Germany’s Chancellor To Sign Hydrogen Deal With Canada

While in Canada for a two-day visit next week, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to sign a deal to build hydrogen supply networks as Berlin speeds up its green transformation to lessen its reliance on Russian gas supplies.

Scholz will also address the possibilities for Canadian LNG supply to Germany, according to German officials on Thursday, amid concerns that Russia could totally shut off already severely decreased gas flows in punishment for Western sanctions following its invasion of Ukraine.

But, they warned that this would not provide a solution for this winter nor the following, when Germany may face a gas shortage, because the infrastructure is not yet in place. 

Scholz, accompanied by Economy Minister Robert Habeck and a big business delegation, will arrive in Canada on Sunday evening for his first official visit, with stops in Montreal, Toronto, and the small, lonely windswept town of Stephenville on the eastern island of Newfoundland.

While Scholz intends to expand economic ties with Canada, the conflict in Ukraine will be one of the subjects discussed. 

The chancellor will sign a hydrogen agreement with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Stephenville, where there are plans to establish a plant that will use wind energy to produce the fuel for export, according to officials.  

“Energy from Canada represents more of a medium-tern solution,” said one of the officials.

Scholz will speak at the German-Canadian Economy Conference in Toronto on Tuesday, about new technologies, and automation, before the delegation continues to Stephenville and returns to Germany overnight. 

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