Rockpoint Gas Storage Canada Partners with Plug, Certarus and FortisBC in Hydrogen Storage Transaction
A partnership of leading energy companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding to produce, transport, and burn hydrogen in a small-scale pilot project at the Suffield natural gas storage facility in Alberta, Canada ("Suffield"). It is anticipated that in fall 2022, green hydrogen will be trucked to Alberta and delivered to its destination.
The aim of the project is to demonstrate and analyze the entire value chain of hydrogen from producer to storage to end user. Hydrogen produced by Plug from renewable sources will be transported by Certarus Ltd., a provider of mobile low carbon energy solutions, to Suffield. Rockpoint Gas Storage will take delivery of the hydrogen and will consume it in its above surface processes as the existing regulatory regime does not yet allow hydrogen blending in a subsurface storage facility. FortisBC, a gas and electric utility, will act as the purchaser of the green hydrogen and FortisBC's gas storage account with AECO (Alberta Energy Company) will be credited for the renewable hydrogen used to displace natural gas.