Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Learn how the Government of Canada is working with industry to put hydrogen, the world’s most abundant energy source to work in automobiles, offices and anywhere else power is required.

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The path to a clean energy future has never been brighter. Hydrogen fuel cells are being harnessed to power vehicles, office buildings, industrial machinery such as fork lifts; local service vehicles and to provide emergency backup power. Call them the first steps towards a new hydrogen economy.

With help from the Government of Canada - Canadian scientists and industry are world leaders in developing innovative energy technologies. One example – Canada's Hydrogenics company is using hydrogen produced from wind to power fuel cell vehicles.

Hydrogen fuel cells generate green power. They use hydrogen and oxygen from the air to produce electricity, heat and water, releasing zero emissions. Hydrogen can be made from renewable energy sources such as wind or solar power. Or it can be made from carbon based fuels such as natural gas.

The Government of Canada, in partnership with industry and the Province of British Columbia, is building Canada's first Hydrogen Highway. The highway is designed to show the world that Canadian hydrogen fuel cell technology can be used everyday in vehicles, industry and business, at home - anywhere power is required.

This clean energy technology holds the promise of powering a sustainable society faced with dwindling carbon fuel sources and a threatened atmosphere.

Nick Beck, Chief-Transportation Energy Technologies, Natural Resources Canada:

"Hydrogen and fuel cells offer an opportunity to address global climate change. We can reduce our greenhouse gases through the use of hydrogen, we can displace gasoline from the transportation sector. We can also reduce other toxic emissions which are particularly important in the urban environment."

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To learn more about hydrogen fuel cells, go to nrcan.gc.ca - slash - cleantech.

A message from the Government of Canada.