Air Products to supply hydrogen and fuelling technology to Canadian airport

Under the agreement, Air Products will station a mobile hydrogen refueller at the airport to provide hydrogen for the fleet of Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. The airport will begin with a fleet of five hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to be used by employees and plans to expand the fleet to as many as 100 cars to serve as a taxi service at the airport. Fuelling of the vehicles will begin soon.

Myron Keehn, President and CEO of Edmonton Airports, including Edmonton International Airport, made the announcement during a luncheon with Toyota Canada, where they unveiled plans to partner to create the Province's first hydrogen fuel cell passenger vehicle fleet.

"Air Products is proud to support Edmonton International Airport in this first-mover project to establish the first passenger hydrogen fuel cell vehicle fleet in Alberta," said Eric Guter, Air Products' Global Vice President, Hydrogen for Mobility. "Access to clean hydrogen fuelling infrastructure is key to the energy transition and efforts to decarbonise transportation. Air Products' innovative and efficient mobile fuelers will accelerate the use of hydrogen as an emissions-free transportation fuel as permanent hydrogen infrastructure is built in Western Canada."

Earlier in 2023, Air Products announced plans to build the first commercial-scale hydrogen refuelling station in Edmonton. The multi-modal station, which will serve heavy-duty and light-duty vehicles, will be located near Air Products' net zero hydrogen energy complex under construction in Edmonton.

The new Edmonton station, scheduled to open in 2025, will include two hydrogen refuelling lanes with dispensers for heavy-duty vehicles such as commercial and municipal trucks, and Air Products' own truck fleet. In addition, the station also will have two fuelling positions for light-duty hydrogen fuel cell cars. The hydrogen refuelling station is supported in part by CAN$1 million in funding from Natural Resources Canada's Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program.

Air Products works across all facets of the hydrogen value chain, including production, distribution, storage and dispensing and has been a pioneer in hydrogen fuelling for decades.

The company operates one of the world's largest hydrogen pipeline systems, located in the US Gulf Coast, and is a world-class liquid hydrogen supplier. Air Products has hands-on operating experience with over 250 hydrogen fuelling station projects in 20 countries and the company's technologies are used in over 1.5 million fuelling operations annually.

"With abundant natural resources and a collaborative approach between government and business, Canada is well-positioned to be a global leader in the clean energy future," said Rachel Smith, Air Products Vice President and General Manager, Canada. "We are proud to build on Air Products' investment in the Edmonton region that will help accelerate the use of hydrogen as an emissions-free transportation fuel across western Canada."

Air Products has invested heavily in the Edmonton region, and is currently building a transformative new CAN$1.6 billion net zero hydrogen energy complex. The hydrogen production complex will use an advanced process technology that enables the cost-effective capture of more than 90% of carbon emissions for permanent sequestration safely underground. The facility will also include a world-scale hydrogen liquefaction facility which will help to accelerate the use of hydrogen as emission-free transportation fuel across western Canada. In addition, to avoid the indirect emissions associated with using grid electrical power, the project includes a 100% hydrogen-fuelled power generation unit that has the capability to export clean power to Alberta's grid.

The complex will also be integrated with neighboring Imperial Oil Ltd's new renewable diesel facility, using innovative engineering. Imperial will produce renewable diesel from locally-sourced non-petroleum feedstocks, using a process that produces a biogenic renewable off-gas (ROG) byproduct. This ROG will be used as a feedstock within the Air Products hydrogen complex, displacing natural gas and further enhancing the overall carbon emissions profile. The combination of utilising a renewable feedstock and power export more than offset any emissions not directly captured to produce hydrogen on a net zero basis.

This new production facility adds to Air Products' presence in Edmonton. Air Products already operates three hydrogen production facilities, as well as a 55 km hydrogen pipeline supplying customers in industries including refining, petrochemical and others.

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