2025 Canadian Hydrogen Convention

Building Alberta’s Energy Future

Alberta Innovates is building Alberta’s energy future through funding programs and applied research focused on the production, deployment and use of hydrogen and CCUS technology across the economy. Our applied research affiliates, InnoTech and C-FER, provide applied research, testing and engineering expertise across the province, through our experts and specialized facilities.

Let’s talk hydrogen

Alberta Innovates is a proud sponsor of the 2025 Canadian Hydrogen Convention and will be attending, along with our applied research affiliates InnoTech and C-FER.

Visit us at Booth #318 to learn about how we are supporting the industry and working together to follow the hydrogen roadmap to a successful, hydrogen-fueled future.

Hydrogen Centre of Excellence

Alberta Innovates is home to the Hydrogen Centre of Excellence, a funding program, testing and service facility, and forum for facilitating partnerships to de-risk hydrogen technology development.

Hydrogen fuel analysis.
Innovation and certification – hydrogen gas and gas blend standardization.
Specification testing – to ensure delivered hydrogen meets industry needs.
Advanced analysis – sample collection from points of delivery.
Research and development – developing the next iteration of hydrogen testing equipment.

Explore the Hydrogen Centre of Excellence.

Discover our involvement at the convention

Technical Demonstration

Visit us at booth #318 throughout the Canadian Hydrogen Convention for a demonstration of how vacuum distillation technology can be used to transform wastewater into green hydrogen, showing how even the dirtiest water can have the brightest future.

Schedule

CHC InnoTech Open House

Join us on April 25, 2025, at InnoTech Alberta and get a closer look at Alberta's hydrogen-fueled energy future. This in-person event is your chance to network, learn and be inspired. Sign up today to connect and immerse yourself in the world of innovation.

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Site Tour at C-FER Technologies

Join us for a site tour at C-FER Technologies. Participants will have close access to our renowned full-scale testing facilities, which are used to de-risk technologies and improve the efficiency of energy systems and infrastructure for the energy transformation. This includes hydrogen testing systems to evaluate the performance of both new and legacy transmission pipelines and underground hydrogen storage wells.

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2025 Strategic Conference Sessions

Bridging the Gap between Private and Public Funding

Date	Time	Room Number
April 24, 2025	9:20 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.	Salon 8 – Alberta Innovates Room

Panelist: Bonnie Drozdowski, Vice President, InnoTech Alberta

Despite public funding initiatives such as the US bipartisan infrastructure bill, the EU’s hydrogen strategy and Canada’s investment tax credits, aiming to unlock private capital, project developers face slow subsidy rollouts, few FIDs, insufficient infrastructure, and the funding required to make projects economic.

Attendee insights:
Delegates will learn about the barriers to private investment in hydrogen and strategies to overcome them, ensuring the growth of a sustainable hydrogen economy in Canada.

This panel features: Nirmal Gnanapragasam, Principal Scientist, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; Chris Reid, Chief Executive Officer, Ekona Power; Guillermo Freire, Senior Vice-President, Mid-Market, Export Development Canada; and Bonnie Drozdowski, Vice President, InnoTech Alberta.

2025 Technical Conference Sessions

Activating Hydrogen Technology and Innovation in Alberta	Development of Versatile Test Platform for Hydrogen Pipeline and Components	Hydrogen Blending in the Enbridge Gaz Quebec Network: Assessing Cast-material Fittings for Hydrogen Compatibility	Carbon Fibre Precursors from Methane Pyrolysis (Turquoise Hydrogen)
Date: April 23, 2025	Date: April 23, 2025	Date: April 23, 2025	Date: April 24, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.	Time: 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Time: 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	Time: 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Room Number: Salon 8 – Alberta Innovates Room	Room Number: Salon 8 – Alberta Innovates Room	Room Number: Salon 8 – Alberta Innovates Room	Room Number: Salon 8 – Alberta Innovates Room
Presenters: Brian Wagg, Director, Business Development and Strategic Initiatives, C-FER Technologies Martin Huard, Hydrogen Lead, InnoTech Alberta	Presenter: Kira Wong, Researcher, InnoTech Alberta	Presenter: Daniel Fujinaga, Research Engineer, C-FER Technologies	Presenter: Shad Siddiqui, Research Scientist, InnoTech Alberta
Description: InnoTech Alberta and C-FER Technologies, supported by Alberta Innovates’ Hydrogen Centre of Excellence, are advancing hydrogen integration in the global energy system. Martin Huard and Brian Wagg will provide an update on new testing capabilities and programs aligned with Alberta’s Hydrogen Roadmap. Key projects include hydrogen production from thermal oil reservoirs, natural hydrogen exploration, applications for solid carbon from methane pyrolysis, converting natural gas infrastructure to hydrogen, and validating pipeline leak detection systems for hydrogen-natural gas blends.	Description: InnoTech Alberta’s 2024 study highlights global advancements in hydrogen pipeline testing and identifies gaps and opportunities for Canada. By developing its own testing infrastructure, Canada can address unique challenges and enhance its hydrogen pipeline capabilities, positioning itself as a leader in the global hydrogen market.	Description: Enbridge Gas is evaluating the Enbridge Gaz Quebec network for hydrogen blending with natural gas, focusing on the performance of cast materials like ductile iron and gray iron. Due to limited data on hydrogen compatibility, they partnered with C-FER Technologies to conduct a phased study, starting with information gathering and material testing.	Description: This presentation covers the incorporation of methane pyrolysis-derived carbon into polymers and Alberta-produced pitch-based materials to create precursors for carbon fibres, aiming to reduce costs and improve quality. By using low-cost feedstocks, the study investigates the impact on filament diameters and mechanical properties of spun carbon filaments and carbonized fibres, highlighting the cost-saving potential of methane pyrolysis carbon.