Hydrogen Highway Demonstration Project
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VANCOUVER — Prime Minister Stephen Harper brought his environmental campaign to Vancouver yesterday, giving British Columbia nearly $200 million for projects aimed at reducing the emission of greenhouses gases, including a “hydrogen highway” demonstration project between Vancouver and Whistler with a network of hydrogen fuelling stations for fuel-cell-powered cars and buses.
“Over the past decade, engineers based right here in Vancouver have made important contributions to the development of increasingly efficient and economically viable hydrogen fuel cell,” Harper said during a news conference at the University of B.C.
However, he said further development of hydrogen-fuelled vehicles has been stymied by a lack of fueling infrastructure, and the hydrogen highway project will show how such a system can work.
“This initiative will showcase the technology for the world, and for the visionaries here at [the Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation], it will be just the first stage of the world’s first international hydrogen highway stretching all the way from B.C. to California.”
B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell, who attended the announcement, said he will be meeting California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week to discuss the project.
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You may also want to check out: The National Research Council of Canada’s Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation
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Written by Bentley on March 15th, 2007 with
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