Alberta's Hydrogen Roadmap – On The Right Road?

Hydrogen, as an emerging source of clean power, has received lots of attention from all levels of government. In December of 2020, the federal government released a national hydrogen strategy. In July of 2021, British Columbia became the first province to introduce a provincial hydrogen strategy. Following suit, the Government of Alberta has now released the Alberta Energy Roadmap ("Roadmap").

Does the Roadmap achieve the stated objective of positioning Alberta to be a global producer of clean hydrogen, or is the strategy taking the province down the wrong road?

In this article, we will seek to address this question by doing three things:

• Examining the key aspects of the Roadmap;