Giffels in partnership with Solar Hydrogen Energy Corporation - SHEC LABS is undertaking project management and detailed design engineering for the world's first Dry Fuel Reformation (DFR) renewable solar hydrogen production facility located in Regina, Saskatchewan. The process involves the thermo-catalytic reformation of landfill gas comprised of methane and carbon dioxide into 1.2 million kg of pure clean hydrogen per year. The completed project is estimated to prevent more than 81,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere each year and will also reduce smog pre-cursers and other air contaminants in the vicinity of Regina. The project is a culmination of fifteen months of planning, approvals, and fundraising, and involves six strategic partners. The project is located within a few kilometers of the TransCanada “hydrogen highway” and the hydrogen will be used in a number of processes including hydrogen vehicle demonstrations and ammonia fertilizer production.

Giffels is a proud member of the Hydrogen Village community and has been involved in the development of the SHEC hydrogen technology for more than five years. Initial work involved the verification of laboratory and bench-scale hydrogen production apparatus. More recent work involved a feasibility study to determine the viability of scaling up a DFR demonstration unit operated at a test facility in the Arizona desert.