Transport accounts for 12pc of Alberta’s emissions
Hydrogen mobility revs up in Alberta
Air Products has announced it will build the province’s first hydrogen refuelling station, while Nikola supplies a hydrogen commercial vehicle demonstration project
US industrial gases firm Air Products has announced it will build Alberta’s first hydrogen refuelling station alongside its planned C$1.6bn ($1.17bn) blue hydrogen production complex in Edmonton. The refuelling station will have a capacity of 6t/d of hydrogen and dispensers for both heavy-duty vehicles and light-duty fuel-cell cars. In addition to supplying Air Products’ own truck fleet, the station will be open to retail customers. Transport accounts for around 12pc of Alberta’s emissions. Trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles—considered difficult to electrify—make up the vast majority of new sales, with 12,310 sold in February 2023 compared with 1,124 passenger cars. And less than 1pc of re
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