Canadian Hydrogen Update IEA HIA Annex 30 Jülich, Germany Cheri-Ann Olsen September 16, 2010

2 Outline Overview of Canada’s hydrogen resources and utilization as well as system analysis  Production  Distribution  Utilization  Current Industry  Recent activities  Research and Development  Demonstration and Deployment

3 Hydrogen Production Canada safely produces over 3 million tonnes of hydrogen per year  Majority is through steam methane reforming  Large amount of waste or by-product hydrogen is captured and liquefied  Electrolysis is used for industrial and small scale production  Primary production is in Alberta, Ontario and Quebec

4 Hydrogen Distribution Canada has two hydrogen pipelines located in Alberta and Ontario near petroleum product processing  Alberta: Large-scale industrial on-site hydrogen production and by-product hydrogen is transported by pipeline.  Quebec: By-product hydrogen, SMR, and electrolysis is liquefied and transported by truck across Canada and to the US.  A new liquefier is being built in BC to utilize a local by-product source of hydrogen.

5 Hydrogen Utilization  Oil sands upgrading utilizes the majority of hydrogen produced in Canada.  Additional pipelines and plants were planned but have been put on hold due to the economic crisis  Hydrogen is expensive in British Columbia due to demand and transport from Quebec  Large amount of research, development and demonstration including the World’s largest hydrogen fuelling station

6 Hydrogen Industry in Canada  Industry has changed significantly over the past two years due to amalgamation and the economic crisis  Companies such as Ballard (FCs), AFCC (FCs), Dynetek (storage), Hydrogenics (production and FCs), Angstrom (micro-FCs) and New Flyer (FC bus mfg)  New companies such as Next Hydrogen (production) and SeeWind (FC integrator)

7 Recent Activities Research and Development  H2Can:Collaboration of industry, academia and government  $5M/5 years leveraged with partners  Strategic research network  3 themes – Production and purification; storage; and infrastructure and safety  Program on Energy R&D  $2M/year leveraged with industry  Defence R&D Canada

8 Recent Activities Research and Development  Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières – Hydrogen Research Institute  US DOE H2 Storage Systems Engineering Centre  Activities involve systems modeling and analysis  Canadian Hydrogen Safety Program  Modeling of indoor hydrogen applications

9 Recent Activities Demonstrations & Deployments  Developing exit strategies for the Hydrogen Highway, Hydrogen Village and Vancouver Fuel Cell Vehicle Program  Canadian Hydrogen Airports Project  350/700 bar stations in Vancouver and Montreal – installed  vehicle and stationary applications – deployment underway  Saskatchewan Vehicle and Infrastructure Project  Station and vehicles – operational, data collection underway

10 Recent Activities Demonstrations & Deployments  BC Transit fuel cell buses and hydrogen fuelling station continue to operate  New liquefier will support the bus station in Whistler  SeeWind back up power system installed to support the NRCan hydrogen research labs  PEI wind hydrogen project continues to operate to refine the control system and evaluate the electrolyser as well as using hydrogen in a diesel genset for Northern and remote applications

11 Thank you! For more information: Cheri-Ann Olsen P.Eng., MBA Senior Project Advisor Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Transportation Energy CanmetENERGY 580 Booth Street, 13A4 Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E4 Phone: (613)