A recently announced export agreement between Canada and Germany offers Canada an opportunity to export hydrogen to Europe.
The Hydrogen Alliance proposes a "transatlantic Canada-Germany supply corridor" to start exporting hydrogen by 2025. This target could be reached sooner with the export of hydrogen from Western Canada.
The transportation of hydrogen is more problematic than its production. Hydrogen can be transported as a compressed gas or as liquid hydrogen, but it is most economic to convert it into anhydrous ammonia which liquefies at much lower pressures for shipping.
The supply chain proposal is to ship ammonia from Alberta to Europe in specially-designed ammonia freight containers via the Port of Churchill in Manitoba. Ammonia containers shipped from Alberta would connect with the Hudson Bay Railway for delivery to a container terminal at Churchill.
