Germany Taps ‘Boundless’ Fuel Potential in Canada Hydrogen Deal

Scholz and Trudeau ink agreement in wind-rich coastal province
First shipments could reach Europe’s biggest economy by 2025

Olaf Scholz and Justin Trudeau hold a joint news conference in Montreal on Monday.Photographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg

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By Brian Platt and Michael Nienaber

August 23, 2022 at 8:43 PM UTC

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Canada intends to start shipping green hydrogen produced by wind farms to Germany by 2025, the first step in a partnership to help Europe’s biggest economy reduce its reliance on fossil fuels.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz signed a five-year hydrogen accord on Tuesday in Newfoundland and Labrador, a remote province on Canada’s east coast with abundant wind power potential.