Air Products has received the Best Carbon Management Initiative award from Chemical Week at the Chemical Industry Financial Outlook Forum & Sustainability Awards, in recognition of its innovative net zero hydrogen energy complex in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
"Air Products is honoured to be recognised by Chemical Week with the Best Carbon Management Initiative award for our new net zero hydrogen energy complex in Alberta, Canada," said Rachel Smith, Air Products Canada Vice President, in accepting the award. "This landmark facility is expected to achieve net zero emissions through advanced technology, carbon capture and storage and hydrogen-fuelled power generation. Our new net zero facility will enable significant greenhouse gas reductions and help transition to a cleaner energy future."
Air Products was one of six companies to be recognised during the 2021 Chemical Week Sustainability Awards. Chemical Week is a prominent source of news, data and analysis in the chemical industry. Entries for the Best Carbon Management Initiative Award were judged by a panel of industry and sustainability experts.
Earlier in 2021, the company and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., in conjunction with the Government of Canada and the Province of Alberta, announced a $1.3 billion landmark net zero hydrogen energy complex in Alberta, Canada. The facility is expected to deliver net zero emissions and be capable of capturing over 95% of the CO2 generated by the complex and permanently sequester it safely underground. Hydrogen-fuelled electricity will offset the remaining 5% of emissions.
The clean energy complex will help refining and petrochemical customers served by the Air Products Heartland Hydrogen Pipeline to reduce their carbon intensity. The complex also marks a first in the wider use of hydrogen in Alberta, enabling the production of liquid hydrogen to be an emissions-free fuel in the transportation sector, and to generate clean electricity. This is expected to have a positive impact in lowering Alberta's carbon emissions.