Hydrogen Canada

What Hydrogen Canada does

Hydrogen Canada Corp. is a Calgary-headquartered, privately held developer (founded 2020; 1–10 employees) building a world-scale blue hydrogen and clean ammonia production facility in Alberta targeting Asian export markets, principally South Korea and Japan. The company operates from Calgary (corporate and investor relations) and Edmonton (production site, Alberta Industrial Heartland), with completion targeted for 2030.

The core offering is an integrated Autothermal Reforming (ATR) plus Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) facility that converts Alberta natural gas into hydrogen, then into ammonia for export. ATR partially oxidizes methane with oxygen and CO2 or steam in a single exothermic chamber; the firm describes two reaction pathways (using CO2: 2 CH4 + O2 + CO2 → 3 H2 + 3 CO + H2O; using steam: 4 CH4 + O2 + 2 H2O → 10 H2 + 4 CO). Converting hydrogen to ammonia reduces transport volume to 1/1300th (vs. 1/800th for liquid H2), enabling efficient long-distance shipping. CCS removes 67–90% of the CO2 byproduct, with the facility designed to use the Alberta Carbon Trunk Line (ACTL), which has 40,000 MT/day (14.6 million MT/year) of CO2 transport capacity to underground sequestration sites designated by the Government of Alberta as among the world's best for injection. Target production is up to 500 tonnes of hydrogen per day, ~1 million tonnes of clean ammonia per year, and recycling of 5,000 tonnes per day of CO2.

Hydrogen Canada is pre-revenue with no disclosed customer pricing. Its business model is transaction-fee-based long-term B2B enterprise supply of clean hydrogen and clean ammonia to Asian power generation companies (primary segment, including use cases of coal co-firing, bunkering, and dehydrogenation) and Asian industrial facilities (secondary segment, including high-temperature manufacturing and refinery operations). Go-to-market is enterprise field sales with extended negotiation cycles, supplemented by event-driven engagement via bilateral energy forums and government/industry delegations (E1 Corporation LOI signed October 2023; KOSPO MOU signed October 2024; South Korean government delegation including MOLIT, KIND, and KOEN hosted July 2025; South Korea-Canada energy panel participation September 2025). Logistics rely on existing rail infrastructure to move ammonia to Canada's west coast for shipment to Asia. The company has raised C$10 million in seed funding (October 2023), and projects 2,000+ temporary construction jobs and 100 permanent skilled positions in Alberta once operational.

Name

Hydrogen Canada

Legal name

Hydrogen Canada Corp.

Website

https://hydrogencanadacorp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hydrogen Canada Corp. is developing a world-scale blue hydrogen and ammonia production facility in Alberta using Autothermal Reforming with carbon capture, targeting long-term supply agreements with Asian power generation and industrial buyers in South Korea and Japan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Clean Hydrogen and Ammonia Production

NAICS

Industrial Gas Manufacturing (32512)

SIC

Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas (1311)

akta.pro primary industry

Hydrogen Production Supply & Offtake (Green/Blue H2) for Utility Blending (EUAJAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hydrogen & Derivative Fuels for Industry (H₂, Ammonia, Methanol) (EUABAJAC), Hydrogen (Industrial & Mobility) (IMAEACAB), Hydrogen Storage Terminals, Depots & Bulk Logistics (Siting, Loading/Unloading) (EUAFAEAI)

Keywords

• Blue hydrogen production
• Clean ammonia manufacturing
• Carbon capture storage
• Autothermal reforming ATR
• Industrial decarbonization fuel

Headquarters

HQ city

Calgary

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Clean Hydrogen Sales: Production and sale of blue hydrogen (CO2-free clean hydrogen) produced via ATR technology with CCS. Revenue generated through long-term supply agreements with industrial buyers and power generation companies. Target markets include South Korea and Japan.
2. Clean Ammonia Sales: Production and export of CO2-free clean ammonia to Asian markets. Ammonia serves as hydrogen carrier for coal co-firing, bunkering, and dehydrogenation applications. Approximately 1 million tonnes per year of clean ammonia planned production capacity.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Hydrogen Canada is developing a world-scale blue hydrogen and clean ammonia production facility in Alberta using Autothermal Reforming (ATR) with on-site Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). The company will produce up to 500 tonnes per day of clean hydrogen and approximately 1 million tonnes per year of clean ammonia, converting hydrogen to ammonia for efficient rail and maritime export to power generation and industrial buyers in South Korea and Japan.

Product overview

Hydrogen Canada is developing a single integrated project — a world-scale blue hydrogen/ammonia production facility in Alberta that converts natural gas to hydrogen using Autothermal Reforming (ATR) technology with on-site Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). The facility will produce up to 500 tonnes of clean hydrogen per day and approximately 1 million tonnes per year of CO2-free clean ammonia, while recycling 5,000 tonnes per day of CO2. The clean ammonia is transported via rail to Canada's west coast for export to Asian markets (South Korea, Japan) for use in coal co-firing, bunkering, or dehydrogenation. The project represents a unified offering combining production technology (ATR, CCS), manufactured products (blue hydrogen, clean ammonia), and transportation/logistics services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Clean Hydrogen CO2-free blue hydrogen produced using Autothermal Reforming (ATR) technology with on-site Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), targeting production of up to 500 tonnes per day for export to Asian power generation and industrial buyers.
• Clean Ammonia Approximately 1 million tonnes per year of CO2-free clean ammonia produced from blue hydrogen, shipped to Asian markets (South Korea, Japan) for coal co-firing, bunkering, or dehydrogenation for hydrogen applications.
• Blue Hydrogen/Ammonia Production Facility (Alberta) A world-scale production facility in Alberta using Autothermal Reforming (ATR) technology with on-site Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) to produce blue hydrogen and clean ammonia from natural gas for export to Asian markets, targeting completion by 2030.
• Hydrogen Transportation via Ammonia Logistics Service Safe and efficient transportation of hydrogen produced at the Edmonton facility as ammonia by rail to North American locations and Canada's west coast for export to Asian markets.

Quantifiable outcome

• CO2 emissions reduced by up to 90% using proven CCS technology
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• MOLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport - South Korea)supportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 July 2025South Korean government ministry participating in Hydrogen Canada's due diligence process. Delegation visit to Canada included MOLIT officials alongside KIND and KOEN representatives for project evaluation.
• KIND (Korea Investment & Media Partnership for Development)supportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 July 2025Korean investment and development organization participated in delegation visit to Hydrogen Canada's facility for due diligence evaluation of the clean hydrogen/ammonia project.
• KOEN (Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urban Development Corporation)supportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 July 2025Korean overseas infrastructure corporation participated in 14-delegate delegation from South Korea for Hydrogen Canada's project due diligence, evaluating clean energy partnership opportunities.
• KOSPO (Korea Southern Power)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024Signed MOU with KOSPO, South Korea's largest power company. Partnership positions KOSPO as key customer for clean hydrogen/ammonia supply for power generation decarbonization. Due diligence and negotiations ongoing for long-term supply agreement.
• E1 CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2023Signed letter of intent to develop a low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia supply chain from Western Canada to Asian markets. The partnership focuses on a new facility in Alberta using natural gas and carbon sequestration, with product bound for South Korea and other Asian countries. Involves significant CO2 capture and shipping of low-carbon ammonia.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Peers

• Doosan Enerbility:

Direct peers

• Air Products and Chemicals: Global industrial gas major with a major blue hydrogen and ammonia export project (NEOM in Saudi Arabia) and established offtake relationships with Asian utilities. Directly comparable as a producer of blue hydrogen/ammonia targeting Asian power generation and industrial buyers.
• Air Products Blue Hydrogen (Alberta/Canada): Air Products has explicitly proposed a major blue hydrogen and ammonia project in Alberta targeting the same Asian offtake corridor. Most directly comparable competitor because of overlapping technology pathway (SMR/ATR with CCS), geography (Alberta), and end-markets (South Korea/Japan).

Broad incumbents

• Shell Hydrogen: Shell is developing blue and green hydrogen projects globally including ammonia for export. Comparable as a major integrated energy incumbent pursuing the same hydrogen-to-ammonia-for-Asia thesis, with materially larger balance sheet and project execution track record.
• bp Hydrogen: bp has publicly committed to scaling low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia, with a focus on export hubs. Comparable as a global IOC building blue hydrogen/ammonia capacity, including LOHC-based hydrogen transport projects targeting similar Asian power-generation buyers.
• Linde plc: World's largest industrial gases company with deep hydrogen, ammonia, and CCS-related capabilities and global offtake network. Overlaps with Hydrogen Canada's industrial gas manufacturing and supply model, but operates at vastly larger scale across a broad portfolio.

Regional players

• Mitsubishi Corporation: Japanese trading house actively investing in hydrogen and ammonia supply chains and Japan's hydrogen/ammonia procurement auctions. Comparable as the Japanese-side buyer/integrator counterpart for North American hydrogen/ammonia export projects targeting Japanese power utilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hydrogen-canada

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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