Building Canada Strong
Pacific Decarbonized Energy Corridor
A dual-site clean energy system that produces hydrogen at the decommissioned Burrard Thermal Generating Station in Port Moody and dispenses it at a centralized fuelling node adjacent to Waterfront Station in downtown Vancouver. Twelve offtaker applications across transit, marine, port operations, and aviation share a common supply infrastructure.
Why this, why now
Canada sends 90% of its oil exports to a single customer. U.S. tariffs and trade uncertainty have made that vulnerability impossible to ignore. The federal government's response - build Canada into the world's leading energy superpower and diversify trade - is exactly what PDEC is designed to deliver: clean hydrogen produced from BC's existing natural gas and hydroelectric infrastructure, exported through Vancouver's deep-water port to energy-hungry allies in Asia and Europe.
Trade Diversification
Energy-importing allies in Asia and Europe are actively seeking stable, democratic-origin clean fuel suppliers. Export-ready hydrogen and ammonia shipped through VFPA deep-water berths diversify Canada's trade into Japan, South Korea, and Germany, reducing dependence on the U.S. market.
Energy Security
Methane pyrolysis converts Montney formation natural gas from a $2/GJ commodity into $7-$9/kg hydrogen plus solid carbon co-products worth $5,000-$20,000/tonne, using the existing FortisBC pipeline at Burrard Thermal. No new pipeline construction required. Grid-tied electrolysis uses BC's existing clean hydroelectric power.
Federal Alignment
This project directly satisfies six federal policy instruments: Major Projects Office fast-track framework, $5B Trade Diversification Corridor Fund, Budget 2025 Productivity Super-Deduction, Canada Infrastructure Bank ($337M precedent to HTEC), Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, and one-project-one-approval streamlined review.
The infrastructure problem, solved
Every previous hydrogen project in Canada was built for one customer. Purpose-built infrastructure serving a single application cannot achieve the utilization rates needed to justify the capital. The result: stranded assets, undersized supply, and projects that prove the technology works but fail commercially. PDEC takes a different approach.
This Model Works
Multi-offtaker hydrogen hubs are operating today in Europe, Asia, and North America. PDEC applies the same approach at twelve times the scale, with existing industrial infrastructure.
12 offtakers from a single hub
Shared infrastructure costs amortized across twelve high-utilization demand applications eliminate the single-use economics problem that has constrained every previous hydrogen project in Canada.
Annual economics
Partnership ecosystem
Technology OEMs, supply chain, offtakers, academic institutions, and First Nations partners aligned around a shared infrastructure model.
Implementation plan
Phase 0
Pre-development. BC Hydro site lease and Rate 1894 eligibility. VFPA Waterfront land lease. UVic IESVic feasibility study. NRCan and SIF applications. First Nations economic partnership framework.
Phase 1
Construction and pilot. 5-10 MW electrolyzer, first pyrolysis unit, Waterfront dispensing infrastructure, SeaBus retrofit, WCE hydrogen power car, initial transit buses and port equipment.
Phase 2
Scale-up. Expand electrolyzer to 20-40 MW. Commission Hullo hydrogen vessels. Scale transit fleet to 80 FCEBs. Full port equipment conversion. Harbour Air H2-hybrid Twin Otter. BC Ferries partnership.
Phase 3
Export and national scale. LH2 or ammonia export via VFPA deep-water berth to Japan, South Korea, Germany. Mid-route dispensing nodes along CP Rail corridor. Open interface standards for multi-OEM interoperability.
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Detailed technical, economic, and partnership analysis of the Pacific Decarbonized Energy Corridor.
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