By Chris Brown

Province investing $50M to launch Clean Hydrogen Centre of Excellence

Apr 26, 2022 | 4:50 PM

The provincial government says a new Clean Hydrogen Centre of Excellence will help support made-in-Alberta energy solutions and grow the province’s emerging hydrogen sector.

The Alberta government will invest $50 million to create the new centre, which will drive innovation in the production, deployment and use of hydrogen across the economy. The centre is a pillar in Alberta’s Hydrogen Roadmap, which lays out the path to growing the provincial hydrogen economy and accessing global markets.

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The government says hydrogen is expected to be a $2.5-trillion to $11-trillion industry worldwide by 2050 and Alberta is ready to emerge as a leader in that global market.

The centre, to be operated by Alberta Innovates, is intended to support research, development and demonstration that helps companies and entrepreneurs building hydrogen technologies.

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It will be funded through Alberta’s Technology, Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) program, and aim to draw in an extra $150 million from other levels of government and private sector investments over a four-year period.

Early goals will include identifying investment and partnership opportunities as well as collaborating across the hydrogen value chain to establish hydrogen research and innovation programs.