The time for the hydrogen economy has come to Canada

Zero-carbon hydrogen can power vehicles, generate heat and electricity for residential and industrial applications, and act as a key energy vector that can be distributed, stored, and used for all essential energy needs.

In the short term, using commercially available technologies in clustered applications will bring immediate benefits, like building hydrogen refuelling infrastructure on heavily used routes, such as the 400 series of highways in Ontario and the hydrogen highway in British Columbia, write Michael Fowler and XiaoYu Wu.Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Opinion

BY MICHAEL FOWLER, XIAOYU WU

March 10, 2021

The 50-year-old incubating concept of a “hydrogen economy” is finally coming to fruition on a global scale. Last year alone, more than 30 hydrogen strategies and white papers were produced at different government levels internationally. The hydrogen economy uses hydrogen as an energy carrier or ...

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