The federal government of Canada and the provincial government of Alberta are each drafting hydrogen strategies to reduce emissions, which, in the case of Alberta, would allow it to cut the carbon intensity of oil sands production and expand it without breaching current caps on provincial emissions. Alberta, the oil-producing province, is preparing a hydrogen strategy to use the so-called blue hydrogen to extract heavy oil at the oil sands, Alberta’s Associate Minister of Natural Gas Dale Nally told Reuters , noting that the strategy, expected to be unveiled next month, is being coordinated with the federal government. The so-called blue hydrogen is made from natural gas where carbon emissions from the process are captured and stored. Blue hydrogen is a cleaner version of the ‘grey hydrogen’ which is made from natural gas and coal and currently accounts for most of the hydrogen produced in the world. “Reducing the […]