First Hydrogen Energy has revealed it intends to develop green hydrogen projects in Canada.
The company has retained Arup Canada to provide engineering consulting services in relation to projects it is developing in the country.
Rob Campbell, Director and CEO of First Hydrogen Energy, said Canada is an ideal place to develop green hydrogen facilities given its “abundant renewable energy resources and rapidly improving policy landscape”.
He said: “Green Hydrogen is now globally recognised as an important element needed to help us decarbonize within the massive energy transition we are now entering.
“First Hydrogen Energy has the people, partners and plans to become a major green hydrogen provider in key regions and has a compelling strategy to offer both green hydrogen and commercial vehicles to use the hydrogen.
“Project development in the United States will quickly follow given the new support for green hydrogen provided at state and federal levels. Now is the time to start building out this important infrastructure.”
On 11 July 2022, the Government of Canada announced its first incentive funding for Medium-and-Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicles (iMHZEV) Program.
The scheme will provide CAN$547.5m of funding over four years.
First Hydrogen is working on plans to provide customers with a “hydrogen as-a-service” model consisting of clean green hydrogen fuel, technologically advanced refuelling stations and zero-emission commercial vehicles.
First Hydrogen Energy is now commencing the development of four green hydrogen production facilities in the UK following positive progress to date.
The North American expansion is part of First Hydrogen’s strategy to develop green hydrogen production in regions with strong policy support for green hydrogen and/or abundant renewable energy sources.
The green hydrogen produced will be distributed nearby the production sites minimising distribution costs.