Green, Blue or Grey? Colour-coded hydrogen holds keys to Canada's energy transition
Technicians at Ballard's hydrogen fuel cell facility in Burnaby, B.C., concentrate on the task at hand. Hydrogen is considered to be an essential weapon in the battle against climate change. Photo from Ballard Power Systems blog.
By David McKie
To talk to Bertrand Masselot, president and CEO of Air Liquide Canada, is to enter a passionate discussion about hydrogen, the most abundant molecule on the planet.
“Hydrogen is not new,” he says in a thick, Parisian-sounding accent. “There’s a growing need for this molecule.”
Masselot’s company is a Quebec-based subsidiary of Air Liquide, which describes itself as a world leader in gas, technologies and services for the industry and health sectors.
The Air Liquide Canada CEO is part of an emerging debate about the role the molecule can play in the battle against climate change, in Canada’s case, becoming carbon-neutral by 2050.
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