Alberta’s government has shifted hydrogen under the energy ministry remit
New Alberta government stays course on blue hydrogen
Hydrogen Economist interviews Alberta energy minister Peter Guthrie to discuss how the province’s roadmap aligns with—and diverges from— federal strategy
Alberta has lined up a large slate of world-scale blue hydrogen-related production projects, including many for export, while the provincial government is working diligently to create a hydrogen economy in the Canadian province with support from the federal government. Previously the remit of the now-defunct associate ministry of natural gas and electricity, hydrogen was rolled under the energy ministry when new Alberta premier Danielle Smith swore in her cabinet in late October. To learn more about the province’s budding blue hydrogen industry, what the Canadian government is doing to support regional efforts and what more it needs to do, Hydrogen Economist interviewed Peter Guthrie, Albert
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