A company wants to construct a hydrogen peaking plant in Owen Sound.

City council at its meeting Monday passed a municipal support resolution for Public Energy’s proposed for a new long-term capacity services project in Owen Sound that would “create and store clean hydrogen to meet peak energy demand using a hydrogen-powered turbine.”

The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) is the approval authority for the project. And councillors were told the municipal support resolution will the city’s normal approvals process. If the Public Energy peaker plant in Owen Sound is selected by the IESO to proceed, it will go through the city’s regular development and planning process as well.

Councillors heard the peaker plant would draw energy from the grid during periods of low demand overn

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