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The Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Robert Habeck and the Canadian Minister of Energy Jonathan Wilkinson concluded a German-Canadian hydrogen agreement Canada-Germany Hydrogen Alliance in Canada today. The signing of the agreement took place at the end of a three-day trip to Canada in Stephenville Newfoundland and Labrador in the presence of Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Minister Habeck Green hydrogen is an important key to a climate-neutral economy. We must resolutely promote climate protection in order to secure prosperity and freedom. This is more important and urgent than ever these days. The hydrogen agreement between Canada and Germany is an important milestone in accelerating the international market ramp-up of green hydrogen and paving the way for new transatlantic cooperation projects. In this way we specifically want to build a transatlantic supply chain for green hydrogen. The first deliveries from Canada to Germany are scheduled to take place as early as 2025.Canadian Secretary of Energy Jonathan Wilkinson A key part of our governments plan for a sustainable economic future is to realize the potential of hydrogen. Not just in terms of the opportunities to reduce emissions in our own country but also in terms of its potential as an export opportunity to bring clean energy to countries around the world.Canada and Germany have been working together intensively in the field of hydrogen for more than a year as part of the German-Canadian Energy Partnership. With the agreement that has now been signed this cooperation is to be further expanded. The Canada-Germany Hydrogen Alliance underscores the mutual interest of both countries in establishing a close trading partnership for hydrogen and its derivatives in the coming years. Under the deal Canada will push ahead with the production of hydrogen particularly from renewable electricity for export to Germany. Germany in turn will support potential importers and consumers of green hydrogen. The co-financing of joint projects is to be examined more closely for this purpose. In addition a task forcebe set up with industry representatives on both sides in order to promote lighthouse projects together.Prior to the signing Federal Minister Robert Habeck and Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz together with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson visited a green hydrogen trade fair in Stephenville in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador which was co-organized by the German-Canadian Energy Partnership . There various business consortia presented their planned cooperation projects for the production of green hydrogen from renewable energies. The green hydrogen is to be used in the Canadian Atlantic provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia and New Brunswickare mainly generated by wind power and then shipped across the Atlantic to Germany as ammonia.
