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Integrated Waste Hydrogen Utilization Project (IWHUP)
IWHUP will develop and demonstrate innovative clean energysolutions that make use of an existing but currently untapped source ofhydrogen fuel: hydrogen emitted as the by-product of a sodium chloratemanufacturing plant in the North Vancouver area. When utilized in fuel cellsand related technologies, hydrogen offers the potential to significantlyreduce emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants in Canada and aroundthe world. By making use of this fuel source right here in Vancouver, thisproject will demonstrate the viability of using hydrogen captured as aby-product in real-life applications, opening the door to future opportunitiesacross Canada.
This three-year project, led by North Vancouver-based Sacré-DaveyInnovations Inc., received a contribution of $6.0 million from theHydrogen Early Adopters (h2EA) program, $5.9 million from SustainableDevelopment Technology Canada (SDTC), and $273 000 from Natural ResourcesCanada's Canadian Transportation Fuel Cell Alliance (CTFCA). This support has beenleveraged by a contribution of $6.1 million from industry for a totalproject value of $18.3 million.
IWHUP is composed of seven sub-projects that will beimplemented and demonstrated through 2008, including:
- Securing a source of hydrogen from a sodium chlorate manufacturing plant;
- Demonstrating a compressed hydrogen storage and transportation system;
- Demonstrating a hydrogen fuelling station for light-duty vehicles;
- Demonstrating a hydrogen and natural gas blend fuelling facility for heavy-duty vehicles;
- Demonstrating eight hydrogen-powered light-duty pickup trucks;
- Demonstrating four transit buses that use a blend of hydrogen and natural gas fuels; and
- Demonstrating a fuel cell system that will provide electrical power and heat to an environmentally friendly car wash.
The specific roles of the project's private sector contributors are asfollows:
- Sacré-Davey Innovations Inc., Hydrogen Technology & Energy Corporation and QuestAir Technologies Inc. are involved in securing, purifying and supplying the hydrogen.
- Sacré-Davey Innovations Inc. and Dynetek Industries Ltd. are involved in developing and demonstrating the compressed hydrogen storage and transportation system.
- Sacré-Davey Innovations Inc. and Powertech Labs are involved in demonstrating the light-duty vehicle fuelling station.
- Clean Energy and Translink are involved in demonstrating the hydrogen and natural gas blend fuelling facility for heavy-duty vehicles.
- Powertech Labs is involved in demonstrating the hydrogen-fuelled light-duty pick-up trucks.
- Westport Innovations Inc. and Translink are involved in demonstrating the four transit buses operating on the blend of hydrogen and natural gas fuels.
- Sacré-Davey Innovations Inc., Nuvera Fuel Cells and Easywash Inc. are involved in demonstrating the fuel cell system fuelled with hydrogen from the project.
The contribution by the h2EA program will help secure the supply of hydrogenby-product and support the rollout of hydrogen-based energy systems.
SDTChas played a central role in pulling together the private sector partners,funding sources and project elements. SDTC's support will help build thetechnology and infrastructure involved in capturing hydrogen as a by-productof sodium chlorate production, and develop vehicle fuelling nodes on the BCHydrogen Highway TM that will play a role in sustainable transportationdemonstrations for the Vancouver/Whistler 2010 Olympic and Paralympic WinterGames.
Sacré-Davey Innovations Inc. is the project and systems integrationdivision of the Sacré-Davey Group, which serves the growing need forcomplete environmentally sustainable solutions. Headquartered in NorthVancouver , the Sacré-Davey Group of companies employs over30 people.