First Hydrogen to ramp up green hydrogen production in North America
Published by Bella Weetch,
Editorial Assistant
Global Hydrogen Review,
First Hydrogen Energy has announced the expansion of its green hydrogen production plans to the North American market. The initial focus will be on Canada, with its enormous resources of renewable energy (hydropower, solar and wind) that can be used to produce green hydrogen yielding no carbon emissions. On 11 July 2022, the Government of Canada announced its first incentive funding for medium and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles (the iMHZEV programme will provide US$547.5 million of funding over four years). This new policy commitment will aid in creating new demand for commercial vehicles using green hydrogen.
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, in order to accelerate the creation of zero-emission ecosystem solutions.
The company is now commencing the development of four key 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, thereby minimising distribution costs and also providing climate change, pollution reduction, and energy resiliency benefits within the green hydrogen site’s region.
The Company has retained ARUP Canada, Inc. (Arup) to provide engineering consulting services in relation to projects the company is developing in Canada. Arup is a global, independent sustainable development consulting firm of designers, planners, engineers, and technical specialists with over 17 000 employees across 33 countries. Arup brings deep knowledge and experience regarding hydrogen studies and projects and is also the engineering consultant for First Hydrogen’s UK projects.
Read the article online at: https://www.globalhydrogenreview.com/hydrogen/09082022/first-hydrogen-to-ramp-up-green-hydrogen-production-in-north-america/
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