural gas assets in October 2019, but Atura has since branched int
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