District of North Vancouver council has given its final approval for a massive new hydrogen production plant on the industrial waterfront.
Council voted unanimously Monday to grant development permits for HTEC’s $140-million liquefaction plant to be built alongside ERCO Worldwide’s sodium chlorate facility at the foot of Forrester Avenue in the Maplewood neighbourhood.
HTEC announced plans in 2022 to purchase the property from ERCO with intentions to start capturing 15 tonnes of byproduct hydrogen per day that is currently vented into the atmosphere and process it for distribution for zero-emission vehicles.
The company expects the liquefaction plant to produce enough hydrogen fuel to keep about 300 heavy-duty diesel vehicles
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