WSP

Fireside Chat with WSP
April 26, 2023 | 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM (MDT)

Based in Montreal, Quebec, Marie-Claude Dumas is WSP in Canada’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Since joining WSP in January 2020, Ms. Dumas has served as Global Director, Major Projects and Programs/Executive Market Leader – Quebec, working closely with our Global and Canadian operations and leadership teams. A member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, Ms. Dumas brings a proven track record as a global engineering and construction executive with over 20 years of multi-disciplinary management and consulting experience acquired with several multinationals.

Satvinder Flore was appointed Business Executive, Energy, Resources and Industry (ERI) in October 2019. Over his 18-year career, he has held senior-level international executive roles with a focus on business development, strategy, operational planning and mergers and acquisitions in global energy markets. Satvinder holds a BA (Hons) from the University of York (England).

Optimization of a Renewable Energy System to Power Hydrogen Electrolysis
April 26, 2023 | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM (MDT)
Salon 10

The generation of green hydrogen through electrolysis requires a large amount of plentiful, cheap and stable, green energy. The levelized cost of both onshore wind and solar energy have steadily decreased over the years to the point where both forms of generation are the most cost competitive in many jurisdictions. However, both solar and wind energy have high intermittency, which can significantly impact the performance of the electrolysis of hydrogen especially for applications where stable and consistent hydrogen production is required (e.g. green ammonia synthesis). The intermittency of the renewable energy system can be mitigated through parallel optimization of the power generation profiles with the sizing and operation of hydrogen production and storage system. A temporally consistent timeseries methodology will be presented, with quantified techniques to optimize the design and utilization of hydrogen plant to minimize the levelized cost of green hydrogen for specific demand scenarios. After the presentation, the audience should have a clear understanding of the optimal integration of a modern renewable energy generation system with a green electrolysis facility for low-cost green hydrogen production.