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Meratla explained that
Manitoba is on the threshold
of becoming the first

* province in Canada to export
large quantities of liquid
hydrogen to the markets of
Japan and-Europe.

The president of the 20
Brooksbank Ave, company

‘added
Manitoba
has all the

looked at planes — speciti-
cally giant aircraft.

Two phases of'a feasibility
study completed by CDS
show that the giant: planes
are viable, said Meratla,

The final feasibility stage
addressing the support infra-
structure will be completed
in November, and the next
step will be a demonstration

project to
export an
~ amount that

attributes “ Manitoba is on can be car-

ried by cur-

necessary
to .become the threshold of rent air-

the biggest

planes.

_- exporter of becoming the first CDs" also

bigquid

hydrogen , ’ province in

- produced

has its hand
in designing
the special

cheaply Canada 'to export containers

~ from: “the

to transport

-province’s large quantities Of the liquid

~ hydro-elec-..

hydrogen

. tric’ power, liquid hydrogen in, said

Meratla’

Meratla.

will - be

c. x Pe, ets to the markets of | The: planes
hydr :

ogen .

7 to fuels Japan and fueled — by

vehicle's

and utilities ~~ Europe.”

‘in the com-

un ing century.

“How-ever, there’ s acatch.

» That i is, how to get the liquid
hydrogen : from’ Manitoba to’

Japan.

At the present’ ‘time,
. there® are’ “no” bulk ‘carrier
» ships.to transport liquid
_ hydrogen,” -Meratla - said.

“S“Also-it is “inefficient to
“transport - ‘electricity from:

Manitoba‘ to -a:liquification
‘plant on the ‘coast of B.C.”
‘So, CDS: ‘Research has

liquified
natural | gas
in the medi-
um term.
“In the long term, trans-
port vehicles 10 times the size
of a jumbo jet will be fucled

*with hydrogen,” said Meratla.

Partial finding for ‘the
project’ was. provided by
Japan’s ambitious WE-NET
hydrogen ‘program, said
Meratla.
~ CDS Research is also car-
rying out development work

: on cryogenic, Or LOW. temper- :

ature, fuels for aviation,

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