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Halifax to Vancouver.” How did they overcome the challenges from
COVID and other common constraints of clean energy project delivery?
“Hydrogen can be produced using methods resulting in low
“The Stantec team worked exclusively from our home o昀케ces for the
duration of the project. But the construction component, performed
by our client PCL, had constraints due to the changing provincial
restrictions,” she says.
fuels to help reduce these sectors’ greenhouse gas emissions ”
carbon intensity. It can then be used as an alternative to fossil
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Another challenge of the project was related to the supply chain.
“Getting the quantities of materials needed for a project of that scale
could be challenging and required multiple vendors to 昀椀ll. After all,
Travers is the largest solar project in Canada. This led to working
collaboratively with PCL in order to approve shop drawings for a number
of di昀昀erent suppliers.”
Hydrogen is a hot topic for Canadian power players, but it’s still a relatively
new renewable energy option compared to solar and wind. Melanie
Pinatton, a manager of Strategic Initiatives at CSA Group and co-author of
CSA Group’s recent report, Hydrogen Storage and Transport Beyond Pipelines,
o昀昀ers expert insight into how to harness this untapped potential.
Remarkably, the largest solar project in Canada is located in Alberta,
a province known for its considerable fossil fuel resources. “I think it
shows how important it is to have a variety of energy resources to power
our communities,” says Kozicky. “The scale of Travers is impressive,
and I think it sets the stage for other large renewable projects in Canada
as we press forward with the energy transition.”
“Hydrogen can be produced using methods resulting in low carbon
intensity. It can then be used as an alternative to fossil
fuels to help reduce these sectors’ greenhouse gas
emissions,” she says, adding that by transitioning
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to hydrogen, Canada could reduce its GHG emissions
HYDROGEN STORAGE AND
TRANSPORT BEYOND PIPELINES
from transportation more than 30 per cent. Pitton
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