However, most of this hydrogen is produced from natural gas, which generates greenhouse gas emissions.

As a “consumer” fuel, hydrogen’s future will likely be married with a clean, renewable energy source such as solar, wind, hydroelectric, biomass or waste hydrogen capture.

That is one of the greatest advantages of hydrogen – its flexibility. Hydrogen can be produced:

• From fossil fuels;
• From renewable resources;
• Domestically, based on available resources;
• At centralized manufacturing plants (and distributed by tanker or pipeline); or,
• Through on-site production.

As one of the top five countries worldwide producing and using renewable power, Canada is well suited for this.